Csf leakage imaging 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

$874.30

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.

$2,498.00

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.

$410.12 with Blue Shield vs $4,677.65 with Cigna — 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 Epn/Ifp Benefit Exchange $410.12 ↓ -53%
Blue Shield Tandem Ppo/Blue High Performance Ppo/Epo $439.42 ↓ -50%
Blue Shield Hmo/Ppo/Epo $491.24 ↓ -44%
Blue Cross All Commercial Plans $653.55 ↓ -25%
Aetna All Commercial Plans $675.76 ↓ -23%
Blue Shield Medicare Managed Care Plan $793.20 ↓ -9%
Aetna Medicare Managed Care Plan $1,665.13 ↑ +90%
Humana Choicecare Medicare Managed Care Plan $1,698.44 ↑ +94%
Blue Cross Anthem Vivity City Of La Other Commercial Plan $1,744.53 ↑ +100%
Central Health Plan Medicare Managed Care Plan $1,831.65 ↑ +109%
Blue Cross Anthem Vivity Non City Of La Other Commercial Plan $1,964.83 ↑ +125%
Unitedhealthcare Select/Navigate Hmo $2,035.50 ↑ +133%
Unitedhealthcare All Commercial Plans $2,035.50 ↑ +133%
La Care Health Plan Exchange $2,164.67 ↑ +148%
Healthnet Ambetter Hmo $3,080.50 ↑ +252%
Healthnet Ambetter Ppo $3,563.39 ↑ +308%
Cigna Oap Hmo/Pos $4,677.65 ↑ +435%
Cigna Ppo $4,677.65 ↑ +435%

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Csf leakage imaging at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
St. John's Camarillo Hospital Camarillo $901.85 $321.07 – $6,326.24
Arroyo Grande Hospital Santa Maria $4,876.64 $212.22 – $10,633.98
Mark Twain Medical Center San Andreas $5,729.60 $212.22 – $2,120.72
French Hospital San Luis Obispo $3,891.78 $212.22 – $7,222.02
Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield Bakersfield $1,248.05 $212.22 – $6,851.62
Bakersfield Memorial Hospital Bakersfield $1,234.59 $212.22 – $6,851.62
St. Joseph's Medical Center Stockton Stockton $959.62 $212.22 – $1,826.00
Mercy Medical Center Merced Merced $1,957.00 $212.22 – $1,741.00

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