Circumcision (newborn) 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

$2,652.30

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.

$7,578.00

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.

$1,142.09 with Blue Shield vs $7,176.00 with Healthnet — 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 $1,142.09 ↓ -57%
Aetna Medicare Managed Care Plan $2,688.58 ↑ +1%
Humana Choicecare Medicare Managed Care Plan $2,742.35 ↑ +3%
Blue Cross Anthem Vivity City Of La Other Commercial Plan $2,816.77 ↑ +6%
Central Health Plan Medicare Managed Care Plan $2,957.44 ↑ +12%
Blue Cross Anthem Vivity Non City Of La Other Commercial Plan $3,172.48 ↑ +20%
La Care Health Plan Covered Ca Exchange $3,495.16 ↑ +32%
Blue Shield Tandem Ppo/Blue High Performance Ppo/Epo $3,816.60 ↑ +44%
Blue Cross All Commercial Plans $4,005.00 ↑ +51%
Blue Shield Epn/Ifp Benefit Exchange $4,070.40 ↑ +53%
Blue Shield Hmo $4,239.46 ↑ +60%
Blue Shield Ppo/Epo $4,239.46 ↑ +60%
Healthnet Blue And Gold Other Commercial Plan $4,449.00 ↑ +68%
Healthnet Ambetter Hmo $4,973.88 ↑ +88%
Healthnet Ambetter Ppo $5,753.57 ↑ +117%
Unitedhealthcare Select/Navigate Hmo $5,821.00 ↑ +119%
Cigna All Commercial Plans $5,977.00 ↑ +125%
Unitedhealthcare All Commercial Plans $6,603.00 ↑ +149%
Healthnet All Commercial Plans $7,176.00 ↑ +171%

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Circumcision (newborn) at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
St. John's Camarillo Hospital Camarillo $153.74 $94.77 – $702.00
Banner Lassen Medical Center Susanville $195.89 $115.21 – $409.70
Arroyo Grande Hospital Santa Maria $459.68 $511.50 – $1,023.00
French Hospital San Luis Obispo $396.71 $273.24 – $1,012.00
Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield Bakersfield $852.56 $620.46 – $2,298.00
Bakersfield Memorial Hospital Bakersfield $877.13 $620.46 – $2,298.00
Queen of The Valley Medical Center Napa $2,956.98 $2,968.05 – $10,593.00
St. Joseph's Medical Center Stockton Stockton $834.38 $548.10 – $2,610.00

All California hospitals for this procedure →