Hc pet myocardial imaging metabolic eval single study 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

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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.

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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.

$801.10 with Blue Shield vs $4,316.60 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
Blue Shield Medicare Managed Care Plan $801.10
Blue Shield Tandem Ppo/Blue High Performance Ppo/Epo $974.06
Blue Shield Hmo $1,083.30
Blue Shield Ppo/Epo $1,083.30
Aetna Medicare Managed Care Plan $1,665.13
Humana Choicecare Medicare Managed Care Plan $1,698.44
Blue Cross Anthem Vivity City Of La Other Commercial Plan $1,744.53
Central Health Plan Medicare Managed Care Plan $1,831.65
Blue Cross Anthem Vivity Non City Of La Other Commercial Plan $1,964.83
Unitedhealthcare Select/Navigate Hmo $2,035.50
Unitedhealthcare All Commercial Plans $2,035.50
La Care Health Plan Covered Ca Exchange $2,164.67
Blue Shield Epn/Ifp Benefit Exchange $2,556.78
Healthnet Ambetter Hmo $3,080.50
Healthnet Ambetter Ppo $3,563.39
Aetna All Commercial Plans $3,643.50
Blue Cross All Commercial Plans $4,316.60

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Hc pet myocardial imaging metabolic eval single study at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield Bakersfield $1,248.05 $1,658.74 – $2,938.37
Bakersfield Memorial Hospital Bakersfield $1,234.59 $367.25 – $2,657.56
Providence Mission Hospital - Mission Viejo Mission Viejo $4,102.56 $1,415.36 – $3,080.50
Mercy Medical Center Merced Merced $1,957.00 $319.95 – $1,741.00
Northridge Hospital Medical Center Northridge $3,267.37 $370.03 – $11,711.00
St Jude Medical Center Fullerton $4,986.72 $1,415.36 – $3,080.50
Providence Holy Cross Medical Center Mission Hills $693.00 $414.20 – $3,080.50
Petaluma Valley Hospital Petaluma not published $1,744.68 – $5,495.70

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