Ghs abscess perianal iandd 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

$878.85

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.

$2,511.00

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.

$959.20 with Blue Shield vs $5,977.00 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.

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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 Epn/Ifp Benefit Exchange $959.20 ↑ +9%
Blue Shield Medicare Managed Care Plan $1,142.09 ↑ +30%
Aetna Medicare Managed Care Plan $1,196.08 ↑ +36%
Humana Choicecare Medicare Managed Care Plan $1,220.00 ↑ +39%
Blue Cross Anthem Vivity City Of La Other Commercial Plan $1,253.11 ↑ +43%
Central Health Plan Medicare Managed Care Plan $1,315.69 ↑ +50%
Blue Cross Anthem Vivity Non City Of La Other Commercial Plan $1,411.36 ↑ +61%
La Care Health Plan Covered Ca Exchange $1,554.91 ↑ +77%
Healthnet Ambetter Hmo $2,212.75 ↑ +152%
Unitedhealthcare Select/Navigate Hmo $2,362.00 ↑ +169%
Healthnet Ambetter Ppo $2,559.61 ↑ +191%
Unitedhealthcare All Commercial Plans $2,679.00 ↑ +205%
Healthnet Blue And Gold Other Commercial Plan $2,719.00 ↑ +209%
Blue Shield Tandem Ppo/Blue High Performance Ppo/Epo $3,816.60 ↑ +334%
Blue Cross All Commercial Plans $4,005.00 ↑ +356%
Blue Shield Ppo/Epo $4,239.46 ↑ +382%
Blue Shield Hmo $4,239.46 ↑ +382%
Healthnet All Commercial Plans $4,385.00 ↑ +399%
Cigna All Commercial Plans $5,977.00 ↑ +580%

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Ghs abscess perianal iandd at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Petaluma Valley Hospital Petaluma $2,894.76 $1,253.22 – $2,695.00
Mark Twain Medical Center San Andreas $178.49 $68.82 – $260.68
Queen of The Valley Medical Center Napa $7,008.93 $1,320.41 – $6,200.00
Providence St Joseph Hospital Eureka Eureka $2,758.08 $1,196.08 – $8,018.00
Healdsburg Hospital Healdsburg $1,379.04 $1,252.97 – $3,982.87
Redwood Memorial Hospital Fortuna $2,766.75 $5,981.00 – $20,799.00
Santa Rosa Memorial Hospital Santa Rosa $2,852.94 $1,294.00 – $4,042.00
Providence Mission Hospital - Mission Viejo Mission Viejo $4,177.44 $1,016.67 – $5,171.00

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