Artery x-rays adrenal gland at Providence Saint John's Health Center
2121 Santa Monica Blvd, Santa Monica, CA · Providence · · NPI 1124026273
$1,439.20
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.
$4,112.00
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.
$447.25 with Aetna vs $15,276.98 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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| Aetna | All Commercial Plans | $447.25 | ↓ -69% |
| Blue Shield | Medicare Managed Care Plan | $2,151.38 | ↑ +49% |
| Blue Cross | All Commercial Plans | $2,298.81 | ↑ +60% |
| Unitedhealthcare | All Commercial Plans | $2,609.81 | ↑ +81% |
| Unitedhealthcare | Select/Navigate Hmo | $2,609.81 | ↑ +81% |
| Blue Shield | Tandem Ppo/Blue High Performance Ppo/Epo | $2,615.88 | ↑ +82% |
| Blue Shield | Hmo | $2,909.25 | ↑ +102% |
| Blue Shield | Ppo/Epo | $2,909.25 | ↑ +102% |
| Aetna | Medicare Managed Care Plan | $4,061.05 | ↑ +182% |
| Humana | Choicecare Medicare Managed Care Plan | $4,142.27 | ↑ +188% |
| Blue Cross | Anthem Vivity City Of La Other Commercial Plan | $4,254.67 | ↑ +196% |
| Central Health Plan | Medicare Managed Care Plan | $4,467.15 | ↑ +210% |
| Blue Cross | Anthem Vivity Non City Of La Other Commercial Plan | $4,791.97 | ↑ +233% |
| Blue Shield | Epn/Ifp Benefit Exchange | $5,144.95 | ↑ +257% |
| La Care Health Plan | Covered Ca Exchange | $5,279.36 | ↑ +267% |
| Healthnet | Ambetter Hmo | $7,512.94 | ↑ +422% |
| Healthnet | Ambetter Ppo | $8,690.64 | ↑ +504% |
| Cigna | All Commercial Plans | $15,276.98 | ↑ +961% |
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Artery x-rays adrenal gland at other California hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Queen of The Valley Medical Center | Napa | $4,624.68 | $1,438.79 – $3,698.67 |
| Providence St Joseph Hospital Eureka | Eureka | $6,937.02 | $2,609.81 – $4,194.31 |
| Santa Rosa Memorial Hospital | Santa Rosa | $4,624.68 | $1,244.88 – $4,393.52 |
| Providence Mission Hospital - Mission Viejo | Mission Viejo | $2,565.12 | $1,014.81 – $7,512.94 |
| Providence Saint Joseph Medical Center | Burbank | $1,482.60 | $322.08 – $10,797.87 |
| St Jude Medical Center | Fullerton | $4,046.88 | $1,014.81 – $7,512.94 |
| Providence St Joseph Hospital Orange | Orange | $2,003.04 | $995.29 – $7,512.94 |
| Providence Little Co of Mary Med Center San Pedro | San Pedro | $4,063.50 | $410.79 – $11,677.69 |