Minocycline hydrochloride at Providence Saint John's Health Center
2121 Santa Monica Blvd, Santa Monica, CA · Providence · · NPI 1124026273
$1,006.69
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.
$2,876.27
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.
$1.51 with Blue Cross vs $5.70 with Healthnet — 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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| Blue Cross | All Commercial Plans | $1.51 | ↓ -100% |
| Blue Shield | Medicare Managed Care Plan | $2.64 | ↓ -100% |
| Blue Shield | Ppo/Epo | $2.64 | ↓ -100% |
| Blue Shield | Hmo | $2.64 | ↓ -100% |
| Blue Shield | Tandem Ppo/Blue High Performance Ppo/Epo | $2.64 | ↓ -100% |
| Aetna | Medicare Managed Care Plan | $2.66 | ↓ -100% |
| Humana | Choicecare Medicare Managed Care Plan | $2.72 | ↓ -100% |
| Blue Cross | Anthem Vivity City Of La Other Commercial Plan | $2.79 | ↓ -100% |
| Central Health Plan | Medicare Managed Care Plan | $2.93 | ↓ -100% |
| Aetna | All Commercial Plans | $3.10 | ↓ -100% |
| Blue Cross | Anthem Vivity Non City Of La Other Commercial Plan | $3.14 | ↓ -100% |
| La Care Health Plan | Covered Ca Exchange | $3.46 | ↓ -100% |
| Healthnet | Ambetter Hmo | $4.93 | ↓ -100% |
| Cigna | All Commercial Plans | $5.25 | ↓ -99% |
| Unitedhealthcare | Select/Navigate Hmo | $5.57 | ↓ -99% |
| Unitedhealthcare | All Commercial Plans | $5.57 | ↓ -99% |
| Healthnet | Ambetter Ppo | $5.70 | ↓ -99% |
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Minocycline hydrochloride at other California hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield | Bakersfield | $458.19 | $1.60 – $152.80 |
| Queen of The Valley Medical Center | Napa | $860.40 | $0.75 – $5.57 |
| Providence St Joseph Hospital Eureka | Eureka | $860.40 | $0.89 – $5.57 |
| Santa Rosa Memorial Hospital | Santa Rosa | $860.40 | $0.74 – $5.57 |
| Mercy Medical Center Merced | Merced | $623.15 | $0.79 – $175.78 |
| Northridge Hospital Medical Center | Northridge | $334.25 | $1.37 – $1,198.00 |
| California Hospital Medical Center | Los Angeles | $824.50 | $1.84 – $1,343.00 |
| St. Mary Medical Center | Long Beach | $1,315.37 | $1.87 – $3,059.00 |