Lipoprotein direct measurement ldl at Providence Saint John's Health Center
2121 Santa Monica Blvd, Santa Monica, CA · Providence · · NPI 1124026273
$59.50
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.
$170.00
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.
$10.50 with Aetna vs $90.91 with Blue Shield — 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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| Aetna | Medicare Managed Care Plan | $10.50 | ↓ -82% |
| Humana | Choicecare Medicare Managed Care Plan | $10.71 | ↓ -82% |
| Central Health Plan | Medicare Managed Care Plan | $11.55 | ↓ -81% |
| La Care Health Plan | Covered Ca Exchange | $13.65 | ↓ -77% |
| Blue Cross | Anthem Vivity City Of La Other Commercial Plan | $14.89 | ↓ -75% |
| Blue Cross | Anthem Vivity Non City Of La Other Commercial Plan | $16.77 | ↓ -72% |
| Healthnet | Ambetter Hmo | $19.42 | ↓ -67% |
| Unitedhealthcare | All Commercial Plans | $21.00 | ↓ -65% |
| Unitedhealthcare | Select/Navigate Hmo | $21.00 | ↓ -65% |
| Healthnet | Ambetter Ppo | $22.47 | ↓ -62% |
| Cigna | All Commercial Plans | $26.09 | ↓ -56% |
| Aetna | All Commercial Plans | $27.71 | ↓ -53% |
| Blue Shield | Epn/Ifp Benefit Exchange | $29.59 | ↓ -50% |
| Blue Shield | Tandem Ppo/Blue High Performance Ppo/Epo | $59.05 | ↓ -1% |
| Blue Cross | All Commercial Plans | $60.48 | ↑ +2% |
| Blue Shield | Ppo/Epo | $65.58 | ↑ +10% |
| Blue Shield | Hmo | $65.58 | ↑ +10% |
| Blue Shield | Medicare Managed Care Plan | $90.91 | ↑ +53% |
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Lipoprotein direct measurement ldl at other California hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| St. John's Camarillo Hospital | Camarillo | $92.42 | $10.50 – $32.76 |
| Banner Lassen Medical Center | Susanville | $20.03 | $1.23 – $13.56 |
| Petaluma Valley Hospital | Petaluma | $168.30 | $10.29 – $76.99 |
| Arroyo Grande Hospital | Santa Maria | $33.39 | $4.86 – $27.07 |
| Mark Twain Medical Center | San Andreas | $171.83 | $5.26 – $9.71 |
| French Hospital | San Luis Obispo | $30.58 | $2.63 – $31.83 |
| Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield | Bakersfield | $27.46 | $8.33 – $30.20 |
| Bakersfield Memorial Hospital | Bakersfield | $27.16 | $10.50 – $30.20 |