Insertion catheter bladder non indwelling 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

$209.30

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.

$598.00

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.

$112.54 with Blue Shield vs $4,005.00 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.

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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
Blue Shield Epn/Ifp Benefit Exchange $112.54 ↓ -46%
Aetna Medicare Managed Care Plan $171.12 ↓ -18%
Humana Choicecare Medicare Managed Care Plan $174.54 ↓ -17%
Blue Cross Anthem Vivity City Of La Other Commercial Plan $179.28 ↓ -14%
Central Health Plan Medicare Managed Care Plan $188.23 ↓ -10%
Blue Cross Anthem Vivity Non City Of La Other Commercial Plan $201.92 ↓ -4%
La Care Health Plan Covered Ca Exchange $222.46 ↑ +6%
Healthnet Ambetter Hmo $316.58 ↑ +51%
Healthnet Ambetter Ppo $366.20 ↑ +75%
Healthnet Blue And Gold Other Commercial Plan $601.00 ↑ +187%
Healthnet All Commercial Plans $970.00 ↑ +363%
Unitedhealthcare Select/Navigate Hmo $1,487.00 ↑ +610%
Unitedhealthcare All Commercial Plans $1,687.00 ↑ +706%
Blue Cross All Commercial Plans $4,005.00 ↑ +1814%

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Insertion catheter bladder non indwelling at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
St. John's Camarillo Hospital Camarillo $161.63 $99.63 – $291.44
Banner Lassen Medical Center Susanville $110.28 $25.78 – $181.22
Petaluma Valley Hospital Petaluma $343.23 $179.30 – $1,687.00
Arroyo Grande Hospital Santa Maria $208.01 $125.89 – $452.76
Mark Twain Medical Center San Andreas $333.00 $18.63 – $125.89
French Hospital San Luis Obispo $190.52 $64.80 – $235.20
Bakersfield Memorial Hospital Bakersfield $146.80 $125.89 – $333.78
Queen of The Valley Medical Center Napa $1,145.97 $188.91 – $6,200.00

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