3-d radiotherapy plan at Providence Saint John's Health Center
2121 Santa Monica Blvd, Santa Monica, CA · Providence · · NPI 1124026273
$3,606.05
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.
$10,303.00
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.
$843.30 with Aetna vs $6,458.59 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 | All Commercial Plans | $843.30 | ↓ -77% |
| Aetna | Medicare Managed Care Plan | $1,780.22 | ↓ -51% |
| Humana | Choicecare Medicare Managed Care Plan | $1,815.83 | ↓ -50% |
| Blue Cross | Anthem Vivity City Of La Other Commercial Plan | $1,865.10 | ↓ -48% |
| Central Health Plan | Medicare Managed Care Plan | $1,958.25 | ↓ -46% |
| Blue Cross | Anthem Vivity Non City Of La Other Commercial Plan | $2,100.64 | ↓ -42% |
| La Care Health Plan | Covered Ca Exchange | $2,314.29 | ↓ -36% |
| Blue Shield | Epn/Ifp Benefit Exchange | $2,351.10 | ↓ -35% |
| Healthnet | Ambetter Hmo | $3,293.41 | ↓ -9% |
| Healthnet | Ambetter Ppo | $3,809.68 | ↑ +6% |
| Blue Shield | Medicare Managed Care Plan | $4,776.10 | ↑ +32% |
| Blue Shield | Tandem Ppo/Blue High Performance Ppo/Epo | $5,807.31 | ↑ +61% |
| Blue Cross | All Commercial Plans | $6,343.47 | ↑ +76% |
| Blue Shield | Ppo/Epo | $6,458.59 | ↑ +79% |
| Blue Shield | Hmo | $6,458.59 | ↑ +79% |
Visitor-reported prices
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3-d radiotherapy plan at other California hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| St. John's Camarillo Hospital | Camarillo | $5,617.35 | $932.60 – $11,157.75 |
| Arroyo Grande Hospital | Santa Maria | $3,005.85 | $616.43 – $11,311.00 |
| Queen of The Valley Medical Center | Napa | $4,796.55 | $1,965.27 – $7,200.92 |
| Providence St Joseph Hospital Eureka | Eureka | $6,208.23 | $1,780.22 – $8,165.89 |
| St. Joseph's Medical Center Stockton | Stockton | $2,029.49 | $616.43 – $5,850.00 |
| Santa Rosa Memorial Hospital | Santa Rosa | $3,715.35 | $1,925.97 – $6,126.26 |
| Providence Mission Hospital - Mission Viejo | Mission Viejo | $6,300.00 | $1,513.19 – $3,293.41 |
| Mercy Medical Center Merced | Merced | $7,255.84 | $616.43 – $13,243.66 |