Mitomycin instillation at Providence Saint John's Health Center
2121 Santa Monica Blvd, Santa Monica, CA · Providence · · NPI 1124026273
$37,220.96
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.
$106,345.60
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.
$312.12 with Blue Shield vs $780.20 with Blue Cross — 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 Shield | Hmo | $312.12 | ↓ -99% |
| Blue Shield | Ppo/Epo | $312.12 | ↓ -99% |
| Blue Shield | Tandem Ppo/Blue High Performance Ppo/Epo | $312.12 | ↓ -99% |
| Blue Shield | Medicare Managed Care Plan | $312.12 | ↓ -99% |
| Aetna | All Commercial Plans | $317.42 | ↓ -99% |
| Aetna | Medicare Managed Care Plan | $323.17 | ↓ -99% |
| Humana | Choicecare Medicare Managed Care Plan | $329.63 | ↓ -99% |
| Central Health Plan | Medicare Managed Care Plan | $355.49 | ↓ -99% |
| La Care Health Plan | Covered Ca Exchange | $420.12 | ↓ -99% |
| Blue Cross | Anthem Vivity City Of La Other Commercial Plan | $441.63 | ↓ -99% |
| Blue Cross | Anthem Vivity Non City Of La Other Commercial Plan | $497.34 | ↓ -99% |
| Healthnet | Ambetter Hmo | $597.87 | ↓ -98% |
| Blue Shield | Epn/Ifp Benefit Exchange | $617.95 | ↓ -98% |
| Cigna | All Commercial Plans | $622.87 | ↓ -98% |
| Unitedhealthcare | Select/Navigate Hmo | $672.95 | ↓ -98% |
| Unitedhealthcare | All Commercial Plans | $672.95 | ↓ -98% |
| Healthnet | Ambetter Ppo | $691.59 | ↓ -98% |
| Blue Cross | All Commercial Plans | $780.20 | ↓ -98% |
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Mitomycin instillation at other California hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Arroyo Grande Hospital | Santa Maria | $16,468.16 | $282.12 – $37,707.46 |
| Dominican Hospital | Santa Cruz | $28,857.60 | $313.00 – $54,508.80 |
| Providence Cedars-Sinai Tarzana Medical Center | Tarzana | $37,220.96 | $312.12 – $672.95 |
| Sequoia Hospital | Redwood City | $14,005.63 | $282.18 – $31,551.14 |
| Providence Saint Joseph Medical Center | Burbank | $37,220.96 | $312.12 – $672.95 |
| Petaluma Valley Hospital | Petaluma | not published | $316.71 – $672.95 |
| Queen of The Valley Medical Center | Napa | not published | $323.17 – $672.95 |
| Providence St Joseph Hospital Eureka | Eureka | not published | $323.17 – $672.95 |