#fecal-sodium 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.

$4.86 with Aetna vs $46.31 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 $4.86
Humana Choicecare Medicare Managed Care Plan $4.96
Central Health Plan Medicare Managed Care Plan $5.35
La Care Health Plan Exchange $6.32
Blue Cross Anthem Vivity City Of La Other Commercial Plan $6.89
Blue Cross Anthem Vivity Non City Of La Other Commercial Plan $7.76
Cigna Ppo $8.56
Cigna Oap Hmo/Pos $8.56
Healthnet Ambetter Hmo $8.99
Unitedhealthcare All Commercial Plans $9.72
First Health/Coventry Coventry All Commercial Plans $9.72
Unitedhealthcare Select/Navigate Hmo $9.72
Healthnet Ambetter Ppo $10.40
Aetna All Commercial Plans $12.69
Blue Shield Epn/Ifp Benefit Exchange $12.97
Blue Shield Tandem Ppo/Blue High Performance Ppo/Epo $14.19
Blue Shield Hmo/Ppo/Epo $15.68
Blue Cross All Commercial Plans $24.13
Blue Shield Medicare Managed Care Plan $46.31

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#fecal-sodium at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
St. John's Camarillo Hospital Camarillo $5.15 $1.44 – $12.90
Banner Lassen Medical Center Susanville $5.01 $0.97 – $7.76
Petaluma Valley Hospital Petaluma $26.86 $4.76 – $39.51
Arroyo Grande Hospital Santa Maria $9.42 $3.88 – $12.53
Mark Twain Medical Center San Andreas $47.29 $4.32 – $11.52
French Hospital San Luis Obispo $8.63 $3.18 – $14.73
Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield Bakersfield $35.25 $4.32 – $13.97
Bakersfield Memorial Hospital Bakersfield $34.87 $4.32 – $13.97

All California hospitals for this procedure →