Colposcopy/cervix/bx vagina/cervix 57421 at Providence Saint John's Health Center
2121 Santa Monica Blvd, Santa Monica, CA · Providence · · NPI 1124026273
$2,734.20
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.
$7,812.00
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.
$352.70 with Blue Shield vs $5,977.00 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.
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 Shield | Medicare Managed Care Plan | $352.70 | ↓ -87% |
| Blue Shield | Epn/Ifp Benefit Exchange | $601.13 | ↓ -78% |
| Blue Shield | Tandem Ppo/Blue High Performance Ppo/Epo | $1,178.65 | ↓ -57% |
| Aetna | Medicare Managed Care Plan | $1,184.62 | ↓ -57% |
| Humana | Choicecare Medicare Managed Care Plan | $1,208.32 | ↓ -56% |
| Blue Cross | Anthem Vivity City Of La Other Commercial Plan | $1,241.11 | ↓ -55% |
| Central Health Plan | Medicare Managed Care Plan | $1,303.09 | ↓ -52% |
| Blue Shield | Ppo/Epo | $1,309.24 | ↓ -52% |
| Blue Shield | Hmo | $1,309.24 | ↓ -52% |
| Blue Cross | Anthem Vivity Non City Of La Other Commercial Plan | $1,397.84 | ↓ -49% |
| Healthnet | Blue And Gold Other Commercial Plan | $1,484.00 | ↓ -46% |
| La Care Health Plan | Covered Ca Exchange | $1,540.01 | ↓ -44% |
| Healthnet | Ambetter Hmo | $2,191.56 | ↓ -20% |
| Unitedhealthcare | Select/Navigate Hmo | $2,362.00 | ↓ -14% |
| Healthnet | All Commercial Plans | $2,391.00 | ↓ -13% |
| Healthnet | Ambetter Ppo | $2,535.10 | ↓ -7% |
| Unitedhealthcare | All Commercial Plans | $2,679.00 | ↓ -2% |
| Blue Cross | All Commercial Plans | $4,005.00 | ↑ +46% |
| Cigna | All Commercial Plans | $5,977.00 | ↑ +119% |
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Colposcopy/cervix/bx vagina/cervix 57421 at other California hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| California Hospital Medical Center | Los Angeles | $406.43 | $96.26 – $933.54 |
| Providence St Joseph Hospital Orange | Orange | $2,047.20 | $1,006.93 – $2,216.00 |
| St. John's Camarillo Hospital | Camarillo | not published | $164.97 – $1,765.70 |
| Petaluma Valley Hospital | Petaluma | not published | $593.00 – $2,695.00 |
| Arroyo Grande Hospital | Santa Maria | not published | $109.04 – $1,106.36 |
| Mark Twain Medical Center | San Andreas | not published | $109.04 – $109.04 |
| French Hospital | San Luis Obispo | not published | $109.04 – $1,106.36 |
| Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield | Bakersfield | not published | $109.04 – $1,106.36 |