Cortisol acth stimulation test - sendout 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

$110.25

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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.

$315.00

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.

$32.62 with Aetna vs $310.72 with Blue Shield — 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
Aetna Medicare Managed Care Plan $32.62 ↓ -70%
Humana Choicecare Medicare Managed Care Plan $33.27 ↓ -70%
Central Health Plan Medicare Managed Care Plan $35.88 ↓ -67%
La Care Health Plan Exchange $42.41 ↓ -62%
Blue Cross Anthem Vivity City Of La Other Commercial Plan $46.27 ↓ -58%
Blue Cross Anthem Vivity Non City Of La Other Commercial Plan $52.10 ↓ -53%
Cigna Ppo $57.45 ↓ -48%
Cigna Oap Hmo/Pos $57.45 ↓ -48%
Healthnet Ambetter Hmo $60.35 ↓ -45%
Unitedhealthcare All Commercial Plans $65.24 ↓ -41%
First Health/Coventry Coventry All Commercial Plans $65.24 ↓ -41%
Unitedhealthcare Select/Navigate Hmo $65.24 ↓ -41%
Healthnet Ambetter Ppo $69.81 ↓ -37%
Aetna All Commercial Plans $85.06 ↓ -23%
Blue Shield Epn/Ifp Benefit Exchange $87.02 ↓ -21%
Blue Shield Tandem Ppo/Blue High Performance Ppo/Epo $95.22 ↓ -14%
Blue Shield Hmo/Ppo/Epo $105.24 ↓ -5%
Blue Cross All Commercial Plans $162.68 ↑ +48%
Blue Shield Medicare Managed Care Plan $310.72 ↑ +182%

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Cortisol acth stimulation test - sendout at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Petaluma Valley Hospital Petaluma not published $31.97 – $266.38
Queen of The Valley Medical Center Napa not published $32.62 – $336.63
Providence St Joseph Hospital Eureka Eureka not published $32.62 – $381.74
Healdsburg Hospital Healdsburg not published $32.62 – $152.28
Redwood Memorial Hospital Fortuna not published $382.64 – $382.64
Santa Rosa Memorial Hospital Santa Rosa not published $31.97 – $286.39
Providence Mission Hospital - Mission Viejo Mission Viejo not published $27.73 – $65.24
Providence Cedars-Sinai Tarzana Medical Center Tarzana not published $32.62 – $87.02

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