Ghs cutdown placement under 1 yr at Providence Saint John's Health Center
2121 Santa Monica Blvd, Santa Monica, CA · Providence · · NPI 1124026273
$242.20
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.
$692.00
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.
$46.41 with Blue Shield vs $4,239.46 with Blue Shield — 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 | Epn/Ifp Benefit Exchange | $46.41 | ↓ -81% |
| Aetna | Medicare Managed Care Plan | $171.12 | ↓ -29% |
| Humana | Choicecare Medicare Managed Care Plan | $174.54 | ↓ -28% |
| Blue Cross | Anthem Vivity City Of La Other Commercial Plan | $179.28 | ↓ -26% |
| Central Health Plan | Medicare Managed Care Plan | $188.23 | ↓ -22% |
| Blue Cross | Anthem Vivity Non City Of La Other Commercial Plan | $201.92 | ↓ -17% |
| La Care Health Plan | Covered Ca Exchange | $222.46 | ↓ -8% |
| Healthnet | Ambetter Hmo | $316.58 | ↑ +31% |
| Healthnet | Ambetter Ppo | $366.20 | ↑ +51% |
| Healthnet | Blue And Gold Other Commercial Plan | $601.00 | ↑ +148% |
| Healthnet | All Commercial Plans | $970.00 | ↑ +300% |
| Blue Shield | Medicare Managed Care Plan | $1,142.09 | ↑ +372% |
| Unitedhealthcare | Select/Navigate Hmo | $1,487.00 | ↑ +514% |
| Unitedhealthcare | All Commercial Plans | $1,687.00 | ↑ +597% |
| Blue Shield | Tandem Ppo/Blue High Performance Ppo/Epo | $3,816.60 | ↑ +1476% |
| Blue Cross | All Commercial Plans | $4,005.00 | ↑ +1554% |
| Blue Shield | Ppo/Epo | $4,239.46 | ↑ +1650% |
| Blue Shield | Hmo | $4,239.46 | ↑ +1650% |
Visitor-reported prices
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Ghs cutdown placement under 1 yr at other California hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| St. John's Camarillo Hospital | Camarillo | $102.93 | $59.38 – $291.44 |
| Petaluma Valley Hospital | Petaluma | $235.11 | $179.30 – $1,921.00 |
| Arroyo Grande Hospital | Santa Maria | $86.03 | $48.28 – $196.98 |
| French Hospital | San Luis Obispo | $78.80 | $48.28 – $196.98 |
| Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield | Bakersfield | $73.46 | $48.28 – $183.38 |
| Queen of The Valley Medical Center | Napa | $261.63 | $188.91 – $6,200.00 |
| Providence St Joseph Hospital Eureka | Eureka | $263.67 | $171.12 – $8,018.00 |
| Healdsburg Hospital | Healdsburg | $142.80 | $179.26 – $3,982.87 |