Exchange nephrostomy cath 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

$1,990.45

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.

$5,687.00

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.

$1,142.00 with Blue Shield vs $7,176.00 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
Blue Shield Medicare Managed Care Plan $1,142.00 ↓ -43%
Unitedhealthcare Select/Navigate Hmo $2,109.00 ↑ +6%
Unitedhealthcare All Commercial Plans $2,397.00 ↑ +20%
Blue Shield Epn/Ifp Benefit Exchange $2,685.00 ↑ +35%
Aetna Medicare Managed Care Plan $2,688.58 ↑ +35%
Blue Cross All Commercial Plans $2,716.00 ↑ +36%
Humana Choicecare Medicare Managed Care Plan $2,742.35 ↑ +38%
Blue Cross Anthem Vivity City Of La Other Commercial Plan $2,816.77 ↑ +42%
Blue Shield Tandem Ppo/Blue High Performance Ppo/Epo $2,895.00 ↑ +45%
Central Health Plan Medicare Managed Care Plan $2,957.44 ↑ +49%
Blue Cross Anthem Vivity Non City Of La Other Commercial Plan $3,172.48 ↑ +59%
Blue Shield Hmo/Ppo/Epo $3,217.00 ↑ +62%
La Care Health Plan Exchange $3,495.16 ↑ +76%
Cigna Ppo $3,962.00 ↑ +99%
Cigna Oap Hmo/Pos $3,962.00 ↑ +99%
Healthnet Blue And Gold Other Commercial Plan $4,449.00 ↑ +124%
Healthnet Ambetter Hmo $4,973.88 ↑ +150%
Healthnet Ambetter Ppo $5,753.57 ↑ +189%
Healthnet All Commercial Plans $7,176.00 ↑ +261%

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Exchange nephrostomy cath at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
St. John's Camarillo Hospital Camarillo $1,049.45 $646.92 – $4,655.74
Arroyo Grande Hospital Santa Maria $3,299.46 $434.37 – $6,497.40
French Hospital San Luis Obispo $2,931.38 $434.37 – $6,497.40
Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield Bakersfield $2,505.00 $434.47 – $3,600.80
Bakersfield Memorial Hospital Bakersfield $1,850.05 $434.47 – $3,555.79
Queen of The Valley Medical Center Napa $3,882.12 $2,968.05 – $9,858.00
Providence St Joseph Hospital Eureka Eureka $5,978.73 $2,688.58 – $9,858.00
St. Joseph's Medical Center Stockton Stockton $1,270.97 $283.71 – $1,351.00

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