Hyperthermia ext gen supfc 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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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.

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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.

$496.07 with Aetna vs $1,061.59 with Healthnet — 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 $496.07
Humana Choicecare Medicare Managed Care Plan $505.99
Blue Cross Anthem Vivity City Of La Other Commercial Plan $519.72
Blue Shield Medicare Managed Care Plan $521.19
Central Health Plan Medicare Managed Care Plan $545.68
Blue Cross Anthem Vivity Non City Of La Other Commercial Plan $585.35
Blue Shield Tandem Ppo/Blue High Performance Ppo/Epo $633.72
La Care Health Plan Covered Ca Exchange $644.89
Blue Cross All Commercial Plans $680.59
Blue Shield Hmo $704.79
Blue Shield Ppo/Epo $704.79
Aetna All Commercial Plans $829.09
Healthnet Ambetter Hmo $917.73
Blue Shield Epn/Ifp Benefit Exchange $972.71
Healthnet Ambetter Ppo $1,061.59

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Hyperthermia ext gen supfc at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Petaluma Valley Hospital Petaluma not published $519.77 – $611.34
Queen of The Valley Medical Center Napa not published $547.63 – $772.58
Providence St Joseph Hospital Eureka Eureka not published $496.07 – $876.12
Healdsburg Hospital Healdsburg not published $349.49 – $1,034.25
Redwood Memorial Hospital Fortuna not published $878.16 – $878.16
Santa Rosa Memorial Hospital Santa Rosa not published $536.68 – $657.28
Providence Mission Hospital - Mission Viejo Mission Viejo not published $421.66 – $917.73
Providence Cedars-Sinai Tarzana Medical Center Tarzana not published $269.48 – $917.73

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