Place non-slctv cath thoracic arta 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

$3,085.95

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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.

$8,817.00

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.

$1,142.09 with Blue Shield vs $11,827.00 with Healthnet — same scan, same building. Share

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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
Blue Shield Medicare Managed Care Plan $1,142.09 ↓ -63%
Blue Shield Tandem Ppo/Blue High Performance Ppo/Epo $3,816.60 ↑ +24%
Aetna Medicare Managed Care Plan $4,061.05 ↑ +32%
Humana Choicecare Medicare Managed Care Plan $4,142.27 ↑ +34%
Blue Shield Ppo/Epo $4,239.46 ↑ +37%
Blue Shield Hmo $4,239.46 ↑ +37%
Blue Cross Anthem Vivity City Of La Other Commercial Plan $4,254.67 ↑ +38%
Central Health Plan Medicare Managed Care Plan $4,467.15 ↑ +45%
Blue Cross Anthem Vivity Non City Of La Other Commercial Plan $4,791.97 ↑ +55%
La Care Health Plan Covered Ca Exchange $5,279.36 ↑ +71%
Blue Shield Epn/Ifp Benefit Exchange $6,313.18 ↑ +105%
Blue Cross All Commercial Plans $6,790.00 ↑ +120%
Healthnet Blue And Gold Other Commercial Plan $7,332.00 ↑ +138%
Healthnet Ambetter Hmo $7,512.94 ↑ +143%
Healthnet Ambetter Ppo $8,690.64 ↑ +182%
Unitedhealthcare Select/Navigate Hmo $9,834.00 ↑ +219%
Cigna All Commercial Plans $9,891.00 ↑ +221%
Unitedhealthcare All Commercial Plans $11,155.00 ↑ +261%
Healthnet All Commercial Plans $11,827.00 ↑ +283%

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Place non-slctv cath thoracic arta at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
St. John's Camarillo Hospital Camarillo $4,684.41 $263.04 – $8,342.10
Arroyo Grande Hospital Santa Maria $6,457.24 $173.86 – $14,785.26
French Hospital San Luis Obispo $5,914.11 $173.86 – $14,785.26
Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield Bakersfield $3,527.47 $173.86 – $7,606.40
Bakersfield Memorial Hospital Bakersfield $3,489.44 $173.86 – $7,511.32
Providence St Joseph Hospital Eureka Eureka $7,119.60 $4,061.05 – $17,611.00
St. Joseph's Medical Center Stockton Stockton $6,062.28 $173.86 – $17,320.80
Santa Rosa Memorial Hospital Santa Rosa $4,678.74 $1,476.68 – $11,377.00

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