Ecg 12 lead tracing only 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

$191.80

Cash price

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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.

$548.00

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.

$65.96 with Blue Shield vs $970.00 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 Epn/Ifp Benefit Exchange $65.96 ↓ -66%
Aetna Medicare Managed Care Plan $75.87 ↓ -60%
Blue Shield Medicare Managed Care Plan $76.16 ↓ -60%
Humana Choicecare Medicare Managed Care Plan $77.39 ↓ -60%
Blue Cross Anthem Vivity City Of La Other Commercial Plan $79.49 ↓ -59%
Central Health Plan Medicare Managed Care Plan $83.46 ↓ -56%
Blue Cross Anthem Vivity Non City Of La Other Commercial Plan $89.53 ↓ -53%
Blue Shield Tandem Ppo/Blue High Performance Ppo/Epo $92.61 ↓ -52%
La Care Health Plan Covered Ca Exchange $98.64 ↓ -49%
Blue Shield Ppo/Epo $102.99 ↓ -46%
Blue Shield Hmo $102.99 ↓ -46%
Blue Cross All Commercial Plans $106.19 ↓ -45%
Healthnet Ambetter Hmo $140.37 ↓ -27%
Healthnet Ambetter Ppo $162.37 ↓ -15%
Healthnet Blue And Gold Other Commercial Plan $601.00 ↑ +213%
Healthnet All Commercial Plans $970.00 ↑ +406%

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Ecg 12 lead tracing only at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
St. John's Camarillo Hospital Camarillo $324.56 $12.56 – $225.42
Banner Lassen Medical Center Susanville $290.85 $11.88 – $473.36
Petaluma Valley Hospital Petaluma $397.29 $64.52 – $126.18
Arroyo Grande Hospital Santa Maria $466.10 $18.82 – $992.74
Mark Twain Medical Center San Andreas $360.98 $18.82 – $365.54
French Hospital San Luis Obispo $426.89 $18.82 – $992.74
Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield Bakersfield $294.95 $18.82 – $483.20
Bakersfield Memorial Hospital Bakersfield $291.77 $18.82 – $131.93

All California hospitals for this procedure →