Mayo iodine at Providence Saint John's Health Center
2121 Santa Monica Blvd, Santa Monica, CA · Providence · · NPI 1124026273
$15.05
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.
$43.00
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.
$24.11 with Aetna vs $172.07 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 | $24.11 | ↑ +60% |
| Humana | Choicecare Medicare Managed Care Plan | $24.59 | ↑ +63% |
| Central Health Plan | Medicare Managed Care Plan | $26.52 | ↑ +76% |
| La Care Health Plan | Covered Ca Exchange | $31.34 | ↑ +108% |
| Blue Cross | Anthem Vivity City Of La Other Commercial Plan | $34.20 | ↑ +127% |
| Blue Cross | Anthem Vivity Non City Of La Other Commercial Plan | $38.51 | ↑ +156% |
| Healthnet | Ambetter Hmo | $44.60 | ↑ +196% |
| Unitedhealthcare | All Commercial Plans | $48.22 | ↑ +220% |
| Unitedhealthcare | Select/Navigate Hmo | $48.22 | ↑ +220% |
| Healthnet | Ambetter Ppo | $51.60 | ↑ +243% |
| Aetna | All Commercial Plans | $52.47 | ↑ +249% |
| Blue Shield | Epn/Ifp Benefit Exchange | $56.00 | ↑ +272% |
| Cigna | All Commercial Plans | $59.86 | ↑ +298% |
| Blue Shield | Tandem Ppo/Blue High Performance Ppo/Epo | $111.77 | ↑ +643% |
| Blue Cross | All Commercial Plans | $115.30 | ↑ +666% |
| Blue Shield | Ppo/Epo | $124.13 | ↑ +725% |
| Blue Shield | Hmo | $124.13 | ↑ +725% |
| Blue Shield | Medicare Managed Care Plan | $172.07 | ↑ +1043% |
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Mayo iodine at other California hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| St. John's Camarillo Hospital | Camarillo | $26.28 | $4.22 – $63.96 |
| Banner Lassen Medical Center | Susanville | $12.52 | $4.82 – $26.96 |
| Arroyo Grande Hospital | Santa Maria | $64.20 | $15.00 – $62.12 |
| Mark Twain Medical Center | San Andreas | $39.96 | $8.45 – $15.60 |
| French Hospital | San Luis Obispo | $58.80 | $8.10 – $73.02 |
| Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield | Bakersfield | $64.09 | $7.80 – $69.28 |
| Bakersfield Memorial Hospital | Bakersfield | $63.40 | $7.80 – $69.28 |
| St. Joseph's Behavioral Health Center | Stockton | $98.63 | $1.56 – $12.48 |