Rheumatoid factor quantitative 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

$187.60

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.

$536.00

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.

$5.67 with Aetna vs $54.08 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 $5.67 ↓ -97%
Humana Choicecare Medicare Managed Care Plan $5.78 ↓ -97%
Central Health Plan Medicare Managed Care Plan $6.24 ↓ -97%
La Care Health Plan Covered Ca Exchange $7.37 ↓ -96%
Blue Cross Anthem Vivity City Of La Other Commercial Plan $8.04 ↓ -96%
Blue Cross Anthem Vivity Non City Of La Other Commercial Plan $9.06 ↓ -95%
Healthnet Ambetter Hmo $10.49 ↓ -94%
Unitedhealthcare All Commercial Plans $11.34 ↓ -94%
Unitedhealthcare Select/Navigate Hmo $11.34 ↓ -94%
Healthnet Ambetter Ppo $12.13 ↓ -94%
Cigna All Commercial Plans $14.10 ↓ -92%
Aetna All Commercial Plans $16.47 ↓ -91%
Blue Shield Epn/Ifp Benefit Exchange $17.61 ↓ -91%
Blue Shield Tandem Ppo/Blue High Performance Ppo/Epo $35.13 ↓ -81%
Blue Cross All Commercial Plans $35.83 ↓ -81%
Blue Shield Ppo/Epo $39.02 ↓ -79%
Blue Shield Hmo $39.02 ↓ -79%
Blue Shield Medicare Managed Care Plan $54.08 ↓ -71%

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Rheumatoid factor quantitative at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
St. John's Camarillo Hospital Camarillo $64.83 $1.69 – $15.06
Banner Lassen Medical Center Susanville $11.47 $1.13 – $8.28
Petaluma Valley Hospital Petaluma $54.06 $5.56 – $45.61
Arroyo Grande Hospital Santa Maria $79.61 $3.13 – $14.63
Mark Twain Medical Center San Andreas $64.61 $3.39 – $6.25
French Hospital San Luis Obispo $72.92 $1.69 – $17.20
Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield Bakersfield $71.98 $2.50 – $16.31
Bakersfield Memorial Hospital Bakersfield $71.20 $2.50 – $16.31

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