Hcg quantitative 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

$169.40

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.

$484.00

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.

$15.05 with Aetna vs $143.42 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.

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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 $15.05 ↓ -91%
Humana Choicecare Medicare Managed Care Plan $15.35 ↓ -91%
Central Health Plan Medicare Managed Care Plan $16.56 ↓ -90%
La Care Health Plan Covered Ca Exchange $19.57 ↓ -88%
Blue Cross Anthem Vivity City Of La Other Commercial Plan $21.35 ↓ -87%
Blue Cross Anthem Vivity Non City Of La Other Commercial Plan $24.04 ↓ -86%
Healthnet Ambetter Hmo $27.84 ↓ -84%
Unitedhealthcare All Commercial Plans $30.10 ↓ -82%
Unitedhealthcare Select/Navigate Hmo $30.10 ↓ -82%
Healthnet Ambetter Ppo $32.21 ↓ -81%
Cigna All Commercial Plans $37.36 ↓ -78%
Aetna All Commercial Plans $43.75 ↓ -74%
Blue Shield Epn/Ifp Benefit Exchange $46.71 ↓ -72%
Blue Cross All Commercial Plans $92.38 ↓ -45%
Blue Shield Tandem Ppo/Blue High Performance Ppo/Epo $93.16 ↓ -45%
Blue Shield Ppo/Epo $103.47 ↓ -39%
Blue Shield Hmo $103.47 ↓ -39%
Blue Shield Medicare Managed Care Plan $143.42 ↓ -15%

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Hcg quantitative at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
St. John's Camarillo Hospital Camarillo $239.59 $3.78 – $39.92
Banner Lassen Medical Center Susanville $28.80 $3.01 – $21.85
Petaluma Valley Hospital Petaluma $405.45 $14.75 – $117.61
Arroyo Grande Hospital Santa Maria $558.12 $7.00 – $38.77
Mark Twain Medical Center San Andreas $338.33 $15.05 – $497.84
French Hospital San Luis Obispo $54.49 $3.78 – $45.57
Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield Bakersfield $140.98 $7.00 – $43.24
Bakersfield Memorial Hospital Bakersfield $139.46 $7.00 – $43.24

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