Abdominal MRI (with and without contrast) at Providence Saint John's Health Center
2121 Santa Monica Blvd, Santa Monica, CA · Providence · · NPI 1124026273
$2,801.40
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.
$8,004.00
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.
$448.71 with Aetna vs $5,682.01 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 | $448.71 | ↓ -84% |
| Humana | Choicecare Medicare Managed Care Plan | $457.68 | ↓ -84% |
| Blue Cross | Anthem Vivity City Of La Other Commercial Plan | $470.10 | ↓ -83% |
| Central Health Plan | Medicare Managed Care Plan | $493.58 | ↓ -82% |
| Blue Cross | Anthem Vivity Non City Of La Other Commercial Plan | $529.47 | ↓ -81% |
| La Care Health Plan | Covered Ca Exchange | $583.32 | ↓ -79% |
| Unitedhealthcare | All Commercial Plans | $610.96 | ↓ -78% |
| Unitedhealthcare | Select/Navigate Hmo | $610.96 | ↓ -78% |
| Aetna | All Commercial Plans | $813.72 | ↓ -71% |
| Healthnet | Ambetter Hmo | $830.11 | ↓ -70% |
| Healthnet | Ambetter Ppo | $960.24 | ↓ -66% |
| Blue Shield | Epn/Ifp Benefit Exchange | $1,316.74 | ↓ -53% |
| Blue Shield | Medicare Managed Care Plan | $4,201.82 | ↑ +50% |
| Blue Cross | All Commercial Plans | $4,590.45 | ↑ +64% |
| Blue Shield | Tandem Ppo/Blue High Performance Ppo/Epo | $5,109.04 | ↑ +82% |
| Blue Shield | Ppo/Epo | $5,682.01 | ↑ +103% |
| Blue Shield | Hmo | $5,682.01 | ↑ +103% |
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Abdominal MRI (with and without contrast) at other California hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| St. John's Camarillo Hospital | Camarillo | $2,916.21 | $453.77 – $5,193.24 |
| Banner Lassen Medical Center | Susanville | $3,402.72 | $71.43 – $4,749.12 |
| Petaluma Valley Hospital | Petaluma | $5,118.87 | $470.15 – $5,844.35 |
| Arroyo Grande Hospital | Santa Maria | $3,828.46 | $333.52 – $6,654.20 |
| Mark Twain Medical Center | San Andreas | $9,470.52 | $333.52 – $3,786.72 |
| French Hospital | San Luis Obispo | $3,045.84 | $333.52 – $2,111.00 |
| Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield | Bakersfield | $2,431.17 | $333.52 – $5,242.40 |
| Bakersfield Memorial Hospital | Bakersfield | $2,404.96 | $333.52 – $5,176.87 |