Colposcopy w/biopsy of cervix 57455 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

$520.80

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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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$1,488.00

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.

$352.70 with Blue Shield vs $5,977.00 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

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 $352.70 ↓ -32%
Aetna Medicare Managed Care Plan $391.93 ↓ -25%
Humana Choicecare Medicare Managed Care Plan $399.77 ↓ -23%
Blue Cross Anthem Vivity City Of La Other Commercial Plan $410.62 ↓ -21%
Central Health Plan Medicare Managed Care Plan $431.13 ↓ -17%
Blue Cross Anthem Vivity Non City Of La Other Commercial Plan $462.48 ↓ -11%
La Care Health Plan Covered Ca Exchange $509.51 ↓ -2%
Healthnet Blue And Gold Other Commercial Plan $601.00 ↑ +15%
Blue Shield Epn/Ifp Benefit Exchange $601.13 ↑ +15%
Healthnet Ambetter Hmo $725.08 ↑ +39%
Healthnet Ambetter Ppo $838.74 ↑ +61%
Healthnet All Commercial Plans $970.00 ↑ +86%
Blue Shield Tandem Ppo/Blue High Performance Ppo/Epo $1,178.65 ↑ +126%
Blue Shield Ppo/Epo $1,309.24 ↑ +151%
Blue Shield Hmo $1,309.24 ↑ +151%
Unitedhealthcare Select/Navigate Hmo $1,487.00 ↑ +186%
Unitedhealthcare All Commercial Plans $1,687.00 ↑ +224%
Blue Cross All Commercial Plans $4,005.00 ↑ +669%
Cigna All Commercial Plans $5,977.00 ↑ +1048%

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Colposcopy w/biopsy of cervix 57455 at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Healdsburg Hospital Healdsburg $800.19 $410.58 – $3,982.87
California Hospital Medical Center Los Angeles $387.03 $57.28 – $630.42
St Jude Medical Center Fullerton $433.44 $333.14 – $1,293.00
Providence St Joseph Hospital Orange Orange $442.56 $333.14 – $1,535.00
St. John's Camarillo Hospital Camarillo not published $96.28 – $732.82
Petaluma Valley Hospital Petaluma not published $410.66 – $1,687.00
Arroyo Grande Hospital Santa Maria not published $63.64 – $386.50
Mark Twain Medical Center San Andreas not published $63.64 – $63.64

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