Ablation of upper extremity nerves rf at Providence Saint John's Health Center
2121 Santa Monica Blvd, Santa Monica, CA · Providence · · NPI 1124026273
$278.60
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.
$796.00
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.
$394.79 with Aetna vs $9,891.00 with Cigna — 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 | $394.79 | ↑ +42% |
| Humana | Choicecare Medicare Managed Care Plan | $402.69 | ↑ +45% |
| Blue Cross | Anthem Vivity City Of La Other Commercial Plan | $413.61 | ↑ +48% |
| Central Health Plan | Medicare Managed Care Plan | $434.27 | ↑ +56% |
| Blue Shield | Epn/Ifp Benefit Exchange | $450.55 | ↑ +62% |
| Blue Cross | Anthem Vivity Non City Of La Other Commercial Plan | $465.85 | ↑ +67% |
| La Care Health Plan | Covered Ca Exchange | $513.23 | ↑ +84% |
| Healthnet | Blue And Gold Other Commercial Plan | $601.00 | ↑ +116% |
| Healthnet | Ambetter Hmo | $730.36 | ↑ +162% |
| Healthnet | Ambetter Ppo | $844.85 | ↑ +203% |
| Healthnet | All Commercial Plans | $970.00 | ↑ +248% |
| Blue Shield | Medicare Managed Care Plan | $1,142.09 | ↑ +310% |
| Unitedhealthcare | Select/Navigate Hmo | $1,487.00 | ↑ +434% |
| Unitedhealthcare | All Commercial Plans | $1,687.00 | ↑ +506% |
| Blue Shield | Tandem Ppo/Blue High Performance Ppo/Epo | $3,816.60 | ↑ +1270% |
| Blue Shield | Hmo | $4,239.46 | ↑ +1422% |
| Blue Shield | Ppo/Epo | $4,239.46 | ↑ +1422% |
| Cigna | All Commercial Plans | $9,891.00 | ↑ +3450% |
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Ablation of upper extremity nerves rf at other California hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| St. John's Camarillo Hospital | Camarillo | $531.74 | $321.57 – $928.98 |
| Petaluma Valley Hospital | Petaluma | $3,249.72 | $413.65 – $1,921.00 |
| Arroyo Grande Hospital | Santa Maria | $448.12 | $375.07 – $739.90 |
| French Hospital | San Luis Obispo | $410.43 | $203.85 – $739.90 |
| Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield | Bakersfield | $300.51 | $218.70 – $648.00 |
| Queen of The Valley Medical Center | Napa | $3,336.42 | $435.83 – $5,592.00 |
| Providence St Joseph Hospital Eureka | Eureka | $4,630.29 | $394.79 – $5,835.00 |
| Healdsburg Hospital | Healdsburg | $810.90 | $413.57 – $3,982.87 |