I131 iodide cap, rx at Providence Saint John's Health Center
2121 Santa Monica Blvd, Santa Monica, CA · Providence · · NPI 1124026273
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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.
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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.
$24.07 with Aetna vs $422.09 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.
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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| Aetna | Medicare Managed Care Plan | $24.07 | — |
| Humana | Choicecare Medicare Managed Care Plan | $24.55 | — |
| Blue Cross | Anthem Vivity City Of La Other Commercial Plan | $25.22 | — |
| Central Health Plan | Medicare Managed Care Plan | $26.48 | — |
| Blue Cross | Anthem Vivity Non City Of La Other Commercial Plan | $28.40 | — |
| La Care Health Plan | Covered Ca Exchange | $31.29 | — |
| Blue Shield | Epn/Ifp Benefit Exchange | $37.78 | — |
| Aetna | All Commercial Plans | $42.84 | — |
| Healthnet | Ambetter Hmo | $44.53 | — |
| Unitedhealthcare | Select/Navigate Hmo | $49.73 | — |
| Unitedhealthcare | All Commercial Plans | $49.73 | — |
| Healthnet | Ambetter Ppo | $51.51 | — |
| Cigna | All Commercial Plans | $161.97 | — |
| Blue Cross | All Commercial Plans | $422.09 | — |
Visitor-reported prices
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I131 iodide cap, rx at other California hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| St. John's Camarillo Hospital | Camarillo | $31.10 | $19.17 – $261.92 |
| Arroyo Grande Hospital | Santa Maria | $26.11 | $29.39 – $75.03 |
| French Hospital | San Luis Obispo | $23.92 | $16.47 – $61.00 |
| Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield | Bakersfield | $82.37 | $29.39 – $222.00 |
| Bakersfield Memorial Hospital | Bakersfield | $81.48 | $29.39 – $222.00 |
| St. Joseph's Medical Center Stockton | Stockton | $19.41 | $13.86 – $66.00 |
| Mercy Medical Center Merced | Merced | $114.33 | $27.18 – $208.68 |
| Northridge Hospital Medical Center | Northridge | $24.00 | $21.50 – $394.74 |