Ins cerv dilator (sep proc) at Providence Saint John's Health Center
2121 Santa Monica Blvd, Santa Monica, CA · Providence · · NPI 1124026273
$1,027.25
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.
$2,935.00
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.
$273.20 with Blue Shield vs $5,977.00 with Cigna — 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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| Blue Shield | Epn/Ifp Benefit Exchange | $273.20 | ↓ -73% |
| Blue Shield | Medicare Managed Care Plan | $352.70 | ↓ -66% |
| Aetna | Medicare Managed Care Plan | $391.93 | ↓ -62% |
| Humana | Choicecare Medicare Managed Care Plan | $399.77 | ↓ -61% |
| Blue Cross | Anthem Vivity City Of La Other Commercial Plan | $410.62 | ↓ -60% |
| Central Health Plan | Medicare Managed Care Plan | $431.13 | ↓ -58% |
| Blue Cross | Anthem Vivity Non City Of La Other Commercial Plan | $462.48 | ↓ -55% |
| La Care Health Plan | Covered Ca Exchange | $509.51 | ↓ -50% |
| Healthnet | Blue And Gold Other Commercial Plan | $601.00 | ↓ -41% |
| Healthnet | Ambetter Hmo | $725.08 | ↓ -29% |
| Healthnet | Ambetter Ppo | $838.74 | ↓ -18% |
| Healthnet | All Commercial Plans | $970.00 | ↓ -6% |
| Blue Shield | Tandem Ppo/Blue High Performance Ppo/Epo | $1,178.65 | ↑ +15% |
| Blue Shield | Ppo/Epo | $1,309.24 | ↑ +27% |
| Blue Shield | Hmo | $1,309.24 | ↑ +27% |
| Unitedhealthcare | Select/Navigate Hmo | $1,487.00 | ↑ +45% |
| Unitedhealthcare | All Commercial Plans | $1,687.00 | ↑ +64% |
| Blue Cross | All Commercial Plans | $4,005.00 | ↑ +290% |
| Cigna | All Commercial Plans | $5,977.00 | ↑ +482% |
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Ins cerv dilator (sep proc) at other California hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| St. John's Camarillo Hospital | Camarillo | $355.66 | $219.24 – $732.82 |
| Banner Lassen Medical Center | Susanville | $577.43 | $60.84 – $495.67 |
| Petaluma Valley Hospital | Petaluma | $591.09 | $410.66 – $1,687.00 |
| Arroyo Grande Hospital | Santa Maria | $488.35 | $386.50 – $1,118.18 |
| French Hospital | San Luis Obispo | $447.28 | $308.07 – $1,118.18 |
| Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield | Bakersfield | $195.89 | $264.00 – $438.24 |
| Bakersfield Memorial Hospital | Bakersfield | $208.46 | $284.00 – $471.44 |
| Queen of The Valley Medical Center | Napa | $1,771.23 | $432.67 – $6,200.00 |