Mayo infectious agent antigen immunoassay direct optical observation cryptococcus at Providence Saint John's Health Center
2121 Santa Monica Blvd, Santa Monica, CA · Providence · · NPI 1124026273
$55.30
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.
$158.00
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.
$16.07 with Aetna vs $88.52 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 | $16.07 | ↓ -71% |
| Humana | Choicecare Medicare Managed Care Plan | $16.39 | ↓ -70% |
| Central Health Plan | Medicare Managed Care Plan | $17.68 | ↓ -68% |
| La Care Health Plan | Covered Ca Exchange | $20.89 | ↓ -62% |
| Blue Cross | Anthem Vivity City Of La Other Commercial Plan | $22.79 | ↓ -59% |
| Blue Cross | Anthem Vivity Non City Of La Other Commercial Plan | $25.67 | ↓ -54% |
| Aetna | All Commercial Plans | $26.99 | ↓ -51% |
| Blue Shield | Epn/Ifp Benefit Exchange | $28.80 | ↓ -48% |
| Healthnet | Ambetter Hmo | $29.73 | ↓ -46% |
| Unitedhealthcare | All Commercial Plans | $32.14 | ↓ -42% |
| Unitedhealthcare | Select/Navigate Hmo | $32.14 | ↓ -42% |
| Healthnet | Ambetter Ppo | $34.39 | ↓ -38% |
| Cigna | All Commercial Plans | $39.92 | ↓ -28% |
| Blue Shield | Tandem Ppo/Blue High Performance Ppo/Epo | $57.50 | ↑ +4% |
| Blue Cross | All Commercial Plans | $57.63 | ↑ +4% |
| Blue Shield | Ppo/Epo | $63.86 | ↑ +15% |
| Blue Shield | Hmo | $63.86 | ↑ +15% |
| Blue Shield | Medicare Managed Care Plan | $88.52 | ↑ +60% |
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Mayo infectious agent antigen immunoassay direct optical observation cryptococcus at other California hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| St. John's Camarillo Hospital | Camarillo | $63.08 | $4.46 – $42.66 |
| Banner Lassen Medical Center | Susanville | $13.95 | $3.21 – $24.25 |
| Petaluma Valley Hospital | Petaluma | $284.58 | $15.75 – $73.37 |
| Arroyo Grande Hospital | Santa Maria | $32.53 | $6.99 – $41.42 |
| Mark Twain Medical Center | San Andreas | $31.36 | $6.99 – $16.17 |
| French Hospital | San Luis Obispo | $6.73 | $4.46 – $48.70 |
| Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield | Bakersfield | $26.72 | $6.84 – $46.20 |
| Bakersfield Memorial Hospital | Bakersfield | $24.08 | $6.84 – $46.20 |