Blood typing ag donor ea ag 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

$306.60

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.

$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.

$9.01 with Blue Cross vs $986.59 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 Cross Anthem Vivity City Of La Other Commercial Plan $9.01 ↓ -97%
Blue Cross Anthem Vivity Non City Of La Other Commercial Plan $10.14 ↓ -97%
Aetna All Commercial Plans $11.10 ↓ -96%
Unitedhealthcare Select/Navigate Hmo $12.70 ↓ -96%
Unitedhealthcare All Commercial Plans $12.70 ↓ -96%
Cigna All Commercial Plans $15.78 ↓ -95%
Blue Cross All Commercial Plans $19.85 ↓ -94%
Blue Shield Tandem Ppo/Blue High Performance Ppo/Epo $23.83 ↓ -92%
Blue Shield Hmo $26.47 ↓ -91%
Blue Shield Ppo/Epo $26.47 ↓ -91%
Blue Shield Medicare Managed Care Plan $36.69 ↓ -88%
Blue Shield Epn/Ifp Benefit Exchange $36.81 ↓ -88%
Aetna Medicare Managed Care Plan $461.02 ↑ +50%
Humana Choicecare Medicare Managed Care Plan $470.24 ↑ +53%
Central Health Plan Medicare Managed Care Plan $507.12 ↑ +65%
La Care Health Plan Covered Ca Exchange $599.33 ↑ +95%
Healthnet Ambetter Hmo $852.89 ↑ +178%
Healthnet Ambetter Ppo $986.59 ↑ +222%

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Blood typing ag donor ea ag at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
St. John's Camarillo Hospital Camarillo $153.30 $4.96 – $74.00
Banner Lassen Medical Center Susanville $527.30 $1.27 – $69.84
Petaluma Valley Hospital Petaluma $641.58 $12.70 – $483.05
Arroyo Grande Hospital Santa Maria $106.65 $3.28 – $24.00
French Hospital San Luis Obispo $97.68 $3.28 – $24.00
Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield Bakersfield $130.23 $3.28 – $70.00
Bakersfield Memorial Hospital Bakersfield $128.82 $3.28 – $70.00
Queen of The Valley Medical Center Napa $681.36 $12.70 – $31.87

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