Asp & inj w/heparin pleurx cath at Providence Saint John's Health Center
2121 Santa Monica Blvd, Santa Monica, CA · Providence · · NPI 1124026273
$1,081.85
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.
$3,091.00
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.
$806.82 with Aetna 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.
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 | $806.82 | ↓ -25% |
| Humana | Choicecare Medicare Managed Care Plan | $822.95 | ↓ -24% |
| Blue Cross | Anthem Vivity City Of La Other Commercial Plan | $845.28 | ↓ -22% |
| Central Health Plan | Medicare Managed Care Plan | $887.50 | ↓ -18% |
| Blue Shield | Epn/Ifp Benefit Exchange | $950.02 | ↓ -12% |
| Blue Cross | Anthem Vivity Non City Of La Other Commercial Plan | $952.03 | ↓ -12% |
| La Care Health Plan | Covered Ca Exchange | $1,048.86 | ↓ -3% |
| Blue Shield | Medicare Managed Care Plan | $1,142.09 | ↑ +6% |
| Healthnet | Blue And Gold Other Commercial Plan | $1,484.00 | ↑ +37% |
| Healthnet | Ambetter Hmo | $1,492.61 | ↑ +38% |
| Healthnet | Ambetter Ppo | $1,726.59 | ↑ +60% |
| Unitedhealthcare | Select/Navigate Hmo | $2,362.00 | ↑ +118% |
| Healthnet | All Commercial Plans | $2,391.00 | ↑ +121% |
| Unitedhealthcare | All Commercial Plans | $2,679.00 | ↑ +148% |
| Blue Shield | Tandem Ppo/Blue High Performance Ppo/Epo | $3,816.60 | ↑ +253% |
| Blue Shield | Hmo | $4,239.46 | ↑ +292% |
| Blue Shield | Ppo/Epo | $4,239.46 | ↑ +292% |
| Cigna | All Commercial Plans | $9,891.00 | ↑ +814% |
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Asp & inj w/heparin pleurx cath at other California hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| St. John's Camarillo Hospital | Camarillo | $953.97 | $588.06 – $1,698.84 |
| Arroyo Grande Hospital | Santa Maria | $1,591.74 | $785.56 – $3,644.62 |
| French Hospital | San Luis Obispo | $1,457.85 | $785.56 – $3,644.62 |
| Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield | Bakersfield | $809.53 | $529.74 – $1,569.60 |
| Bakersfield Memorial Hospital | Bakersfield | $800.80 | $529.74 – $1,549.98 |
| St. Joseph's Medical Center Stockton | Stockton | $719.72 | $249.69 – $998.76 |
| Providence Mission Hospital - Mission Viejo | Mission Viejo | $840.48 | $685.79 – $5,171.00 |
| Mercy Medical Center Merced | Merced | $1,179.87 | $648.12 – $1,944.36 |