Transcath mv repair init prosthesis 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

$10,352.30

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.

$29,578.00

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.

$352.70 with Blue Shield vs $15,227.00 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.

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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
Blue Shield Medicare Managed Care Plan $352.70 ↓ -97%
Blue Shield Tandem Ppo/Blue High Performance Ppo/Epo $1,178.65 ↓ -89%
Blue Shield Ppo/Epo $1,309.24 ↓ -87%
Blue Shield Hmo $1,309.24 ↓ -87%
Unitedhealthcare Select/Navigate Hmo $5,821.00 ↓ -44%
Unitedhealthcare All Commercial Plans $6,603.00 ↓ -36%
Cigna All Commercial Plans $9,891.00 ↓ -4%
Blue Cross All Commercial Plans $15,227.00 ↑ +47%

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Transcath mv repair init prosthesis at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
St. John's Camarillo Hospital Camarillo $48,155.48 $2,412.41 – $85,756.32
Arroyo Grande Hospital Santa Maria $49,408.75 $1,594.56 – $113,132.18
French Hospital San Luis Obispo $45,252.88 $1,594.56 – $113,132.18
Bakersfield Memorial Hospital Bakersfield $5,757.50 $1,594.56 – $15,531.12
St. Joseph's Medical Center Stockton Stockton $4,460.28 $1,594.56 – $12,743.64
Santa Rosa Memorial Hospital Santa Rosa $17,730.15 $691.00 – $12,568.00
Mercy Medical Center Merced Merced $8,125.67 $1,594.56 – $15,620.22
Dominican Hospital Santa Cruz $22,815.00 $1,594.56 – $45,630.00

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