Osmolality blood 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

$202.30

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.

$578.00

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.

$6.61 with Aetna vs $63.02 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 $6.61 ↓ -97%
Humana Choicecare Medicare Managed Care Plan $6.74 ↓ -97%
Central Health Plan Medicare Managed Care Plan $7.27 ↓ -96%
La Care Health Plan Exchange $8.59 ↓ -96%
Blue Cross Anthem Vivity City Of La Other Commercial Plan $9.38 ↓ -95%
Blue Cross Anthem Vivity Non City Of La Other Commercial Plan $10.56 ↓ -95%
Cigna Ppo $11.65 ↓ -94%
Cigna Oap Hmo/Pos $11.65 ↓ -94%
Healthnet Ambetter Hmo $12.23 ↓ -94%
Unitedhealthcare All Commercial Plans $13.22 ↓ -93%
First Health/Coventry Coventry All Commercial Plans $13.22 ↓ -93%
Unitedhealthcare Select/Navigate Hmo $13.22 ↓ -93%
Healthnet Ambetter Ppo $14.15 ↓ -93%
Aetna All Commercial Plans $17.24 ↓ -91%
Blue Shield Epn/Ifp Benefit Exchange $17.65 ↓ -91%
Blue Shield Tandem Ppo/Blue High Performance Ppo/Epo $19.31 ↓ -90%
Blue Shield Hmo/Ppo/Epo $21.34 ↓ -89%
Blue Cross All Commercial Plans $44.87 ↓ -78%
Blue Shield Medicare Managed Care Plan $63.02 ↓ -69%

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Osmolality blood at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
St. John's Camarillo Hospital Camarillo $88.92 $6.61 – $20.63
Banner Lassen Medical Center Susanville $10.64 $1.32 – $16.49
Petaluma Valley Hospital Petaluma $267.75 $6.48 – $73.48
Arroyo Grande Hospital Santa Maria $101.01 $5.30 – $17.05
Mark Twain Medical Center San Andreas $11.01 $5.74 – $10.38
French Hospital San Luis Obispo $92.52 $2.86 – $20.04
Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield Bakersfield $147.29 $3.31 – $19.01
Bakersfield Memorial Hospital Bakersfield $145.70 $3.31 – $19.01

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