Apheresis wbc at Providence Saint John's Health Center
2121 Santa Monica Blvd, Santa Monica, CA · Providence · · NPI 1124026273
$3,113.60
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.
$8,896.00
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.
$1,142.09 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.
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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| Blue Shield | Medicare Managed Care Plan | $1,142.09 | ↓ -63% |
| Aetna | Medicare Managed Care Plan | $2,003.11 | ↓ -36% |
| Blue Shield | Epn/Ifp Benefit Exchange | $2,010.40 | ↓ -35% |
| Humana | Choicecare Medicare Managed Care Plan | $2,043.17 | ↓ -34% |
| Blue Cross | Anthem Vivity City Of La Other Commercial Plan | $2,098.62 | ↓ -33% |
| Central Health Plan | Medicare Managed Care Plan | $2,203.42 | ↓ -29% |
| Blue Cross | Anthem Vivity Non City Of La Other Commercial Plan | $2,363.64 | ↓ -24% |
| La Care Health Plan | Covered Ca Exchange | $2,604.04 | ↓ -16% |
| Healthnet | Blue And Gold Other Commercial Plan | $2,719.00 | ↓ -13% |
| Healthnet | Ambetter Hmo | $3,705.76 | ↑ +19% |
| Blue Shield | Tandem Ppo/Blue High Performance Ppo/Epo | $3,816.60 | ↑ +23% |
| Blue Cross | All Commercial Plans | $4,005.00 | ↑ +29% |
| Unitedhealthcare | Select/Navigate Hmo | $4,099.00 | ↑ +32% |
| Blue Shield | Ppo/Epo | $4,239.46 | ↑ +36% |
| Blue Shield | Hmo | $4,239.46 | ↑ +36% |
| Healthnet | Ambetter Ppo | $4,286.66 | ↑ +38% |
| Healthnet | All Commercial Plans | $4,385.00 | ↑ +41% |
| Unitedhealthcare | All Commercial Plans | $4,649.00 | ↑ +49% |
| Cigna | All Commercial Plans | $9,891.00 | ↑ +218% |
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Apheresis wbc at other California hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| Queen of The Valley Medical Center | Napa | $2,956.98 | $2,211.33 – $7,455.00 |
| Mercy Medical Center Mt. Shasta | Mt Shasta | $3,385.86 | $1,044.48 – $4,264.96 |
| Northridge Hospital Medical Center | Northridge | $1,396.12 | $892.00 – $5,147.50 |
| Providence Cedars-Sinai Tarzana Medical Center | Tarzana | $2,041.20 | $1,142.00 – $4,776.00 |
| Sequoia Hospital | Redwood City | $2,416.24 | $126.55 – $7,524.52 |
| Providence Saint Joseph Medical Center | Burbank | $10,453.10 | $1,142.00 – $4,751.00 |
| Glendale Memorial Hospital Health Center | Glendale | $1,240.76 | $606.00 – $3,044.80 |
| Mercy Medical Center Redding | Redding | $2,068.06 | $1,553.89 – $4,079.00 |