Drug test def 22+ classes at Providence Saint John's Health Center
2121 Santa Monica Blvd, Santa Monica, CA · Providence · · NPI 1124026273
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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.
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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.
$246.92 with Aetna vs $1,467.87 with Blue Shield — 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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| Aetna | Medicare Managed Care Plan | $246.92 | — |
| Humana | Choicecare Medicare Managed Care Plan | $251.86 | — |
| Central Health Plan | Medicare Managed Care Plan | $271.61 | — |
| La Care Health Plan | Covered Ca Exchange | $321.00 | — |
| Blue Cross | Anthem Vivity City Of La Other Commercial Plan | $350.23 | — |
| Blue Cross | Anthem Vivity Non City Of La Other Commercial Plan | $394.41 | — |
| Healthnet | Ambetter Hmo | $456.80 | — |
| Blue Shield | Epn/Ifp Benefit Exchange | $471.35 | — |
| Unitedhealthcare | All Commercial Plans | $493.84 | — |
| Unitedhealthcare | Select/Navigate Hmo | $493.84 | — |
| Healthnet | Ambetter Ppo | $528.41 | — |
| Cigna | All Commercial Plans | $613.11 | — |
| Blue Shield | Tandem Ppo/Blue High Performance Ppo/Epo | $953.47 | — |
| Blue Shield | Ppo/Epo | $1,058.93 | — |
| Blue Shield | Hmo | $1,058.93 | — |
| Blue Cross | All Commercial Plans | $1,438.42 | — |
| Blue Shield | Medicare Managed Care Plan | $1,467.87 | — |
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Drug test def 22+ classes at other California hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| Arroyo Grande Hospital | Santa Maria | $77.04 | $90.00 – $636.22 |
| Mark Twain Medical Center | San Andreas | $119.88 | $97.44 – $180.00 |
| French Hospital | San Luis Obispo | $70.56 | $48.60 – $747.93 |
| Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield | Bakersfield | $66.78 | $90.00 – $709.57 |
| Bakersfield Memorial Hospital | Bakersfield | $66.06 | $90.00 – $709.57 |
| St. Joseph's Behavioral Health Center | Stockton | $102.78 | $18.00 – $144.00 |
| St. Joseph's Medical Center Stockton | Stockton | $52.92 | $37.80 – $180.00 |
| Mercy Medical Center Mt. Shasta | Mt Shasta | $140.04 | $93.60 – $180.00 |