Bundled special stain group 2 at Providence Saint John's Health Center
2121 Santa Monica Blvd, Santa Monica, CA · Providence · · NPI 1124026273
$74.90
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.
$214.00
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.
$18.65 with Blue Cross vs $366.20 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 Cross | All Commercial Plans | $18.65 | ↓ -75% |
| Blue Shield | Epn/Ifp Benefit Exchange | $42.11 | ↓ -44% |
| Unitedhealthcare | Select/Navigate Hmo | $66.86 | ↓ -11% |
| Unitedhealthcare | All Commercial Plans | $66.86 | ↓ -11% |
| Blue Shield | Medicare Managed Care Plan | $161.27 | ↑ +115% |
| Aetna | All Commercial Plans | $166.53 | ↑ +122% |
| Cigna | All Commercial Plans | $169.46 | ↑ +126% |
| Aetna | Medicare Managed Care Plan | $171.12 | ↑ +128% |
| Humana | Choicecare Medicare Managed Care Plan | $174.54 | ↑ +133% |
| Blue Cross | Anthem Vivity City Of La Other Commercial Plan | $179.28 | ↑ +139% |
| Central Health Plan | Medicare Managed Care Plan | $188.23 | ↑ +151% |
| Blue Shield | Tandem Ppo/Blue High Performance Ppo/Epo | $196.09 | ↑ +162% |
| Blue Cross | Anthem Vivity Non City Of La Other Commercial Plan | $201.92 | ↑ +170% |
| Blue Shield | Hmo | $218.09 | ↑ +191% |
| Blue Shield | Ppo/Epo | $218.09 | ↑ +191% |
| La Care Health Plan | Covered Ca Exchange | $222.46 | ↑ +197% |
| Healthnet | Ambetter Hmo | $316.58 | ↑ +323% |
| Healthnet | Ambetter Ppo | $366.20 | ↑ +389% |
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Bundled special stain group 2 at other California hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| St. John's Camarillo Hospital | Camarillo | $75.34 | $16.20 – $186.38 |
| Petaluma Valley Hospital | Petaluma | $165.24 | $23.74 – $182.96 |
| Arroyo Grande Hospital | Santa Maria | $130.63 | $16.50 – $181.00 |
| Mark Twain Medical Center | San Andreas | $70.60 | $19.15 – $72.52 |
| French Hospital | San Luis Obispo | $119.64 | $8.91 – $212.78 |
| Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield | Bakersfield | $37.48 | $19.09 – $201.86 |
| Bakersfield Memorial Hospital | Bakersfield | $37.07 | $19.09 – $201.86 |
| Queen of The Valley Medical Center | Napa | $108.12 | $30.00 – $188.91 |