Arthrodesis triple at Providence Saint John's Health Center
2121 Santa Monica Blvd, Santa Monica, CA · Providence · · NPI 1124026273
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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.
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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.
$2,159.89 with Blue Shield vs $48,502.00 with Healthnet — 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 | $2,159.89 | — |
| Blue Shield | Tandem Ppo/Blue High Performance Ppo/Epo | $7,217.86 | — |
| Blue Shield | Ppo/Epo | $8,017.56 | — |
| Blue Shield | Hmo | $8,017.56 | — |
| Blue Cross | All Commercial Plans | $8,365.00 | — |
| Cigna | All Commercial Plans | $12,557.00 | — |
| Unitedhealthcare | Select/Navigate Hmo | $13,460.00 | — |
| Unitedhealthcare | All Commercial Plans | $15,269.00 | — |
| Blue Shield | Epn/Ifp Benefit Exchange | $15,304.79 | — |
| Aetna | Medicare Managed Care Plan | $16,512.69 | — |
| Humana | Choicecare Medicare Managed Care Plan | $16,842.94 | — |
| Blue Cross | Anthem Vivity City Of La Other Commercial Plan | $17,299.99 | — |
| Central Health Plan | Medicare Managed Care Plan | $18,163.96 | — |
| Blue Cross | Anthem Vivity Non City Of La Other Commercial Plan | $19,484.71 | — |
| La Care Health Plan | Covered Ca Exchange | $21,466.50 | — |
| Healthnet | Blue And Gold Other Commercial Plan | $30,073.00 | — |
| Healthnet | Ambetter Hmo | $30,548.47 | — |
| Healthnet | Ambetter Ppo | $35,337.15 | — |
| Healthnet | All Commercial Plans | $48,502.00 | — |
Visitor-reported prices
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Arthrodesis triple at other California hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| St. John's Camarillo Hospital | Camarillo | not published | $843.92 – $32,697.16 |
| Petaluma Valley Hospital | Petaluma | not published | $3,632.00 – $17,654.63 |
| Arroyo Grande Hospital | Santa Maria | not published | $686.11 – $16,348.58 |
| Mark Twain Medical Center | San Andreas | not published | $686.11 – $686.11 |
| French Hospital | San Luis Obispo | not published | $686.11 – $16,348.58 |
| Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield | Bakersfield | not published | $686.11 – $16,348.58 |
| Bakersfield Memorial Hospital | Bakersfield | not published | $686.11 – $16,348.58 |
| Queen of The Valley Medical Center | Napa | not published | $9,256.00 – $62,607.00 |