Pr excision nail/nail matrix partial/complete permanent removal 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

$460.60

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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.

$1,316.00

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.

$522.85 with Aetna vs $5,977.00 with Cigna — 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 $522.85 ↑ +14%
Humana Choicecare Medicare Managed Care Plan $533.30 ↑ +16%
Blue Cross Anthem Vivity City Of La Other Commercial Plan $547.77 ↑ +19%
Central Health Plan Medicare Managed Care Plan $575.13 ↑ +25%
Healthnet Blue And Gold Other Commercial Plan $601.00 ↑ +30%
Blue Cross Anthem Vivity Non City Of La Other Commercial Plan $616.95 ↑ +34%
La Care Health Plan Covered Ca Exchange $679.70 ↑ +48%
Blue Shield Epn/Ifp Benefit Exchange $763.02 ↑ +66%
Healthnet Ambetter Hmo $967.27 ↑ +110%
Healthnet All Commercial Plans $970.00 ↑ +111%
Healthnet Ambetter Ppo $1,118.89 ↑ +143%
Blue Shield Medicare Managed Care Plan $1,142.09 ↑ +148%
Unitedhealthcare Select/Navigate Hmo $1,487.00 ↑ +223%
Unitedhealthcare All Commercial Plans $1,687.00 ↑ +266%
Blue Shield Tandem Ppo/Blue High Performance Ppo/Epo $3,816.60 ↑ +729%
Blue Cross All Commercial Plans $4,005.00 ↑ +770%
Blue Shield Ppo/Epo $4,239.46 ↑ +820%
Blue Shield Hmo $4,239.46 ↑ +820%
Cigna All Commercial Plans $5,977.00 ↑ +1198%

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Pr excision nail/nail matrix partial/complete permanent removal at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
St. John's Camarillo Hospital Camarillo $436.58 $119.29 – $936.40
Petaluma Valley Hospital Petaluma $1,738.59 $547.82 – $1,921.00
Mark Twain Medical Center San Andreas $259.08 $96.98 – $381.22
Queen of The Valley Medical Center Napa $2,464.83 $577.20 – $6,200.00
Providence St Joseph Hospital Eureka Eureka $1,232.67 $522.85 – $8,018.00
Healdsburg Hospital Healdsburg $1,448.40 $547.72 – $3,982.87
Redwood Memorial Hospital Fortuna $1,237.26 $1,333.00 – $20,799.00
Santa Rosa Memorial Hospital Santa Rosa $684.42 $565.65 – $4,042.00

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