Behavior counsel obesity 15min medicare g0447 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

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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.

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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.

$87.93 with Blue Shield vs $279.62 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.

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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 $87.93
Aetna Medicare Managed Care Plan $130.66
Humana Choicecare Medicare Managed Care Plan $133.27
Blue Cross Anthem Vivity City Of La Other Commercial Plan $136.89
Central Health Plan Medicare Managed Care Plan $143.73
Blue Cross Anthem Vivity Non City Of La Other Commercial Plan $154.18
La Care Health Plan Covered Ca Exchange $169.86
Healthnet Ambetter Hmo $241.72
Healthnet Ambetter Ppo $279.62

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Behavior counsel obesity 15min medicare g0447 at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Mark Twain Medical Center San Andreas $87.92 $22.26 – $129.36
St. Mary Medical Center Long Beach $50.74 $20.03 – $188.05
Healdsburg Hospital Healdsburg not published $136.88 – $136.88
Santa Rosa Memorial Hospital Santa Rosa not published $141.36 – $144.24
Providence Mission Hospital - Mission Viejo Mission Viejo not published $111.06 – $241.72
Providence St Joseph Hospital Orange Orange not published $111.06 – $241.72

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