Ghs nerve block lumbar or thoracic symp 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

$1,856.75

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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.

$5,305.00

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.

$1,137.58 with Aetna vs $7,309.00 with Multiplan — 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 $1,137.58 ↓ -39%
Blue Shield Medicare Managed Care Plan $1,142.00 ↓ -38%
Humana Choicecare Medicare Managed Care Plan $1,160.33 ↓ -38%
Blue Cross Anthem Vivity City Of La Other Commercial Plan $1,191.82 ↓ -36%
Central Health Plan Medicare Managed Care Plan $1,251.34 ↓ -33%
Blue Cross Anthem Vivity Non City Of La Other Commercial Plan $1,342.33 ↓ -28%
La Care Health Plan Exchange $1,478.85 ↓ -20%
Healthnet Ambetter Hmo $2,104.52 ↑ +13%
Unitedhealthcare Select/Navigate Hmo $2,109.00 ↑ +14%
Unitedhealthcare All Commercial Plans $2,397.00 ↑ +29%
Healthnet Ambetter Ppo $2,434.42 ↑ +31%
Cigna Ppo $2,589.00 ↑ +39%
Cigna Oap Hmo/Pos $2,589.00 ↑ +39%
Blue Shield Epn/Ifp Benefit Exchange $2,685.00 ↑ +45%
Blue Cross All Commercial Plans $2,716.00 ↑ +46%
Healthnet Blue And Gold Other Commercial Plan $2,719.00 ↑ +46%
Blue Shield Tandem Ppo/Blue High Performance Ppo/Epo $2,895.00 ↑ +56%
Blue Shield Hmo/Ppo/Epo $3,217.00 ↑ +73%
Healthnet All Commercial Plans $4,385.00 ↑ +136%
Multiplan Beech Street All Commercial Plans $7,309.00 ↑ +294%

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Ghs nerve block lumbar or thoracic symp at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Arroyo Grande Hospital Santa Maria $892.81 $96.13 – $2,044.28
Mark Twain Medical Center San Andreas $1,850.15 $58.47 – $221.48
French Hospital San Luis Obispo $817.72 $96.13 – $2,044.28
Bakersfield Memorial Hospital Bakersfield $1,014.39 $96.13 – $2,183.56
Providence St Joseph Hospital Eureka Eureka $7,588.80 $1,137.58 – $8,018.00
Healdsburg Hospital Healdsburg $1,380.06 $1,191.69 – $3,982.87
Redwood Memorial Hospital Fortuna $5,755.86 $5,981.00 – $20,799.00
St. Joseph's Medical Center Stockton Stockton $961.38 $96.13 – $2,746.80

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