Device intraute mirena at Providence Saint John's Health Center
2121 Santa Monica Blvd, Santa Monica, CA · Providence · · NPI 1124026273
$524.62
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.
$1,498.92
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.
$1,238.93 with Blue Shield vs $3,133.75 with Unitedhealthcare — 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 | $1,238.93 | ↑ +136% |
| Blue Shield | Ppo/Epo | $1,238.93 | ↑ +136% |
| Blue Shield | Tandem Ppo/Blue High Performance Ppo/Epo | $1,238.93 | ↑ +136% |
| Blue Shield | Hmo | $1,238.93 | ↑ +136% |
| Aetna | All Commercial Plans | $1,457.56 | ↑ +178% |
| Blue Cross | All Commercial Plans | $2,366.33 | ↑ +351% |
| Cigna | All Commercial Plans | $2,465.47 | ↑ +370% |
| Unitedhealthcare | All Commercial Plans | $3,133.75 | ↑ +497% |
| Unitedhealthcare | Select/Navigate Hmo | $3,133.75 | ↑ +497% |
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Device intraute mirena at other California hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Petaluma Valley Hospital | Petaluma | $3,363.57 | $1,078.61 – $3,133.75 |
| Arroyo Grande Hospital | Santa Maria | $4,163.16 | $999.28 – $9,532.46 |
| Mark Twain Medical Center | San Andreas | $3,963.83 | $1,214.63 – $5,832.66 |
| French Hospital | San Luis Obispo | $3,812.99 | $999.28 – $9,532.46 |
| Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield | Bakersfield | $1,245.82 | $735.72 – $2,686.40 |
| Queen of The Valley Medical Center | Napa | $3,363.57 | $1,167.54 – $3,133.75 |
| Providence St Joseph Hospital Eureka | Eureka | $3,363.57 | $1,392.68 – $3,133.75 |
| Healdsburg Hospital | Healdsburg | $3,363.57 | $1,238.93 – $2,750.17 |