Radiation treatment aid(s) at Providence Saint John's Health Center
2121 Santa Monica Blvd, Santa Monica, CA · Providence · · NPI 1124026273
$417.90
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.
$1,194.00
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.
$129.73 with Aetna vs $493.39 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.
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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| Aetna | All Commercial Plans | $129.73 | ↓ -69% |
| Aetna | Medicare Managed Care Plan | $172.87 | ↓ -59% |
| Humana | Choicecare Medicare Managed Care Plan | $176.33 | ↓ -58% |
| Blue Cross | Anthem Vivity City Of La Other Commercial Plan | $181.11 | ↓ -57% |
| Central Health Plan | Medicare Managed Care Plan | $190.16 | ↓ -54% |
| Blue Cross | Anthem Vivity Non City Of La Other Commercial Plan | $203.99 | ↓ -51% |
| La Care Health Plan | Covered Ca Exchange | $224.73 | ↓ -46% |
| Blue Shield | Medicare Managed Care Plan | $229.85 | ↓ -45% |
| Blue Shield | Tandem Ppo/Blue High Performance Ppo/Epo | $279.48 | ↓ -33% |
| Blue Shield | Hmo | $310.83 | ↓ -26% |
| Blue Shield | Ppo/Epo | $310.83 | ↓ -26% |
| Healthnet | Ambetter Hmo | $319.81 | ↓ -23% |
| Blue Cross | All Commercial Plans | $349.23 | ↓ -16% |
| Healthnet | Ambetter Ppo | $369.95 | ↓ -11% |
| Blue Shield | Epn/Ifp Benefit Exchange | $493.39 | ↑ +18% |
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Radiation treatment aid(s) at other California hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| St. John's Camarillo Hospital | Camarillo | $390.70 | $74.53 – $776.04 |
| Arroyo Grande Hospital | Santa Maria | $567.96 | $49.26 – $11,311.00 |
| French Hospital | San Luis Obispo | $461.00 | $49.26 – $9,050.00 |
| Queen of The Valley Medical Center | Napa | $914.43 | $190.84 – $396.43 |
| Providence St Joseph Hospital Eureka | Eureka | $446.76 | $172.87 – $449.56 |
| St. Joseph's Medical Center Stockton | Stockton | $584.48 | $49.26 – $1,988.00 |
| Santa Rosa Memorial Hospital | Santa Rosa | $911.88 | $187.03 – $337.27 |
| Providence Mission Hospital - Mission Viejo | Mission Viejo | $530.88 | $146.94 – $319.81 |