Cath right heart w/o2 sat & card 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

$1,709.05

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.

$4,883.00

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.

$3,409.47 with Blue Shield vs $12,656.02 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
Blue Shield Medicare Managed Care Plan $3,409.47 ↑ +99%
Aetna Medicare Managed Care Plan $4,169.67 ↑ +144%
Humana Choicecare Medicare Managed Care Plan $4,253.06 ↑ +149%
Blue Cross Anthem Vivity City Of La Other Commercial Plan $4,368.47 ↑ +156%
Central Health Plan Medicare Managed Care Plan $4,586.63 ↑ +168%
Blue Cross Anthem Vivity Non City Of La Other Commercial Plan $4,920.14 ↑ +188%
La Care Health Plan Covered Ca Exchange $5,420.57 ↑ +217%
Blue Shield Epn/Ifp Benefit Exchange $6,702.74 ↑ +292%
Blue Cross All Commercial Plans $6,790.00 ↑ +297%
Healthnet Blue And Gold Other Commercial Plan $7,332.00 ↑ +329%
Healthnet Ambetter Hmo $7,713.88 ↑ +351%
Healthnet Ambetter Ppo $8,923.08 ↑ +422%
Unitedhealthcare Select/Navigate Hmo $9,834.00 ↑ +475%
Cigna All Commercial Plans $9,891.00 ↑ +479%
Unitedhealthcare All Commercial Plans $11,155.00 ↑ +553%
Blue Shield Tandem Ppo/Blue High Performance Ppo/Epo $11,393.66 ↑ +567%
Healthnet All Commercial Plans $11,827.00 ↑ +592%
Blue Shield Ppo/Epo $12,656.02 ↑ +641%
Blue Shield Hmo $12,656.02 ↑ +641%

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Cath right heart w/o2 sat & card at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
St. John's Camarillo Hospital Camarillo $3,116.37 $986.08 – $7,425.74
Arroyo Grande Hospital Santa Maria $6,800.50 $801.69 – $15,571.22
French Hospital San Luis Obispo $6,047.00 $801.69 – $15,117.48
Bakersfield Memorial Hospital Bakersfield $5,092.50 $801.69 – $10,962.04
Queen of The Valley Medical Center Napa $5,635.50 $4,603.09 – $17,909.00
Providence St Joseph Hospital Eureka Eureka $8,064.12 $4,169.67 – $17,611.00
St. Joseph's Medical Center Stockton Stockton $5,015.64 $698.63 – $14,330.40
Santa Rosa Memorial Hospital Santa Rosa $3,683.22 $4,511.03 – $11,377.00

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