Str markers specimen anal at Providence Saint John's Health Center
2121 Santa Monica Blvd, Santa Monica, CA · Providence · · NPI 1124026273
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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.
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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.
$233.07 with Aetna vs $1,561.89 with Blue Cross — 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 | Medicare Managed Care Plan | $233.07 | — |
| Humana | Choicecare Medicare Managed Care Plan | $237.73 | — |
| Central Health Plan | Medicare Managed Care Plan | $256.38 | — |
| La Care Health Plan | Covered Ca Exchange | $302.99 | — |
| Blue Cross | Anthem Vivity City Of La Other Commercial Plan | $330.59 | — |
| Blue Cross | Anthem Vivity Non City Of La Other Commercial Plan | $372.28 | — |
| Healthnet | Ambetter Hmo | $431.18 | — |
| Unitedhealthcare | All Commercial Plans | $466.14 | — |
| Unitedhealthcare | Select/Navigate Hmo | $466.14 | — |
| Healthnet | Ambetter Ppo | $498.77 | — |
| Cigna | All Commercial Plans | $578.73 | — |
| Aetna | All Commercial Plans | $655.83 | — |
| Blue Cross | All Commercial Plans | $1,561.89 | — |
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Str markers specimen anal at other California hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| Arroyo Grande Hospital | Santa Maria | $79.18 | $92.50 – $600.55 |
| French Hospital | San Luis Obispo | $72.52 | $49.95 – $705.99 |
| Mercy Medical Center Mt. Shasta | Mt Shasta | $431.79 | $86.72 – $166.76 |
| Sierra Nevada Memorial Hospital | Grass Valley | $127.60 | $156.87 – $234.12 |
| St. Mary Medical Center | Long Beach | $264.88 | $27.50 – $955.75 |
| Community Hospital San Bernardino | San Bernardino | $240.86 | $60.50 – $955.75 |
| Glendale Memorial Hospital Health Center | Glendale | $200.82 | $27.50 – $519.80 |
| Mercy San Juan Medical Center | Carmichael | $64.15 | $25.76 – $516.16 |