Borrelia antibody 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.
$13.38 with Aetna vs $127.47 with Blue Shield — 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 | $13.38 | — |
| Humana | Choicecare Medicare Managed Care Plan | $13.65 | — |
| Central Health Plan | Medicare Managed Care Plan | $14.72 | — |
| La Care Health Plan | Covered Ca Exchange | $17.39 | — |
| Blue Cross | Anthem Vivity City Of La Other Commercial Plan | $18.98 | — |
| Blue Cross | Anthem Vivity Non City Of La Other Commercial Plan | $21.37 | — |
| Healthnet | Ambetter Hmo | $24.75 | — |
| Unitedhealthcare | All Commercial Plans | $26.76 | — |
| Unitedhealthcare | Select/Navigate Hmo | $26.76 | — |
| Healthnet | Ambetter Ppo | $28.63 | — |
| Cigna | All Commercial Plans | $33.23 | — |
| Aetna | All Commercial Plans | $38.89 | — |
| Blue Shield | Epn/Ifp Benefit Exchange | $41.50 | — |
| Blue Shield | Tandem Ppo/Blue High Performance Ppo/Epo | $82.80 | — |
| Blue Cross | All Commercial Plans | $84.56 | — |
| Blue Shield | Ppo/Epo | $91.95 | — |
| Blue Shield | Hmo | $91.95 | — |
| Blue Shield | Medicare Managed Care Plan | $127.47 | — |
Visitor-reported prices
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Borrelia antibody at other California hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Sierra Nevada Memorial Hospital | Grass Valley | $50.20 | $13.38 – $90.26 |
| Mercy San Juan Medical Center | Carmichael | $25.24 | $10.14 – $76.45 |
| Mercy General Hospital | Sacramento | $20.08 | $11.89 – $73.68 |
| Mercy Hospital of Folsom | Folsom | $35.83 | $10.14 – $75.53 |
| Woodland Memorial Hospital | Woodland | $25.24 | $10.14 – $92.10 |
| Methodist Hospital of Sacramento | Sacramento | $26.53 | $11.89 – $76.45 |
| Petaluma Valley Hospital | Petaluma | not published | $13.11 – $107.66 |
| Queen of The Valley Medical Center | Napa | not published | $13.38 – $136.06 |