Cadd pump refill 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.

$273.57 with Aetna vs $701.73 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.

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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
Aetna Medicare Managed Care Plan $273.57
Humana Choicecare Medicare Managed Care Plan $279.04
Blue Cross Anthem Vivity City Of La Other Commercial Plan $286.62
Central Health Plan Medicare Managed Care Plan $300.93
Blue Shield Epn/Ifp Benefit Exchange $312.25
Blue Cross Anthem Vivity Non City Of La Other Commercial Plan $322.81
La Care Health Plan Covered Ca Exchange $355.64
Aetna All Commercial Plans $499.95
Healthnet Ambetter Hmo $506.11
Blue Shield Medicare Managed Care Plan $518.93
Healthnet Ambetter Ppo $585.44
Blue Shield Tandem Ppo/Blue High Performance Ppo/Epo $630.97
Blue Shield Ppo/Epo $701.73
Blue Shield Hmo $701.73

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Cadd pump refill at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
St. John's Camarillo Hospital Camarillo $476.11 $20.00 – $1,951.00
Arroyo Grande Hospital Santa Maria $320.15 $13.22 – $999.00
Mark Twain Medical Center San Andreas $276.39 $13.22 – $406.70
French Hospital San Luis Obispo $293.22 $13.22 – $1,654.00
Bakersfield Memorial Hospital Bakersfield $229.01 $13.22 – $12,607.00
Queen of The Valley Medical Center Napa $459.51 $302.01 – $302.01
Providence St Joseph Hospital Eureka Eureka $275.40 $273.57 – $273.57
Redwood Memorial Hospital Fortuna $371.28 not published

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