Homogenization tissue 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

$62.30

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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.

$178.00

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.

$5.88 with Aetna vs $56.06 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 $5.88 ↓ -91%
Humana Choicecare Medicare Managed Care Plan $6.00 ↓ -90%
Central Health Plan Medicare Managed Care Plan $6.47 ↓ -90%
La Care Health Plan Exchange $7.64 ↓ -88%
Blue Cross Anthem Vivity City Of La Other Commercial Plan $8.34 ↓ -87%
Blue Cross Anthem Vivity Non City Of La Other Commercial Plan $9.39 ↓ -85%
Cigna Ppo $10.35 ↓ -83%
Cigna Oap Hmo/Pos $10.35 ↓ -83%
Healthnet Ambetter Hmo $10.88 ↓ -83%
Unitedhealthcare All Commercial Plans $11.76 ↓ -81%
First Health/Coventry Coventry All Commercial Plans $11.76 ↓ -81%
Unitedhealthcare Select/Navigate Hmo $11.76 ↓ -81%
Healthnet Ambetter Ppo $12.58 ↓ -80%
Aetna All Commercial Plans $15.35 ↓ -75%
Blue Shield Epn/Ifp Benefit Exchange $15.70 ↓ -75%
Blue Shield Tandem Ppo/Blue High Performance Ppo/Epo $17.18 ↓ -72%
Blue Shield Hmo/Ppo/Epo $18.99 ↓ -70%
Blue Cross All Commercial Plans $29.33 ↓ -53%
Blue Shield Medicare Managed Care Plan $56.06 ↓ -10%

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Homogenization tissue at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
St. John's Camarillo Hospital Camarillo $40.30 $5.88 – $71.76
Arroyo Grande Hospital Santa Maria $74.05 $5.88 – $16.66
Mark Twain Medical Center San Andreas $9.80 $5.88 – $14.41
French Hospital San Luis Obispo $67.82 $4.59 – $17.80
Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield Bakersfield $7.64 $5.88 – $16.89
Bakersfield Memorial Hospital Bakersfield $7.55 $5.88 – $16.89
St. Joseph's Behavioral Health Center Stockton $11.75 $1.70 – $13.60
St. Joseph's Medical Center Stockton Stockton $47.04 $3.15 – $15.00

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