Echo tee probe placement image acquisition interpretation & report 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

$1,359.40

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.

$3,884.00

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.

$658.08 with Blue Shield vs $2,391.00 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 Medicare Managed Care Plan $658.08 ↓ -52%
Aetna Medicare Managed Care Plan $702.78 ↓ -48%
Humana Choicecare Medicare Managed Care Plan $716.84 ↓ -47%
Blue Cross Anthem Vivity City Of La Other Commercial Plan $736.29 ↓ -46%
Central Health Plan Medicare Managed Care Plan $773.06 ↓ -43%
Blue Cross All Commercial Plans $781.52 ↓ -43%
Blue Shield Tandem Ppo/Blue High Performance Ppo/Epo $800.17 ↓ -41%
Blue Cross Anthem Vivity Non City Of La Other Commercial Plan $829.27 ↓ -39%
Blue Shield Hmo $889.91 ↓ -35%
Blue Shield Ppo/Epo $889.91 ↓ -35%
La Care Health Plan Covered Ca Exchange $913.62 ↓ -33%
Healthnet Ambetter Hmo $1,300.14 ↓ -4%
Blue Shield Epn/Ifp Benefit Exchange $1,428.47 ↑ +5%
Healthnet Blue And Gold Other Commercial Plan $1,484.00 ↑ +9%
Healthnet Ambetter Ppo $1,503.95 ↑ +11%
Healthnet All Commercial Plans $2,391.00 ↑ +76%

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Echo tee probe placement image acquisition interpretation & report at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
St. John's Camarillo Hospital Camarillo $2,841.31 $337.97 – $5,059.86
Petaluma Valley Hospital Petaluma $1,816.62 $736.35 – $928.66
Arroyo Grande Hospital Santa Maria $1,584.46 $223.39 – $1,518.02
Mark Twain Medical Center San Andreas $213.12 $82.79 – $313.60
French Hospital San Luis Obispo $1,480.98 $223.39 – $1,518.02
Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield Bakersfield $868.14 $223.39 – $1,852.80
Bakersfield Memorial Hospital Bakersfield $2,524.60 $223.39 – $1,829.64
Queen of The Valley Medical Center Napa $1,596.30 $775.83 – $3,331.00

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