Application finger splntstatic 29130 at Providence Saint John's Health Center
2121 Santa Monica Blvd, Santa Monica, CA · Providence · · NPI 1124026273
$193.90
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.
$554.00
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.
$171.12 with Aetna vs $4,005.00 with Blue Cross — 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 | $171.12 | ↓ -12% |
| Humana | Choicecare Medicare Managed Care Plan | $174.54 | ↓ -10% |
| Blue Cross | Anthem Vivity City Of La Other Commercial Plan | $179.28 | ↓ -8% |
| Central Health Plan | Medicare Managed Care Plan | $188.23 | ↓ -3% |
| Blue Shield | Epn/Ifp Benefit Exchange | $194.49 | ↑ +0% |
| Blue Cross | Anthem Vivity Non City Of La Other Commercial Plan | $201.92 | ↑ +4% |
| La Care Health Plan | Covered Ca Exchange | $222.46 | ↑ +15% |
| Healthnet | Ambetter Hmo | $316.58 | ↑ +63% |
| Blue Shield | Medicare Managed Care Plan | $352.70 | ↑ +82% |
| Healthnet | Ambetter Ppo | $366.20 | ↑ +89% |
| Healthnet | Blue And Gold Other Commercial Plan | $601.00 | ↑ +210% |
| Healthnet | All Commercial Plans | $970.00 | ↑ +400% |
| Blue Shield | Tandem Ppo/Blue High Performance Ppo/Epo | $1,178.65 | ↑ +508% |
| Blue Shield | Ppo/Epo | $1,309.24 | ↑ +575% |
| Blue Shield | Hmo | $1,309.24 | ↑ +575% |
| Unitedhealthcare | Select/Navigate Hmo | $1,487.00 | ↑ +667% |
| Unitedhealthcare | All Commercial Plans | $1,687.00 | ↑ +770% |
| Blue Cross | All Commercial Plans | $4,005.00 | ↑ +1965% |
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Application finger splntstatic 29130 at other California hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Petaluma Valley Hospital | Petaluma | $792.03 | $179.30 – $1,687.00 |
| Arroyo Grande Hospital | Santa Maria | $135.25 | $25.64 – $699.00 |
| Mark Twain Medical Center | San Andreas | $87.92 | $25.64 – $100.94 |
| French Hospital | San Luis Obispo | $117.21 | $25.64 – $1,149.00 |
| Queen of The Valley Medical Center | Napa | $1,145.97 | $188.91 – $6,200.00 |
| Providence St Joseph Hospital Eureka | Eureka | $803.76 | $171.12 – $8,018.00 |
| Healdsburg Hospital | Healdsburg | $253.98 | $179.26 – $721.00 |
| Redwood Memorial Hospital | Fortuna | $805.80 | $1,333.00 – $8,222.00 |