Cystoscopy inject material 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

$5,866.70

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.

$16,762.00

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.

$1,528.38 with Blue Shield vs $19,534.00 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 $1,528.38 ↓ -74%
Blue Shield Tandem Ppo/Blue High Performance Ppo/Epo $5,107.50 ↓ -13%
Blue Cross All Commercial Plans $5,559.00 ↓ -5%
Blue Shield Ppo/Epo $5,673.39 ↓ -3%
Blue Shield Hmo $5,673.39 ↓ -3%
Blue Shield Epn/Ifp Benefit Exchange $6,393.31 ↑ +9%
Aetna Medicare Managed Care Plan $6,896.17 ↑ +18%
Humana Choicecare Medicare Managed Care Plan $7,034.09 ↑ +20%
Blue Cross Anthem Vivity City Of La Other Commercial Plan $7,224.96 ↑ +23%
Central Health Plan Medicare Managed Care Plan $7,585.78 ↑ +29%
Blue Cross Anthem Vivity Non City Of La Other Commercial Plan $8,137.37 ↑ +39%
La Care Health Plan Covered Ca Exchange $8,965.02 ↑ +53%
Cigna All Commercial Plans $9,297.00 ↑ +58%
Unitedhealthcare Select/Navigate Hmo $9,834.00 ↑ +68%
Unitedhealthcare All Commercial Plans $11,155.00 ↑ +90%
Healthnet Blue And Gold Other Commercial Plan $12,111.00 ↑ +106%
Healthnet Ambetter Hmo $12,757.91 ↑ +117%
Healthnet Ambetter Ppo $14,757.80 ↑ +152%
Healthnet All Commercial Plans $19,534.00 ↑ +233%

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Cystoscopy inject material at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
St. John's Camarillo Hospital Camarillo not published $334.01 – $11,802.48
Petaluma Valley Hospital Petaluma not published $2,570.00 – $11,185.00
Arroyo Grande Hospital Santa Maria not published $220.77 – $6,459.25
Mark Twain Medical Center San Andreas not published $220.77 – $220.77
French Hospital San Luis Obispo not published $220.77 – $6,459.25
Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield Bakersfield not published $220.77 – $6,459.25
Bakersfield Memorial Hospital Bakersfield not published $220.77 – $6,459.25
Queen of The Valley Medical Center Napa not published $6,200.00 – $27,307.00

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