Application of paste boot 29580 at Providence Saint John's Health Center
2121 Santa Monica Blvd, Santa Monica, CA · Providence · · NPI 1124026273
$163.10
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.
$466.00
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.
$194.49 with Blue Shield 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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| Blue Shield | Epn/Ifp Benefit Exchange | $194.49 | ↑ +19% |
| Aetna | Medicare Managed Care Plan | $209.00 | ↑ +28% |
| Humana | Choicecare Medicare Managed Care Plan | $213.18 | ↑ +31% |
| Blue Cross | Anthem Vivity City Of La Other Commercial Plan | $218.97 | ↑ +34% |
| Central Health Plan | Medicare Managed Care Plan | $229.90 | ↑ +41% |
| Blue Cross | Anthem Vivity Non City Of La Other Commercial Plan | $246.62 | ↑ +51% |
| La Care Health Plan | Covered Ca Exchange | $271.70 | ↑ +67% |
| Blue Shield | Medicare Managed Care Plan | $352.70 | ↑ +116% |
| Healthnet | Ambetter Hmo | $386.65 | ↑ +137% |
| Healthnet | Ambetter Ppo | $447.27 | ↑ +174% |
| Healthnet | Blue And Gold Other Commercial Plan | $601.00 | ↑ +268% |
| Healthnet | All Commercial Plans | $970.00 | ↑ +495% |
| Blue Shield | Tandem Ppo/Blue High Performance Ppo/Epo | $1,178.65 | ↑ +623% |
| Blue Shield | Ppo/Epo | $1,309.24 | ↑ +703% |
| Blue Shield | Hmo | $1,309.24 | ↑ +703% |
| Unitedhealthcare | Select/Navigate Hmo | $1,487.00 | ↑ +812% |
| Unitedhealthcare | All Commercial Plans | $1,687.00 | ↑ +934% |
| Blue Cross | All Commercial Plans | $4,005.00 | ↑ +2356% |
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Application of paste boot 29580 at other California hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| St. John's Camarillo Hospital | Camarillo | $146.91 | $38.36 – $365.86 |
| Banner Lassen Medical Center | Susanville | $220.51 | $44.85 – $196.91 |
| Petaluma Valley Hospital | Petaluma | $376.38 | $218.99 – $1,687.00 |
| Arroyo Grande Hospital | Santa Maria | $213.15 | $31.19 – $699.00 |
| Mark Twain Medical Center | San Andreas | $70.60 | $27.43 – $103.88 |
| French Hospital | San Luis Obispo | $195.22 | $31.19 – $1,149.00 |
| Bakersfield Memorial Hospital | Bakersfield | $196.72 | $31.19 – $423.44 |
| Queen of The Valley Medical Center | Napa | $442.17 | $230.73 – $6,200.00 |