Close mastoid fistula at Providence Holy Cross Medical Center

15031 Rinaldi St, Mission Hills, CA · Providence · · NPI 1477587632

Source: hospital's published price file ↗ · Published Apr 1, 2026 · Ingested Sep 11, 2026

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Cash price

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Discounted cash price

What a hospital charges a self-pay patient who pays directly, without going through insurance — usually well below the gross charge.

Example: A CT scan has a $3,200 gross charge but an $850 discounted cash price. Ask for it by name when scheduling — hospitals don't always advertise it up front.

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What you pay up front if you don't use insurance.

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Gross charge

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Gross charge (chargemaster price)

The hospital's full, undiscounted list price — pulled from its internal "chargemaster" price list. Almost no one actually pays this.

Example: A chest X-ray has a gross charge of $1,450. The same hospital's discounted cash price for the same X-ray is $180 — the gross charge mostly anchors negotiations, not what patients pay.

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The hospital's undiscounted list price — almost no one pays this.

$1,747.00 with Blue Shield vs $7,309.00 with Multiplan — same scan, same building. Share

Negotiated rates by payer
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Negotiated rate

The price a specific insurance plan agreed to pay the hospital for a service — it varies by insurer, and even by plan within the same insurer.

Example: The same knee MRI has a negotiated rate of $904 with one insurer's PPO plan and $1,509 with another's — identical hospital, identical scan.

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Payer
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Payer

The insurance company footing the bill — Aetna, UnitedHealthcare, Medicare, and so on.

Example: "Blue Cross Blue Shield" is the payer. Its negotiated rate for an MRI might be $904, while a different payer's negotiated rate for the same scan is $1,509.

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Plan
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Plan

The specific product an insurer sells — e.g. "Blue Cross PPO 500" — which sets your deductible, coinsurance and negotiated rates.

Example: Two people both insured by Aetna can owe very different amounts for the same MRI: $50 with an HMO plan's flat copay, or the full $1,200 toward a high-deductible PPO plan's unmet deductible.

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Negotiated rate vs. cash
Blue Shield Medicare Managed Care Plan $1,747.00
Aetna Medicare Managed Care Plan $1,995.60
Humana Choicecare Medicare Managed Care Plan $2,035.51
Blue Cross Anthem Vivity City Of La Other Commercial Plan $2,090.74
Central Health Plan Medicare Managed Care Plan $2,195.16
Blue Cross Anthem Vivity Non City Of La Other Commercial Plan $2,354.77
La Care Health Plan Exchange $2,594.27
Healthnet Blue And Gold Other Commercial Plan $2,719.00
Unitedhealthcare Select/Navigate Hmo $3,094.00
Unitedhealthcare All Commercial Plans $3,518.00
Healthnet Ambetter Hmo $3,691.85
Cigna Ppo $3,962.00
Cigna Oap Hmo/Pos $3,962.00
Blue Shield Epn/Ifp Benefit Exchange $4,107.00
Healthnet Ambetter Ppo $4,270.57
Healthnet All Commercial Plans $4,385.00
Blue Shield Tandem Ppo/Blue High Performance Ppo/Epo $4,428.00
Blue Cross All Commercial Plans $4,619.00
Blue Shield Hmo/Ppo/Epo $4,920.00
Multiplan Beech Street All Commercial Plans $7,309.00

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Close mastoid fistula at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
St. John's Camarillo Hospital Camarillo not published $416.70 – $3,484.24
Petaluma Valley Hospital Petaluma not published $2,090.93 – $4,657.00
Arroyo Grande Hospital Santa Maria not published $338.78 – $1,882.11
Mark Twain Medical Center San Andreas not published $338.78 – $338.78
French Hospital San Luis Obispo not published $338.78 – $1,882.11
Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield Bakersfield not published $338.78 – $1,882.11
Bakersfield Memorial Hospital Bakersfield not published $338.78 – $1,882.11
Queen of The Valley Medical Center Napa not published $2,203.03 – $8,552.00

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