Platelets pheresis leukocytes reduced cmv negative irradiated each unit 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

$402.85

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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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$1,151.00

Gross charge

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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.

$503.45 with Aetna vs $1,346.92 with Blue Shield — 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

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 $503.45 ↑ +25%
Humana Choicecare Medicare Managed Care Plan $513.52 ↑ +27%
Blue Cross Anthem Vivity City Of La Other Commercial Plan $527.45 ↑ +31%
Central Health Plan Medicare Managed Care Plan $553.80 ↑ +37%
Blue Cross Anthem Vivity Non City Of La Other Commercial Plan $594.06 ↑ +47%
La Care Health Plan Covered Ca Exchange $654.48 ↑ +62%
Healthnet Ambetter Hmo $931.38 ↑ +131%
Healthnet Ambetter Ppo $1,077.38 ↑ +167%
Blue Shield Epn/Ifp Benefit Exchange $1,346.92 ↑ +234%

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Platelets pheresis leukocytes reduced cmv negative irradiated each unit at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
St. John's Camarillo Hospital Camarillo $389.39 $240.03 – $1,180.85
Arroyo Grande Hospital Santa Maria $1,592.59 $583.50 – $2,431.38
French Hospital San Luis Obispo $1,458.64 $583.50 – $2,431.38
Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield Bakersfield $2,638.93 $583.50 – $5,690.40
Bakersfield Memorial Hospital Bakersfield $2,610.48 $583.50 – $5,619.27
St. Joseph's Medical Center Stockton Stockton $1,540.86 $553.83 – $4,297.62
Mercy Medical Center Merced Merced $519.12 $583.50 – $1,008.00
St. Mary Medical Center Long Beach $1,862.76 $583.50 – $4,332.00

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