Drainage of eye at Providence Saint John's Health Center
2121 Santa Monica Blvd, Santa Monica, CA · Providence · · NPI 1124026273
$1,754.55
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.
$5,013.00
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.
$1,142.09 with Blue Shield vs $7,176.00 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.
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 | $1,142.09 | ↓ -35% |
| Blue Shield | Epn/Ifp Benefit Exchange | $1,244.95 | ↓ -29% |
| Unitedhealthcare | Select/Navigate Hmo | $1,487.00 | ↓ -15% |
| Unitedhealthcare | All Commercial Plans | $1,687.00 | ↓ -4% |
| Aetna | Medicare Managed Care Plan | $2,968.25 | ↑ +69% |
| Humana | Choicecare Medicare Managed Care Plan | $3,027.61 | ↑ +73% |
| Blue Cross | Anthem Vivity City Of La Other Commercial Plan | $3,109.77 | ↑ +77% |
| Central Health Plan | Medicare Managed Care Plan | $3,265.07 | ↑ +86% |
| Blue Cross | Anthem Vivity Non City Of La Other Commercial Plan | $3,502.48 | ↑ +100% |
| Blue Shield | Tandem Ppo/Blue High Performance Ppo/Epo | $3,816.60 | ↑ +118% |
| La Care Health Plan | Covered Ca Exchange | $3,858.72 | ↑ +120% |
| Blue Cross | All Commercial Plans | $4,005.00 | ↑ +128% |
| Blue Shield | Ppo/Epo | $4,239.46 | ↑ +142% |
| Blue Shield | Hmo | $4,239.46 | ↑ +142% |
| Healthnet | Blue And Gold Other Commercial Plan | $4,449.00 | ↑ +154% |
| Healthnet | Ambetter Hmo | $5,491.26 | ↑ +213% |
| Cigna | All Commercial Plans | $5,977.00 | ↑ +241% |
| Healthnet | Ambetter Ppo | $6,352.05 | ↑ +262% |
| Healthnet | All Commercial Plans | $7,176.00 | ↑ +309% |
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Drainage of eye at other California hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Petaluma Valley Hospital | Petaluma | $4,173.33 | $1,687.00 – $3,173.52 |
| Queen of The Valley Medical Center | Napa | $5,456.49 | $2,747.00 – $9,858.00 |
| Providence St Joseph Hospital Eureka | Eureka | $3,294.60 | $2,699.00 – $9,858.00 |
| Healdsburg Hospital | Healdsburg | $2,863.65 | $2,335.00 – $3,982.87 |
| Redwood Memorial Hospital | Fortuna | $2,753.49 | $5,981.00 – $20,799.00 |
| Santa Rosa Memorial Hospital | Santa Rosa | $6,547.89 | $1,716.00 – $4,042.00 |
| Providence Mission Hospital - Mission Viejo | Mission Viejo | $5,063.04 | $1,200.00 – $5,491.26 |
| Providence Cedars-Sinai Tarzana Medical Center | Tarzana | $1,185.80 | $1,142.00 – $4,449.00 |