Microbe susceptible mlc 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.

$27.03 with Aetna vs $98.75 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 All Commercial Plans $27.03
Blue Shield Epn/Ifp Benefit Exchange $27.66
Blue Shield Tandem Ppo/Blue High Performance Ppo/Epo $30.26
Blue Shield Hmo/Ppo/Epo $33.45
Aetna Medicare Managed Care Plan $40.17
Humana Choicecare Medicare Managed Care Plan $40.97
Blue Cross All Commercial Plans $43.97
Central Health Plan Medicare Managed Care Plan $44.19
La Care Health Plan Exchange $52.22
Blue Cross Anthem Vivity City Of La Other Commercial Plan $56.98
Blue Cross Anthem Vivity Non City Of La Other Commercial Plan $64.16
Cigna Oap Hmo/Pos $70.76
Cigna Ppo $70.76
Healthnet Ambetter Hmo $74.31
Unitedhealthcare Select/Navigate Hmo $80.34
First Health/Coventry Coventry All Commercial Plans $80.34
Unitedhealthcare All Commercial Plans $80.34
Healthnet Ambetter Ppo $85.96
Blue Shield Medicare Managed Care Plan $98.75

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Microbe susceptible mlc at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Arroyo Grande Hospital Santa Maria $20.30 $16.18 – $103.50
French Hospital San Luis Obispo $18.59 $12.81 – $121.67
Mercy Medical Center Mt. Shasta Mt Shasta $36.89 $11.28 – $46.47
Dominican Hospital Santa Cruz $21.34 $16.18 – $359.69
St. Mary Medical Center Long Beach $20.39 $11.86 – $80.90
Community Hospital San Bernardino San Bernardino $18.54 $9.49 – $115.22
Glendale Memorial Hospital Health Center Glendale $15.46 $9.49 – $89.58
Mercy Medical Center Redding Redding $24.04 $11.28 – $46.47

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