Cidofovir injection at Providence Saint John's Health Center
2121 Santa Monica Blvd, Santa Monica, CA · Providence · · NPI 1124026273
$2,243.49
Cash price 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.
$6,409.98
Gross charge 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.
$427.08 with Blue Cross vs $2,058.45 with Blue Cross — 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.
Full explanation →
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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.
Full explanation →Payer ?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. Full explanation → |
Plan ?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. Full explanation → |
Negotiated rate | vs. cash |
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| Blue Cross | Anthem Vivity City Of La Other Commercial Plan | $427.08 | ↓ -81% |
| Blue Cross | Anthem Vivity Non City Of La Other Commercial Plan | $480.95 | ↓ -79% |
| Aetna | All Commercial Plans | $529.38 | ↓ -76% |
| Aetna | Medicare Managed Care Plan | $560.79 | ↓ -75% |
| Humana | Choicecare Medicare Managed Care Plan | $572.00 | ↓ -75% |
| Central Health Plan | Medicare Managed Care Plan | $616.87 | ↓ -73% |
| La Care Health Plan | Covered Ca Exchange | $729.03 | ↓ -68% |
| Blue Shield | Ppo/Epo | $881.65 | ↓ -61% |
| Blue Shield | Hmo | $881.65 | ↓ -61% |
| Blue Shield | Medicare Managed Care Plan | $881.65 | ↓ -61% |
| Blue Shield | Tandem Ppo/Blue High Performance Ppo/Epo | $881.65 | ↓ -61% |
| Healthnet | Ambetter Hmo | $1,037.46 | ↓ -54% |
| Cigna | All Commercial Plans | $1,038.44 | ↓ -54% |
| Unitedhealthcare | All Commercial Plans | $1,121.93 | ↓ -50% |
| Unitedhealthcare | Select/Navigate Hmo | $1,121.93 | ↓ -50% |
| Healthnet | Ambetter Ppo | $1,200.09 | ↓ -47% |
| Blue Shield | Epn/Ifp Benefit Exchange | $1,621.19 | ↓ -28% |
| Blue Cross | All Commercial Plans | $2,058.45 | ↓ -8% |
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Cidofovir injection at other California hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| St. John's Camarillo Hospital | Camarillo | $1,314.00 | $496.82 – $1,723.77 |
| Arroyo Grande Hospital | Santa Maria | $3,800.64 | $496.82 – $8,702.40 |
| Bakersfield Memorial Hospital | Bakersfield | $1,297.35 | $397.45 – $2,792.65 |
| Queen of The Valley Medical Center | Napa | $1,574.21 | $560.79 – $1,121.93 |
| Providence St Joseph Hospital Eureka | Eureka | $1,574.21 | $560.79 – $1,211.48 |
| Providence Mission Hospital - Mission Viejo | Mission Viejo | $1,648.28 | $427.08 – $1,121.93 |
| Mercy Medical Center Merced | Merced | $1,783.96 | $496.82 – $3,256.16 |
| Dominican Hospital | Santa Cruz | $3,196.80 | $478.07 – $6,038.40 |