Eeg wo vid ea 12-26hr unmntr 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

$913.15

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.

$2,609.00

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.

$479.94 with Aetna vs $2,971.03 with Blue Cross — 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
Aetna Medicare Managed Care Plan $479.94 ↓ -47%
Humana Choicecare Medicare Managed Care Plan $489.54 ↓ -46%
Blue Cross Anthem Vivity City Of La Other Commercial Plan $502.83 ↓ -45%
Central Health Plan Medicare Managed Care Plan $527.94 ↓ -42%
Blue Cross Anthem Vivity Non City Of La Other Commercial Plan $566.33 ↓ -38%
La Care Health Plan Covered Ca Exchange $623.93 ↓ -32%
Healthnet Ambetter Hmo $887.89 ↓ -3%
Healthnet Ambetter Ppo $1,027.08 ↑ +12%
Blue Shield Epn/Ifp Benefit Exchange $1,197.36 ↑ +31%
Blue Cross All Commercial Plans $2,971.03 ↑ +225%

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Eeg wo vid ea 12-26hr unmntr at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Petaluma Valley Hospital Petaluma $1,402.50 $502.87 – $3,530.38
Arroyo Grande Hospital Santa Maria $630.88 $265.07 – $1,444.52
Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield Bakersfield $594.72 $265.07 – $1,282.40
Bakersfield Memorial Hospital Bakersfield $588.31 $265.07 – $1,266.37
Queen of The Valley Medical Center Napa $1,278.57 $529.83 – $4,461.53
Providence St Joseph Hospital Eureka Eureka $1,929.84 $479.94 – $5,059.40
St. Joseph's Behavioral Health Center Stockton $797.12 $139.60 – $1,116.80
Redwood Memorial Hospital Fortuna $1,296.93 $5,071.22 – $5,071.22

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