Compatibility test each unit electronic 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

$304.50

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.

$870.00

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.

$1.44 with Cigna vs $468.93 with Healthnet — 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
Cigna Ppo $1.44 ↓ -100%
Cigna Oap Hmo/Pos $1.44 ↓ -100%
Aetna All Commercial Plans $42.25 ↓ -86%
Blue Cross All Commercial Plans $42.29 ↓ -86%
Aetna Medicare Managed Care Plan $219.12 ↓ -28%
Humana Choicecare Medicare Managed Care Plan $223.51 ↓ -27%
Blue Cross Anthem Vivity City Of La Other Commercial Plan $229.57 ↓ -25%
Central Health Plan Medicare Managed Care Plan $241.04 ↓ -21%
Blue Cross Anthem Vivity Non City Of La Other Commercial Plan $258.56 ↓ -15%
La Care Health Plan Exchange $284.86 ↓ -6%
Unitedhealthcare Select/Navigate Hmo $287.00 ↓ -6%
Unitedhealthcare All Commercial Plans $287.00 ↓ -6%
Healthnet Ambetter Hmo $405.38 ↑ +33%
Healthnet Ambetter Ppo $468.93 ↑ +54%

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