Echo exam of fetal heart 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.
$338.12 with Blue Shield vs $2,661.28 with Cigna — 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 | $338.12 | — |
| Aetna | All Commercial Plans | $342.83 | — |
| Blue Cross | All Commercial Plans | $352.54 | — |
| Blue Shield | Tandem Ppo/Blue High Performance Ppo/Epo | $411.13 | — |
| Blue Shield | Hmo | $457.24 | — |
| Blue Shield | Ppo/Epo | $457.24 | — |
| Blue Shield | Epn/Ifp Benefit Exchange | $545.33 | — |
| Aetna | Medicare Managed Care Plan | $702.78 | — |
| Humana | Choicecare Medicare Managed Care Plan | $716.84 | — |
| Blue Cross | Anthem Vivity City Of La Other Commercial Plan | $736.29 | — |
| Unitedhealthcare | Select/Navigate Hmo | $770.53 | — |
| Unitedhealthcare | All Commercial Plans | $770.53 | — |
| Central Health Plan | Medicare Managed Care Plan | $773.06 | — |
| Blue Cross | Anthem Vivity Non City Of La Other Commercial Plan | $829.27 | — |
| La Care Health Plan | Covered Ca Exchange | $913.62 | — |
| Healthnet | Ambetter Hmo | $1,300.14 | — |
| Healthnet | Ambetter Ppo | $1,503.95 | — |
| Cigna | All Commercial Plans | $2,661.28 | — |
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Echo exam of fetal heart at other California hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| Arroyo Grande Hospital | Santa Maria | $1,286.14 | $116.87 – $2,832.20 |
| Mark Twain Medical Center | San Andreas | $3,066.27 | $116.87 – $4,511.92 |
| French Hospital | San Luis Obispo | $1,030.96 | $116.87 – $2,670.37 |
| Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield | Bakersfield | $591.38 | $116.87 – $2,533.41 |
| Bakersfield Memorial Hospital | Bakersfield | $585.00 | $116.87 – $2,533.41 |
| St. Joseph's Medical Center Stockton | Stockton | $2,147.38 | $116.87 – $5,989.28 |
| Providence Mission Hospital - Mission Viejo | Mission Viejo | $1,462.56 | $597.36 – $1,300.14 |
| Mercy Medical Center Mt. Shasta | Mt Shasta | $828.57 | $158.94 – $1,043.70 |