Cardiac perf planar sgl/ef/wm 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

$1,309.70

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.

$3,742.00

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.

$615.99 with Aetna vs $6,336.39 with Cigna — 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 All Commercial Plans $615.99 ↓ -53%
Blue Shield Medicare Managed Care Plan $655.68 ↓ -50%
Blue Cross All Commercial Plans $736.11 ↓ -44%
Blue Shield Tandem Ppo/Blue High Performance Ppo/Epo $797.24 ↓ -39%
Blue Shield Hmo $886.65 ↓ -32%
Blue Shield Ppo/Epo $886.65 ↓ -32%
Blue Shield Epn/Ifp Benefit Exchange $1,658.11 ↑ +27%
Aetna Medicare Managed Care Plan $1,665.13 ↑ +27%
Humana Choicecare Medicare Managed Care Plan $1,698.44 ↑ +30%
Blue Cross Anthem Vivity City Of La Other Commercial Plan $1,744.53 ↑ +33%
Central Health Plan Medicare Managed Care Plan $1,831.65 ↑ +40%
Blue Cross Anthem Vivity Non City Of La Other Commercial Plan $1,964.83 ↑ +50%
Unitedhealthcare All Commercial Plans $2,035.50 ↑ +55%
Unitedhealthcare Select/Navigate Hmo $2,035.50 ↑ +55%
La Care Health Plan Covered Ca Exchange $2,164.67 ↑ +65%
Healthnet Ambetter Hmo $3,080.50 ↑ +135%
Healthnet Ambetter Ppo $3,563.39 ↑ +172%
Cigna All Commercial Plans $6,336.39 ↑ +384%

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Cardiac perf planar sgl/ef/wm at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
St. John's Camarillo Hospital Camarillo $2,895.62 $267.18 – $6,326.24
Mark Twain Medical Center San Andreas $4,827.84 $176.60 – $3,361.40
Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield Bakersfield $1,306.30 $176.60 – $6,851.62
Bakersfield Memorial Hospital Bakersfield $1,292.21 $176.60 – $6,851.62
Providence St Joseph Hospital Eureka Eureka $1,896.69 $1,241.87 – $2,035.50
St. Joseph's Medical Center Stockton Stockton $967.56 $176.60 – $1,754.00
Mercy Medical Center Mt. Shasta Mt Shasta $1,908.44 $240.18 – $2,403.94
Mercy Medical Center Merced Merced $2,046.61 $176.60 – $1,848.00

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