Instillation anticarcinogenic agent bladder 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

$1,381.45

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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.

$3,947.00

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.

$286.06 with Aetna vs $5,977.00 with Cigna — same scan, same building. Share

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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

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
Aetna All Commercial Plans $286.06 ↓ -79%
Blue Shield Medicare Managed Care Plan $352.70 ↓ -74%
Blue Shield Epn/Ifp Benefit Exchange $549.87 ↓ -60%
Healthnet Blue And Gold Other Commercial Plan $601.00 ↓ -56%
Aetna Medicare Managed Care Plan $896.84 ↓ -35%
Humana Choicecare Medicare Managed Care Plan $914.78 ↓ -34%
Blue Cross Anthem Vivity City Of La Other Commercial Plan $939.60 ↓ -32%
Healthnet All Commercial Plans $970.00 ↓ -30%
Central Health Plan Medicare Managed Care Plan $986.52 ↓ -29%
Blue Cross Anthem Vivity Non City Of La Other Commercial Plan $1,058.26 ↓ -23%
La Care Health Plan Covered Ca Exchange $1,165.89 ↓ -16%
Blue Shield Tandem Ppo/Blue High Performance Ppo/Epo $1,178.65 ↓ -15%
Blue Shield Ppo/Epo $1,309.24 ↓ -5%
Blue Shield Hmo $1,309.24 ↓ -5%
Unitedhealthcare Select/Navigate Hmo $1,487.00 ↑ +8%
Healthnet Ambetter Hmo $1,659.15 ↑ +20%
Unitedhealthcare All Commercial Plans $1,687.00 ↑ +22%
Healthnet Ambetter Ppo $1,919.24 ↑ +39%
Blue Cross All Commercial Plans $4,005.00 ↑ +190%
Cigna All Commercial Plans $5,977.00 ↑ +333%

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Instillation anticarcinogenic agent bladder at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Banner Lassen Medical Center Susanville $694.51 $133.49 – $965.15
Arroyo Grande Hospital Santa Maria $386.49 $114.50 – $884.94
Mark Twain Medical Center San Andreas $125.21 $46.31 – $175.42
French Hospital San Luis Obispo $364.56 $114.50 – $911.40
Bakersfield Memorial Hospital Bakersfield $286.63 $114.50 – $781.00
Queen of The Valley Medical Center Napa $697.17 $313.00 – $6,200.00
Providence St Joseph Hospital Eureka Eureka $637.50 $896.84 – $8,018.00
Santa Rosa Memorial Hospital Santa Rosa $971.04 $297.38 – $4,042.00

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