Nm imaging hepatobiliary system w/pharmacologic intervention 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

$651.70

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What a hospital charges a self-pay patient who pays directly, without going through insurance — usually well below the gross charge.

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$1,862.00

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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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$698.35 with Aetna vs $2,134.96 with Blue Cross — same scan, same building. Share

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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

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

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 $698.35 ↑ +7%
Humana Choicecare Medicare Managed Care Plan $712.32 ↑ +9%
Blue Cross Anthem Vivity City Of La Other Commercial Plan $731.65 ↑ +12%
Unitedhealthcare All Commercial Plans $755.17 ↑ +16%
Unitedhealthcare Select/Navigate Hmo $755.17 ↑ +16%
Central Health Plan Medicare Managed Care Plan $768.18 ↑ +18%
Blue Cross Anthem Vivity Non City Of La Other Commercial Plan $824.04 ↑ +26%
Aetna All Commercial Plans $869.95 ↑ +33%
La Care Health Plan Exchange $907.85 ↑ +39%
Blue Shield Epn/Ifp Benefit Exchange $1,009.31 ↑ +55%
Blue Shield Tandem Ppo/Blue High Performance Ppo/Epo $1,081.41 ↑ +66%
Blue Shield Hmo/Ppo/Epo $1,208.96 ↑ +86%
Healthnet Ambetter Hmo $1,291.95 ↑ +98%
Healthnet Ambetter Ppo $1,494.47 ↑ +129%
Cigna Oap Hmo/Pos $1,928.68 ↑ +196%
Cigna Ppo $1,928.68 ↑ +196%
Blue Shield Medicare Managed Care Plan $1,952.08 ↑ +200%
Blue Cross All Commercial Plans $2,134.96 ↑ +228%

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Nm imaging hepatobiliary system w/pharmacologic intervention at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
St. John's Camarillo Hospital Camarillo $1,546.58 $592.95 – $2,754.18
Banner Lassen Medical Center Susanville $1,966.03 $107.65 – $2,842.10
Petaluma Valley Hospital Petaluma $4,328.88 $731.71 – $1,884.48
Arroyo Grande Hospital Santa Maria $1,525.40 $391.93 – $3,038.00
Mark Twain Medical Center San Andreas $2,311.69 $391.93 – $2,637.18
French Hospital San Luis Obispo $1,159.54 $391.93 – $2,704.43
Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield Bakersfield $621.06 $391.93 – $2,565.73
Bakersfield Memorial Hospital Bakersfield $614.36 $391.93 – $2,565.73

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