Cryptococcus abs qn - sendout 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

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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.

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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.

$14.41 with Aetna vs $126.65 with Blue Shield — 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
Aetna Medicare Managed Care Plan $14.41
Humana Choicecare Medicare Managed Care Plan $14.70
Central Health Plan Medicare Managed Care Plan $15.85
La Care Health Plan Covered Ca Exchange $18.73
Blue Cross Anthem Vivity City Of La Other Commercial Plan $20.44
Blue Cross Anthem Vivity Non City Of La Other Commercial Plan $23.02
Healthnet Ambetter Hmo $26.66
Unitedhealthcare All Commercial Plans $28.82
Unitedhealthcare Select/Navigate Hmo $28.82
Healthnet Ambetter Ppo $30.84
Cigna All Commercial Plans $35.79
Blue Shield Epn/Ifp Benefit Exchange $41.24
Aetna All Commercial Plans $41.88
Blue Cross All Commercial Plans $78.82
Blue Shield Tandem Ppo/Blue High Performance Ppo/Epo $82.27
Blue Shield Ppo/Epo $91.36
Blue Shield Hmo $91.36
Blue Shield Medicare Managed Care Plan $126.65

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Cryptococcus abs qn - sendout at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Banner Lassen Medical Center Susanville $59.88 $2.88 – $91.18
Petaluma Valley Hospital Petaluma $23.97 $14.12 – $100.35
Queen of The Valley Medical Center Napa $23.97 $14.41 – $126.82
Providence St Joseph Hospital Eureka Eureka $23.97 $14.41 – $143.81
Redwood Memorial Hospital Fortuna $23.97 $144.15 – $144.15
Santa Rosa Memorial Hospital Santa Rosa $23.97 $14.12 – $107.89
Providence Mission Hospital - Mission Viejo Mission Viejo $22.56 $12.25 – $28.82
Mercy Medical Center Mt. Shasta Mt Shasta $11.67 $7.80 – $14.70

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