Cystoscopy removal of clots 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

$2,029.65

Cash price

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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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What you pay up front if you don't use insurance.

$5,799.00

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 $11,827.00 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 ↓ -25%
Blue Shield Epn/Ifp Benefit Exchange $3,016.90 ↑ +49%
Blue Cross All Commercial Plans $4,005.00 ↑ +97%
Unitedhealthcare Select/Navigate Hmo $4,099.00 ↑ +102%
Aetna Medicare Managed Care Plan $4,533.71 ↑ +123%
Humana Choicecare Medicare Managed Care Plan $4,624.39 ↑ +128%
Unitedhealthcare All Commercial Plans $4,649.00 ↑ +129%
Blue Cross Anthem Vivity City Of La Other Commercial Plan $4,749.87 ↑ +134%
Central Health Plan Medicare Managed Care Plan $4,987.09 ↑ +146%
Blue Shield Tandem Ppo/Blue High Performance Ppo/Epo $5,107.50 ↑ +152%
Blue Cross Anthem Vivity Non City Of La Other Commercial Plan $5,349.71 ↑ +164%
Blue Shield Ppo/Epo $5,673.39 ↑ +180%
Blue Shield Hmo $5,673.39 ↑ +180%
La Care Health Plan Covered Ca Exchange $5,893.83 ↑ +190%
Healthnet Blue And Gold Other Commercial Plan $7,332.00 ↑ +261%
Healthnet Ambetter Hmo $8,387.37 ↑ +313%
Cigna All Commercial Plans $9,297.00 ↑ +358%
Healthnet Ambetter Ppo $9,702.15 ↑ +378%
Healthnet All Commercial Plans $11,827.00 ↑ +483%

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Cystoscopy removal of clots at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Petaluma Valley Hospital Petaluma $7,432.74 $2,570.00 – $4,847.25
Queen of The Valley Medical Center Napa $9,328.92 $5,004.98 – $16,652.00
Providence St Joseph Hospital Eureka Eureka $4,889.37 $4,533.71 – $16,652.00
Healdsburg Hospital Healdsburg $5,524.83 $3,125.00 – $5,198.77
Redwood Memorial Hospital Fortuna $4,904.16 $8,005.00 – $25,998.00
Santa Rosa Memorial Hospital Santa Rosa $9,584.94 $2,995.00 – $5,004.98
Providence Mission Hospital - Mission Viejo Mission Viejo $1,960.32 $3,281.00 – $8,387.37
Providence Cedars-Sinai Tarzana Medical Center Tarzana $1,407.70 $1,528.00 – $7,332.00

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