Insertion/replacement implantable defibrillator w/lead(s) single/dual chamber 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

$11,309.20

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.

$32,312.00

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.

$4,588.50 with Blue Shield vs $126,240.00 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
Blue Shield Medicare Managed Care Plan $4,588.50 ↓ -59%
Blue Cross All Commercial Plans $8,837.00 ↓ -22%
Cigna All Commercial Plans $9,891.00 ↓ -13%
Blue Shield Tandem Ppo/Blue High Performance Ppo/Epo $15,333.73 ↑ +36%
Blue Shield Ppo/Epo $17,032.64 ↑ +51%
Blue Shield Hmo $17,032.64 ↑ +51%
Unitedhealthcare Select/Navigate Hmo $17,698.00 ↑ +56%
Unitedhealthcare All Commercial Plans $20,076.00 ↑ +78%
Aetna Medicare Managed Care Plan $40,371.32 ↑ +257%
Humana Choicecare Medicare Managed Care Plan $41,178.75 ↑ +264%
Blue Cross Anthem Vivity City Of La Other Commercial Plan $42,296.16 ↑ +274%
Central Health Plan Medicare Managed Care Plan $44,408.46 ↑ +293%
Blue Cross Anthem Vivity Non City Of La Other Commercial Plan $47,637.52 ↑ +321%
La Care Health Plan Covered Ca Exchange $52,482.72 ↑ +364%
Blue Shield Epn/Ifp Benefit Exchange $73,331.78 ↑ +548%
Healthnet Ambetter Hmo $74,686.95 ↑ +560%
Healthnet Blue And Gold Other Commercial Plan $78,268.00 ↑ +592%
Healthnet Ambetter Ppo $86,394.63 ↑ +664%
Healthnet All Commercial Plans $126,240.00 ↑ +1016%

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Insertion/replacement implantable defibrillator w/lead(s) single/dual chamber at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
St. John's Camarillo Hospital Camarillo $38,936.45 $1,263.26 – $80,511.58
Arroyo Grande Hospital Santa Maria $48,695.70 $1,027.04 – $108,086.16
French Hospital San Luis Obispo $45,510.03 $1,027.04 – $108,086.16
Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield Bakersfield $42,654.25 $1,027.04 – $91,976.80
Bakersfield Memorial Hospital Bakersfield $42,194.36 $1,027.04 – $90,827.09
Queen of The Valley Medical Center Napa $72,027.81 $9,256.00 – $126,547.00
Providence St Joseph Hospital Eureka Eureka $37,077.00 $11,046.00 – $126,547.00
Redwood Memorial Hospital Fortuna $59,601.66 $11,059.00 – $126,547.00

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