Inst via cath agent pleurds 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

$600.95

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.

$1,717.00

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.

$806.82 with Aetna vs $3,217.00 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 $806.82 ↑ +34%
Humana Choicecare Medicare Managed Care Plan $822.95 ↑ +37%
Blue Cross Anthem Vivity City Of La Other Commercial Plan $845.28 ↑ +41%
Central Health Plan Medicare Managed Care Plan $887.50 ↑ +48%
Blue Cross Anthem Vivity Non City Of La Other Commercial Plan $952.03 ↑ +58%
La Care Health Plan Exchange $1,048.86 ↑ +75%
Blue Shield Medicare Managed Care Plan $1,142.00 ↑ +90%
Healthnet Blue And Gold Other Commercial Plan $1,484.00 ↑ +147%
Healthnet Ambetter Hmo $1,492.61 ↑ +148%
Healthnet Ambetter Ppo $1,726.59 ↑ +187%
Unitedhealthcare Select/Navigate Hmo $2,109.00 ↑ +251%
Healthnet All Commercial Plans $2,391.00 ↑ +298%
Unitedhealthcare All Commercial Plans $2,397.00 ↑ +299%
Cigna Oap Hmo/Pos $2,589.00 ↑ +331%
Cigna Ppo $2,589.00 ↑ +331%
Blue Shield Epn/Ifp Benefit Exchange $2,685.00 ↑ +347%
Blue Cross All Commercial Plans $2,716.00 ↑ +352%
Blue Shield Tandem Ppo/Blue High Performance Ppo/Epo $2,895.00 ↑ +382%
Blue Shield Hmo/Ppo/Epo $3,217.00 ↑ +435%

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Inst via cath agent pleurds at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
St. John's Camarillo Hospital Camarillo $485.75 $299.43 – $1,452.04
Arroyo Grande Hospital Santa Maria $1,169.73 $225.99 – $2,678.34
Mark Twain Medical Center San Andreas $1,900.10 $225.99 – $1,225.00
French Hospital San Luis Obispo $1,071.34 $225.99 – $2,678.34
Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield Bakersfield $888.92 $225.99 – $1,916.80
Bakersfield Memorial Hospital Bakersfield $879.34 $225.99 – $1,892.84
Queen of The Valley Medical Center Napa $1,171.47 $890.68 – $6,200.00
Providence St Joseph Hospital Eureka Eureka $1,509.60 $806.82 – $8,018.00

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