Protoporphyrin rbc screen at Providence Holy Cross Medical Center
15031 Rinaldi St, Mission Hills, CA · Providence · · NPI 1477587632
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Cash price 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 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.
$9.74 with Aetna vs $82.04 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.
Full explanation →
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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.
Full explanation →Payer ?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. Full explanation → |
Plan ?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. Full explanation → |
Negotiated rate | vs. cash |
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| Aetna | Medicare Managed Care Plan | $9.74 | — |
| Humana | Choicecare Medicare Managed Care Plan | $9.93 | — |
| Central Health Plan | Medicare Managed Care Plan | $10.71 | — |
| La Care Health Plan | Exchange | $12.66 | — |
| Blue Cross | Anthem Vivity City Of La Other Commercial Plan | $13.82 | — |
| Blue Cross | Anthem Vivity Non City Of La Other Commercial Plan | $15.56 | — |
| Cigna | Ppo | $17.15 | — |
| Cigna | Oap Hmo/Pos | $17.15 | — |
| Healthnet | Ambetter Hmo | $18.02 | — |
| Unitedhealthcare | All Commercial Plans | $19.48 | — |
| First Health/Coventry | Coventry All Commercial Plans | $19.48 | — |
| Unitedhealthcare | Select/Navigate Hmo | $19.48 | — |
| Healthnet | Ambetter Ppo | $20.84 | — |
| Aetna | All Commercial Plans | $22.43 | — |
| Blue Shield | Epn/Ifp Benefit Exchange | $22.98 | — |
| Blue Shield | Tandem Ppo/Blue High Performance Ppo/Epo | $25.14 | — |
| Blue Shield | Hmo/Ppo/Epo | $27.79 | — |
| Blue Cross | All Commercial Plans | $42.89 | — |
| Blue Shield | Medicare Managed Care Plan | $82.04 | — |
Visitor-reported prices
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Protoporphyrin rbc screen at other California hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| Redwood City Medical Center | Redwood City | $105.84 | $10.00 – $10.00 |
| Santa Clara Medical Center | SANTA CLARA | $105.84 | $10.00 – $10.00 |
| Baldwin Park Medical Center | BALDWIN PARK | $76.96 | $7.00 – $7.00 |
| Riverside Medical Center | RIVERSIDE | $76.96 | $7.00 – $7.00 |
| Sacramento Medical Center | SACRAMENTO | $105.84 | $10.00 – $10.00 |
| Oakland Medical Center | Oakland | $105.84 | $10.00 – $10.00 |
| Walnut Creek Medical Center | WALNUT CREEK | $105.84 | $10.00 – $10.00 |
| San Leandro Medical Center | SAN LEANDRO | $105.84 | $10.00 – $10.00 |