Infectious agent nucleic acid amplified probe mycobacteria tuberculosis at Providence Saint John's Health Center
2121 Santa Monica Blvd, Santa Monica, CA · Providence · · NPI 1124026273
$60.90
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.
$174.00
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.
$41.68 with Aetna vs $334.45 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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| Aetna | Medicare Managed Care Plan | $41.68 | ↓ -32% |
| Humana | Choicecare Medicare Managed Care Plan | $42.51 | ↓ -30% |
| Central Health Plan | Medicare Managed Care Plan | $45.85 | ↓ -25% |
| La Care Health Plan | Covered Ca Exchange | $54.18 | ↓ -11% |
| Blue Cross | Anthem Vivity City Of La Other Commercial Plan | $59.12 | ↓ -3% |
| Blue Cross | Anthem Vivity Non City Of La Other Commercial Plan | $66.58 | ↑ +9% |
| Healthnet | Ambetter Hmo | $77.11 | ↑ +27% |
| Unitedhealthcare | All Commercial Plans | $83.36 | ↑ +37% |
| Unitedhealthcare | Select/Navigate Hmo | $83.36 | ↑ +37% |
| Healthnet | Ambetter Ppo | $89.20 | ↑ +46% |
| Aetna | All Commercial Plans | $101.97 | ↑ +67% |
| Cigna | All Commercial Plans | $103.48 | ↑ +70% |
| Blue Shield | Epn/Ifp Benefit Exchange | $108.86 | ↑ +79% |
| Blue Shield | Tandem Ppo/Blue High Performance Ppo/Epo | $217.25 | ↑ +257% |
| Blue Cross | All Commercial Plans | $217.73 | ↑ +258% |
| Blue Shield | Ppo/Epo | $241.28 | ↑ +296% |
| Blue Shield | Hmo | $241.28 | ↑ +296% |
| Blue Shield | Medicare Managed Care Plan | $334.45 | ↑ +449% |
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Infectious agent nucleic acid amplified probe mycobacteria tuberculosis at other California hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| St. John's Camarillo Hospital | Camarillo | $32.42 | $12.42 – $110.58 |
| Banner Lassen Medical Center | Susanville | $36.27 | $8.34 – $63.05 |
| Petaluma Valley Hospital | Petaluma | $458.49 | $40.85 – $277.20 |
| Arroyo Grande Hospital | Santa Maria | $122.41 | $41.68 – $107.38 |
| Mark Twain Medical Center | San Andreas | $69.40 | $41.68 – $102.12 |
| French Hospital | San Luis Obispo | $112.12 | $28.62 – $126.24 |
| Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield | Bakersfield | $46.38 | $41.68 – $119.76 |
| Bakersfield Memorial Hospital | Bakersfield | $45.88 | $41.68 – $119.76 |