Bx breast perq without image 19100 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

$1,288.70

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.

$3,682.00

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.

$789.04 with Blue Shield vs $7,176.00 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 $789.04 ↓ -39%
Blue Shield Medicare Managed Care Plan $1,142.09 ↓ -11%
Aetna Medicare Managed Care Plan $2,124.23 ↑ +65%
Humana Choicecare Medicare Managed Care Plan $2,166.71 ↑ +68%
Blue Cross Anthem Vivity City Of La Other Commercial Plan $2,225.51 ↑ +73%
Central Health Plan Medicare Managed Care Plan $2,336.65 ↑ +81%
Blue Cross Anthem Vivity Non City Of La Other Commercial Plan $2,506.56 ↑ +95%
La Care Health Plan Covered Ca Exchange $2,761.50 ↑ +114%
Blue Shield Tandem Ppo/Blue High Performance Ppo/Epo $3,816.60 ↑ +196%
Healthnet Ambetter Hmo $3,929.83 ↑ +205%
Blue Cross All Commercial Plans $4,005.00 ↑ +211%
Unitedhealthcare Select/Navigate Hmo $4,099.00 ↑ +218%
Blue Shield Ppo/Epo $4,239.46 ↑ +229%
Blue Shield Hmo $4,239.46 ↑ +229%
Healthnet Blue And Gold Other Commercial Plan $4,449.00 ↑ +245%
Healthnet Ambetter Ppo $4,545.85 ↑ +253%
Unitedhealthcare All Commercial Plans $4,649.00 ↑ +261%
Cigna All Commercial Plans $5,977.00 ↑ +364%
Healthnet All Commercial Plans $7,176.00 ↑ +457%

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Bx breast perq without image 19100 at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
St. John's Camarillo Hospital Camarillo $833.52 $107.19 – $3,763.88
Mark Twain Medical Center San Andreas $1,661.67 $49.68 – $188.16
Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield Bakersfield $963.86 $87.15 – $2,078.40
Bakersfield Memorial Hospital Bakersfield $953.47 $87.15 – $2,058.68
St. Joseph's Medical Center Stockton Stockton $325.46 $0.80 – $1,107.00
Mercy Medical Center Merced Merced $1,360.12 $87.15 – $1,137.00
California Hospital Medical Center Los Angeles $991.83 $87.15 – $2,278.13
Petaluma Valley Hospital Petaluma not published $1,921.00 – $4,657.00

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