Adj tis trans/see area/10.1-30sqcm 14041 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

$2,131.85

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.

$6,091.00

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.

$1,746.72 with Blue Shield vs $10,103.00 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.

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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
Blue Shield Medicare Managed Care Plan $1,746.72 ↓ -18%
Aetna Medicare Managed Care Plan $2,653.72 ↑ +24%
Humana Choicecare Medicare Managed Care Plan $2,706.80 ↑ +27%
Blue Cross Anthem Vivity City Of La Other Commercial Plan $2,780.25 ↑ +30%
Blue Shield Epn/Ifp Benefit Exchange $2,888.35 ↑ +35%
Central Health Plan Medicare Managed Care Plan $2,919.10 ↑ +37%
Blue Cross Anthem Vivity Non City Of La Other Commercial Plan $3,131.35 ↑ +47%
La Care Health Plan Covered Ca Exchange $3,449.84 ↑ +62%
Unitedhealthcare Select/Navigate Hmo $4,099.00 ↑ +92%
Healthnet Blue And Gold Other Commercial Plan $4,449.00 ↑ +109%
Unitedhealthcare All Commercial Plans $4,649.00 ↑ +118%
Healthnet Ambetter Hmo $4,909.39 ↑ +130%
Healthnet Ambetter Ppo $5,678.97 ↑ +166%
Blue Shield Tandem Ppo/Blue High Performance Ppo/Epo $5,837.15 ↑ +174%
Blue Shield Ppo/Epo $6,483.87 ↑ +204%
Blue Shield Hmo $6,483.87 ↑ +204%
Blue Cross All Commercial Plans $6,790.00 ↑ +219%
Healthnet All Commercial Plans $7,176.00 ↑ +237%
Cigna All Commercial Plans $10,103.00 ↑ +374%

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Adj tis trans/see area/10.1-30sqcm 14041 at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Petaluma Valley Hospital Petaluma $3,513.90 $2,780.50 – $4,657.00
Mark Twain Medical Center San Andreas $1,009.66 $392.19 – $1,485.68
Queen of The Valley Medical Center Napa $3,803.07 $2,929.57 – $9,858.00
Providence St Joseph Hospital Eureka Eureka $3,397.11 $2,653.72 – $9,858.00
Healdsburg Hospital Healdsburg $1,760.52 $2,779.95 – $5,330.31
Redwood Memorial Hospital Fortuna $2,200.65 $9,031.00 – $36,398.00
Santa Rosa Memorial Hospital Santa Rosa $3,760.74 $2,870.98 – $5,318.00
Providence Mission Hospital - Mission Viejo Mission Viejo $2,692.80 $2,255.66 – $7,908.00

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