Cholangiogram percutaneous compl 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

$2,421.30

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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.

$6,918.00

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.

$1,746.72 with Blue Shield vs $15,861.00 with Cigna — same scan, same building. Share

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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

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 $1,746.72 ↓ -28%
Blue Cross All Commercial Plans $4,005.00 ↑ +65%
Aetna Medicare Managed Care Plan $4,604.99 ↑ +90%
Humana Choicecare Medicare Managed Care Plan $4,697.09 ↑ +94%
Blue Cross Anthem Vivity City Of La Other Commercial Plan $4,824.55 ↑ +99%
Central Health Plan Medicare Managed Care Plan $5,065.49 ↑ +109%
Blue Shield Epn/Ifp Benefit Exchange $5,368.04 ↑ +122%
Blue Cross Anthem Vivity Non City Of La Other Commercial Plan $5,433.82 ↑ +124%
Blue Shield Tandem Ppo/Blue High Performance Ppo/Epo $5,837.15 ↑ +141%
La Care Health Plan Covered Ca Exchange $5,986.49 ↑ +147%
Blue Shield Hmo $6,483.87 ↑ +168%
Blue Shield Ppo/Epo $6,483.87 ↑ +168%
Healthnet Blue And Gold Other Commercial Plan $7,332.00 ↑ +203%
Healthnet Ambetter Hmo $8,519.24 ↑ +252%
Unitedhealthcare Select/Navigate Hmo $9,834.00 ↑ +306%
Healthnet Ambetter Ppo $9,854.69 ↑ +307%
Unitedhealthcare All Commercial Plans $11,155.00 ↑ +361%
Healthnet All Commercial Plans $11,827.00 ↑ +388%
Cigna All Commercial Plans $15,861.00 ↑ +555%

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Cholangiogram percutaneous compl at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
St. John's Camarillo Hospital Camarillo $3,075.64 $1,133.27 – $8,890.24
Arroyo Grande Hospital Santa Maria $1,754.80 $749.07 – $3,981.00
French Hospital San Luis Obispo $4,245.36 $660.69 – $2,447.00
Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield Bakersfield $1,119.31 $749.07 – $3,017.00
Bakersfield Memorial Hospital Bakersfield $1,371.48 $749.07 – $3,737.00
St. Joseph's Medical Center Stockton Stockton $2,171.78 $746.76 – $3,556.00
Santa Rosa Memorial Hospital Santa Rosa $3,547.05 $1,639.46 – $11,377.00
Providence Mission Hospital - Mission Viejo Mission Viejo $2,167.68 $3,914.24 – $8,519.24

All California hospitals for this procedure →