MRI loex nonjt w IV cont at Providence Saint John's Health Center

2121 Santa Monica Blvd, Santa Monica, CA · Providence · · NPI 1124026273

Source: hospital's published price file ↗ · Published Apr 1, 2026 · Ingested Sep 11, 2026

$2,091.25

Cash price

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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.

$5,975.00

Gross charge

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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.

$448.71 with Aetna vs $3,063.50 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.

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Payer
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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.

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Plan
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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.

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Negotiated rate vs. cash
Aetna Medicare Managed Care Plan $448.71 ↓ -79%
Humana Choicecare Medicare Managed Care Plan $457.68 ↓ -78%
Blue Cross Anthem Vivity City Of La Other Commercial Plan $470.10 ↓ -78%
Central Health Plan Medicare Managed Care Plan $493.58 ↓ -76%
Blue Cross Anthem Vivity Non City Of La Other Commercial Plan $529.47 ↓ -75%
La Care Health Plan Covered Ca Exchange $583.32 ↓ -72%
Unitedhealthcare All Commercial Plans $610.96 ↓ -71%
Unitedhealthcare Select/Navigate Hmo $610.96 ↓ -71%
Aetna All Commercial Plans $813.72 ↓ -61%
Healthnet Ambetter Hmo $830.11 ↓ -60%
Healthnet Ambetter Ppo $960.24 ↓ -54%
Blue Shield Epn/Ifp Benefit Exchange $1,074.63 ↓ -49%
Blue Shield Medicare Managed Care Plan $2,265.45 ↑ +8%
Blue Cross All Commercial Plans $2,475.31 ↑ +18%
Blue Shield Tandem Ppo/Blue High Performance Ppo/Epo $2,754.58 ↑ +32%
Blue Shield Ppo/Epo $3,063.50 ↑ +46%
Blue Shield Hmo $3,063.50 ↑ +46%

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MRI loex nonjt w IV cont at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
St. John's Camarillo Hospital Camarillo $1,450.22 $391.78 – $2,582.58
Banner Lassen Medical Center Susanville $1,336.48 $427.28 – $1,865.31
Providence St Joseph Hospital Eureka Eureka $3,906.09 $448.71 – $4,516.36
Santa Rosa Memorial Hospital Santa Rosa $5,237.70 $485.45 – $3,388.28
Providence Mission Hospital - Mission Viejo Mission Viejo $2,887.68 $381.40 – $830.11
Providence Cedars-Sinai Tarzana Medical Center Tarzana $2,078.30 $448.71 – $1,171.34
Providence Saint Joseph Medical Center Burbank $2,999.15 $448.71 – $2,265.45
St Jude Medical Center Fullerton $4,649.76 $381.40 – $830.11

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