Echo transthoracic at Providence Saint John's Health Center
2121 Santa Monica Blvd, Santa Monica, CA · Providence · · NPI 1124026273
$511.70
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.
$1,462.00
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.
$335.96 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.
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 | $335.96 | ↓ -34% |
| Blue Shield | Tandem Ppo/Blue High Performance Ppo/Epo | $408.50 | ↓ -20% |
| Blue Cross | All Commercial Plans | $416.34 | ↓ -19% |
| Blue Shield | Ppo/Epo | $454.32 | ↓ -11% |
| Blue Shield | Hmo | $454.32 | ↓ -11% |
| Aetna | Medicare Managed Care Plan | $702.78 | ↑ +37% |
| Humana | Choicecare Medicare Managed Care Plan | $716.84 | ↑ +40% |
| Blue Cross | Anthem Vivity City Of La Other Commercial Plan | $736.29 | ↑ +44% |
| Central Health Plan | Medicare Managed Care Plan | $773.06 | ↑ +51% |
| Blue Cross | Anthem Vivity Non City Of La Other Commercial Plan | $829.27 | ↑ +62% |
| La Care Health Plan | Covered Ca Exchange | $913.62 | ↑ +79% |
| Blue Shield | Epn/Ifp Benefit Exchange | $968.46 | ↑ +89% |
| Healthnet | Ambetter Hmo | $1,300.14 | ↑ +154% |
| Healthnet | Blue And Gold Other Commercial Plan | $1,484.00 | ↑ +190% |
| Healthnet | Ambetter Ppo | $1,503.95 | ↑ +194% |
| Healthnet | All Commercial Plans | $2,391.00 | ↑ +367% |
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Echo transthoracic at other California hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| Banner Lassen Medical Center | Susanville | $626.58 | $109.66 – $1,030.14 |
| Arroyo Grande Hospital | Santa Maria | $1,072.57 | $95.79 – $2,455.88 |
| Mark Twain Medical Center | San Andreas | $1,252.08 | $95.79 – $1,842.40 |
| French Hospital | San Luis Obispo | $982.36 | $95.79 – $2,455.88 |
| Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield | Bakersfield | $1,412.77 | $95.79 – $3,046.40 |
| Bakersfield Memorial Hospital | Bakersfield | $1,397.54 | $95.79 – $3,008.32 |
| Providence St Joseph Hospital Eureka | Eureka | $765.51 | $702.78 – $3,331.00 |
| St. Joseph's Medical Center Stockton | Stockton | $1,017.54 | $95.79 – $2,838.02 |