Ecmo/ecls initiation venous 33946 at Providence Saint John's Health Center
2121 Santa Monica Blvd, Santa Monica, CA · Providence · · NPI 1124026273
$1,678.25
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.
$4,795.00
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.
$352.70 with Blue Shield vs $9,891.00 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 | $352.70 | ↓ -79% |
| Blue Shield | Tandem Ppo/Blue High Performance Ppo/Epo | $1,178.65 | ↓ -30% |
| Blue Shield | Ppo/Epo | $1,309.24 | ↓ -22% |
| Blue Shield | Hmo | $1,309.24 | ↓ -22% |
| Unitedhealthcare | Select/Navigate Hmo | $5,821.00 | ↑ +247% |
| Unitedhealthcare | All Commercial Plans | $6,603.00 | ↑ +293% |
| Blue Cross | All Commercial Plans | $8,837.00 | ↑ +427% |
| Cigna | All Commercial Plans | $9,891.00 | ↑ +489% |
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Ecmo/ecls initiation venous 33946 at other California hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| Arroyo Grande Hospital | Santa Maria | $4,016.36 | $212.21 – $9,196.32 |
| Santa Rosa Memorial Hospital | Santa Rosa | $5,828.79 | $691.00 – $9,773.00 |
| Providence Mission Hospital - Mission Viejo | Mission Viejo | $1,559.04 | $1,597.00 – $13,634.00 |
| Dominican Hospital | Santa Cruz | $4,812.30 | $212.21 – $9,624.60 |
| Northridge Hospital Medical Center | Northridge | $4,084.29 | $212.21 – $14,639.00 |
| Providence Cedars-Sinai Tarzana Medical Center | Tarzana | $2,145.50 | $353.00 – $8,480.00 |
| Providence Saint Joseph Medical Center | Burbank | $2,145.50 | $353.00 – $8,261.00 |
| St Jude Medical Center | Fullerton | $2,208.48 | $1,293.00 – $17,015.00 |