Amniocentesisdiagnostic 59000 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

$1,056.65

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.

$3,019.00

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.

$601.13 with Blue Shield 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.

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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 Epn/Ifp Benefit Exchange $601.13 ↓ -43%
Blue Shield Medicare Managed Care Plan $1,142.09 ↑ +8%
Aetna Medicare Managed Care Plan $1,184.62 ↑ +12%
Humana Choicecare Medicare Managed Care Plan $1,208.32 ↑ +14%
Blue Cross Anthem Vivity City Of La Other Commercial Plan $1,241.11 ↑ +17%
Central Health Plan Medicare Managed Care Plan $1,303.09 ↑ +23%
Blue Cross Anthem Vivity Non City Of La Other Commercial Plan $1,397.84 ↑ +32%
Healthnet Blue And Gold Other Commercial Plan $1,484.00 ↑ +40%
La Care Health Plan Covered Ca Exchange $1,540.01 ↑ +46%
Healthnet Ambetter Hmo $2,191.56 ↑ +107%
Unitedhealthcare Select/Navigate Hmo $2,362.00 ↑ +124%
Healthnet All Commercial Plans $2,391.00 ↑ +126%
Healthnet Ambetter Ppo $2,535.10 ↑ +140%
Unitedhealthcare All Commercial Plans $2,679.00 ↑ +154%
Blue Shield Tandem Ppo/Blue High Performance Ppo/Epo $3,816.60 ↑ +261%
Blue Cross All Commercial Plans $4,005.00 ↑ +279%
Blue Shield Ppo/Epo $4,239.46 ↑ +301%
Blue Shield Hmo $4,239.46 ↑ +301%
Cigna All Commercial Plans $9,891.00 ↑ +836%

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Amniocentesisdiagnostic 59000 at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
St. John's Camarillo Hospital Camarillo $360.48 $99.41 – $1,646.00
Banner Lassen Medical Center Susanville $433.26 $94.48 – $805.10
Arroyo Grande Hospital Santa Maria $1,151.32 $65.71 – $2,556.82
Mark Twain Medical Center San Andreas $1,965.37 $65.71 – $1,266.16
French Hospital San Luis Obispo $1,022.73 $65.71 – $2,399.04
Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield Bakersfield $499.74 $65.71 – $1,106.36
Bakersfield Memorial Hospital Bakersfield $494.35 $65.71 – $1,106.36
Queen of The Valley Medical Center Napa $1,280.61 $1,307.76 – $6,200.00

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