Drainage of mouth lesion at Providence Saint John's Health Center
2121 Santa Monica Blvd, Santa Monica, CA · Providence · · NPI 1124026273
$2,858.45
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.
$8,167.00
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 $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.
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 | ↓ -60% |
| Blue Shield | Epn/Ifp Benefit Exchange | $1,286.82 | ↓ -55% |
| Blue Shield | Tandem Ppo/Blue High Performance Ppo/Epo | $3,816.60 | ↑ +34% |
| Blue Cross | All Commercial Plans | $4,005.00 | ↑ +40% |
| Unitedhealthcare | Select/Navigate Hmo | $4,099.00 | ↑ +43% |
| Blue Shield | Hmo | $4,239.46 | ↑ +48% |
| Blue Shield | Ppo/Epo | $4,239.46 | ↑ +48% |
| Aetna | Medicare Managed Care Plan | $4,264.23 | ↑ +49% |
| Humana | Choicecare Medicare Managed Care Plan | $4,349.52 | ↑ +52% |
| Blue Cross | Anthem Vivity City Of La Other Commercial Plan | $4,467.55 | ↑ +56% |
| Unitedhealthcare | All Commercial Plans | $4,649.00 | ↑ +63% |
| Central Health Plan | Medicare Managed Care Plan | $4,690.66 | ↑ +64% |
| Blue Cross | Anthem Vivity Non City Of La Other Commercial Plan | $5,031.73 | ↑ +76% |
| La Care Health Plan | Covered Ca Exchange | $5,543.50 | ↑ +94% |
| Cigna | All Commercial Plans | $5,977.00 | ↑ +109% |
| Healthnet | Blue And Gold Other Commercial Plan | $7,332.00 | ↑ +157% |
| Healthnet | Ambetter Hmo | $7,888.83 | ↑ +176% |
| Healthnet | Ambetter Ppo | $9,125.46 | ↑ +219% |
| Healthnet | All Commercial Plans | $11,827.00 | ↑ +314% |
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Drainage of mouth lesion at other California hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Petaluma Valley Hospital | Petaluma | $5,759.94 | $1,921.00 – $4,657.00 |
| Queen of The Valley Medical Center | Napa | $6,404.07 | $4,707.49 – $16,652.00 |
| Providence St Joseph Hospital Eureka | Eureka | $6,441.81 | $4,264.23 – $16,652.00 |
| Healdsburg Hospital | Healdsburg | $3,496.05 | $2,335.00 – $4,467.06 |
| Redwood Memorial Hospital | Fortuna | $3,805.11 | $5,981.00 – $20,799.00 |
| Santa Rosa Memorial Hospital | Santa Rosa | $6,161.82 | $2,238.00 – $4,737.00 |
| Providence Mission Hospital - Mission Viejo | Mission Viejo | $4,803.84 | $3,281.00 – $7,888.83 |
| Providence Cedars-Sinai Tarzana Medical Center | Tarzana | $1,470.70 | $1,142.00 – $7,332.00 |