Heparin neutralization 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.

$11.84 with Aetna vs $88.52 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 $11.84
Humana Choicecare Medicare Managed Care Plan $12.08
Central Health Plan Medicare Managed Care Plan $13.02
La Care Health Plan Exchange $15.39
Blue Cross Anthem Vivity City Of La Other Commercial Plan $16.79
Blue Cross Anthem Vivity Non City Of La Other Commercial Plan $18.91
Cigna Ppo $20.87
Cigna Oap Hmo/Pos $20.87
Healthnet Ambetter Hmo $21.90
Unitedhealthcare All Commercial Plans $23.68
First Health/Coventry Coventry All Commercial Plans $23.68
Unitedhealthcare Select/Navigate Hmo $23.68
Aetna All Commercial Plans $24.22
Blue Shield Epn/Ifp Benefit Exchange $24.79
Healthnet Ambetter Ppo $25.34
Blue Shield Tandem Ppo/Blue High Performance Ppo/Epo $27.13
Blue Shield Hmo/Ppo/Epo $29.98
Blue Cross All Commercial Plans $42.83
Blue Shield Medicare Managed Care Plan $88.52

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Heparin neutralization at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Arroyo Grande Hospital Santa Maria $13.19 $11.84 – $30.52
Mark Twain Medical Center San Andreas $20.52 $11.84 – $30.19
French Hospital San Luis Obispo $12.08 $8.32 – $35.88
Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield Bakersfield $11.43 $11.84 – $34.04
Bakersfield Memorial Hospital Bakersfield $11.31 $11.84 – $34.04
St. Joseph's Behavioral Health Center Stockton $17.59 $3.08 – $24.64
St. Joseph's Medical Center Stockton Stockton $9.06 $6.47 – $30.80
Mercy Medical Center Mt. Shasta Mt Shasta $23.97 $10.10 – $30.19

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