Apply rem fixation device 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

$1,706.60

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.

$4,876.00

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.

$878.26 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 $878.26 ↓ -49%
Blue Shield Medicare Managed Care Plan $1,142.09 ↓ -33%
Aetna Medicare Managed Care Plan $2,068.15 ↑ +21%
Humana Choicecare Medicare Managed Care Plan $2,109.51 ↑ +24%
Blue Cross Anthem Vivity City Of La Other Commercial Plan $2,166.75 ↑ +27%
Central Health Plan Medicare Managed Care Plan $2,274.96 ↑ +33%
Blue Cross Anthem Vivity Non City Of La Other Commercial Plan $2,440.38 ↑ +43%
La Care Health Plan Covered Ca Exchange $2,688.59 ↑ +58%
Blue Shield Tandem Ppo/Blue High Performance Ppo/Epo $3,816.60 ↑ +124%
Healthnet Ambetter Hmo $3,826.07 ↑ +124%
Unitedhealthcare Select/Navigate Hmo $4,099.00 ↑ +140%
Blue Shield Ppo/Epo $4,239.46 ↑ +148%
Blue Shield Hmo $4,239.46 ↑ +148%
Healthnet Ambetter Ppo $4,425.83 ↑ +159%
Healthnet Blue And Gold Other Commercial Plan $4,449.00 ↑ +161%
Unitedhealthcare All Commercial Plans $4,649.00 ↑ +172%
Blue Cross All Commercial Plans $5,559.00 ↑ +226%
Healthnet All Commercial Plans $7,176.00 ↑ +320%
Cigna All Commercial Plans $9,891.00 ↑ +480%

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