Natriuretic peptide 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

$305.20

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.

$872.00

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.

$39.26 with Aetna vs $323.47 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 $39.26 ↓ -87%
Humana Choicecare Medicare Managed Care Plan $40.05 ↓ -87%
Central Health Plan Medicare Managed Care Plan $43.19 ↓ -86%
La Care Health Plan Exchange $51.04 ↓ -83%
Blue Cross Anthem Vivity City Of La Other Commercial Plan $55.69 ↓ -82%
Blue Cross Anthem Vivity Non City Of La Other Commercial Plan $62.71 ↓ -79%
Cigna Ppo $69.16 ↓ -77%
Cigna Oap Hmo/Pos $69.16 ↓ -77%
Healthnet Ambetter Hmo $72.63 ↓ -76%
Unitedhealthcare All Commercial Plans $78.52 ↓ -74%
First Health/Coventry Coventry All Commercial Plans $78.52 ↓ -74%
Unitedhealthcare Select/Navigate Hmo $78.52 ↓ -74%
Healthnet Ambetter Ppo $84.02 ↓ -72%
Aetna All Commercial Plans $88.51 ↓ -71%
Blue Shield Epn/Ifp Benefit Exchange $90.59 ↓ -70%
Blue Shield Tandem Ppo/Blue High Performance Ppo/Epo $99.13 ↓ -68%
Blue Shield Hmo/Ppo/Epo $109.56 ↓ -64%
Blue Cross All Commercial Plans $169.25 ↓ -45%
Blue Shield Medicare Managed Care Plan $323.47 ↑ +6%

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Natriuretic peptide at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
St. John's Camarillo Hospital Camarillo $164.69 $39.26 – $122.50
Banner Lassen Medical Center Susanville $73.87 $7.85 – $94.09
Petaluma Valley Hospital Petaluma $300.90 $38.47 – $277.15
Arroyo Grande Hospital Santa Maria $231.98 $17.50 – $101.16
Mark Twain Medical Center San Andreas $323.01 $18.95 – $35.00
French Hospital San Luis Obispo $212.47 $9.45 – $118.92
Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield Bakersfield $111.68 $17.50 – $112.82
Bakersfield Memorial Hospital Bakersfield $110.47 $17.50 – $112.82

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