Intubation endotracheal emergency procedure 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

$483.70

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$1,382.00

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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.

$304.63 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

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 Medicare Managed Care Plan $304.63 ↓ -37%
Humana Choicecare Medicare Managed Care Plan $310.72 ↓ -36%
Blue Cross Anthem Vivity City Of La Other Commercial Plan $319.15 ↓ -34%
Central Health Plan Medicare Managed Care Plan $335.09 ↓ -31%
Blue Cross Anthem Vivity Non City Of La Other Commercial Plan $359.46 ↓ -26%
Blue Shield Epn/Ifp Benefit Exchange $384.83 ↓ -20%
La Care Health Plan Covered Ca Exchange $396.02 ↓ -18%
Healthnet Ambetter Hmo $563.56 ↑ +17%
Healthnet Blue And Gold Other Commercial Plan $601.00 ↑ +24%
Healthnet Ambetter Ppo $651.91 ↑ +35%
Healthnet All Commercial Plans $970.00 ↑ +101%
Blue Shield Medicare Managed Care Plan $1,142.09 ↑ +136%
Unitedhealthcare Select/Navigate Hmo $1,487.00 ↑ +207%
Unitedhealthcare All Commercial Plans $1,687.00 ↑ +249%
Blue Shield Tandem Ppo/Blue High Performance Ppo/Epo $3,816.60 ↑ +689%
Blue Cross All Commercial Plans $4,005.00 ↑ +728%
Blue Shield Ppo/Epo $4,239.46 ↑ +776%
Blue Shield Hmo $4,239.46 ↑ +776%
Cigna All Commercial Plans $5,977.00 ↑ +1136%

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Intubation endotracheal emergency procedure at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
St. John's Camarillo Hospital Camarillo $473.52 $83.55 – $1,001.00
Banner Lassen Medical Center Susanville $364.53 $46.44 – $638.26
Petaluma Valley Hospital Petaluma $590.07 $319.18 – $1,921.00
Arroyo Grande Hospital Santa Maria $543.14 $67.93 – $1,243.62
Mark Twain Medical Center San Andreas $364.31 $67.93 – $315.56
French Hospital San Luis Obispo $258.33 $67.93 – $1,149.00
Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield Bakersfield $529.79 $67.93 – $1,256.64
Bakersfield Memorial Hospital Bakersfield $524.08 $67.93 – $12,607.00

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