Rp loclzj tum 2+area 1+d img 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

$960.40

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.

$2,744.00

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.

$514.17 with Aetna vs $1,950.38 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 $514.17 ↓ -46%
Humana Choicecare Medicare Managed Care Plan $524.46 ↓ -45%
Aetna All Commercial Plans $537.27 ↓ -44%
Blue Cross Anthem Vivity City Of La Other Commercial Plan $538.69 ↓ -44%
Central Health Plan Medicare Managed Care Plan $565.59 ↓ -41%
Unitedhealthcare Select/Navigate Hmo $589.01 ↓ -39%
Unitedhealthcare All Commercial Plans $589.01 ↓ -39%
Blue Cross Anthem Vivity Non City Of La Other Commercial Plan $606.72 ↓ -37%
La Care Health Plan Covered Ca Exchange $668.42 ↓ -30%
Blue Shield Medicare Managed Care Plan $721.93 ↓ -25%
Blue Cross All Commercial Plans $769.95 ↓ -20%
Blue Shield Tandem Ppo/Blue High Performance Ppo/Epo $877.81 ↓ -9%
Healthnet Ambetter Hmo $951.22 ↓ -1%
Blue Shield Ppo/Epo $976.25 ↑ +2%
Blue Shield Hmo $976.25 ↑ +2%
Healthnet Ambetter Ppo $1,100.33 ↑ +15%
Blue Shield Epn/Ifp Benefit Exchange $1,214.25 ↑ +26%
Cigna All Commercial Plans $1,950.38 ↑ +103%

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Rp loclzj tum 2+area 1+d img at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
St. John's Camarillo Hospital Camarillo $419.17 $258.39 – $1,824.90
Banner Lassen Medical Center Susanville $587.12 $80.37 – $848.75
Arroyo Grande Hospital Santa Maria $2,321.90 $189.91 – $5,028.38
Mark Twain Medical Center San Andreas $5,625.71 $189.91 – $2,801.82
French Hospital San Luis Obispo $1,954.12 $189.91 – $4,669.70
Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield Bakersfield $2,381.82 $189.91 – $5,136.00
Bakersfield Memorial Hospital Bakersfield $2,356.14 $189.91 – $5,071.80
Queen of The Valley Medical Center Napa $1,878.33 $567.62 – $1,238.82

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