2d tte w or without fol w/con,co at Providence Saint John's Health Center

2121 Santa Monica Blvd, Santa Monica, CA · Providence · · NPI 1124026273

Source: hospital's published price file ↗ · Published Apr 1, 2026 · Ingested Sep 11, 2026

$705.25

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.

$2,015.00

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.

$1,008.25 with Aetna vs $2,157.66 with Healthnet — 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 $1,008.25 ↑ +43%
Humana Choicecare Medicare Managed Care Plan $1,028.42 ↑ +46%
Blue Cross Anthem Vivity City Of La Other Commercial Plan $1,056.32 ↑ +50%
Central Health Plan Medicare Managed Care Plan $1,109.08 ↑ +57%
Blue Cross Anthem Vivity Non City Of La Other Commercial Plan $1,189.72 ↑ +69%
Blue Cross All Commercial Plans $1,251.25 ↑ +77%
La Care Health Plan Covered Ca Exchange $1,310.73 ↑ +86%
Blue Shield Epn/Ifp Benefit Exchange $1,372.63 ↑ +95%
Healthnet Ambetter Hmo $1,865.27 ↑ +164%
Healthnet Ambetter Ppo $2,157.66 ↑ +206%

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2d tte w or without fol w/con,co at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Arroyo Grande Hospital Santa Maria $906.51 $1,003.85 – $2,075.64
French Hospital San Luis Obispo $830.26 $571.86 – $2,075.64
Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield Bakersfield $908.95 $1,003.85 – $1,960.00
Bakersfield Memorial Hospital Bakersfield $899.15 $875.00 – $1,382.50
Providence St Joseph Hospital Eureka Eureka $1,131.69 $1,008.25 – $2,282.99
Redwood Memorial Hospital Fortuna $900.15 $2,288.32 – $2,288.32
St. Joseph's Medical Center Stockton Stockton $526.85 $376.32 – $1,469.44
Mercy Medical Center Mt. Shasta Mt Shasta $781.12 $240.96 – $983.92

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