Ultrasound transvaginal non obstetric 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

$639.80

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$1,828.00

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.

$134.46 with Aetna vs $516.16 with Cigna — same scan, same building. Share

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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

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

The specific product an insurer sells — e.g. "Blue Cross PPO 500" — which sets your deductible, coinsurance and negotiated rates.

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Negotiated rate vs. cash
Aetna Medicare Managed Care Plan $134.46 ↓ -79%
Humana Choicecare Medicare Managed Care Plan $137.15 ↓ -79%
Blue Cross Anthem Vivity City Of La Other Commercial Plan $140.87 ↓ -78%
Central Health Plan Medicare Managed Care Plan $147.91 ↓ -77%
Blue Cross Anthem Vivity Non City Of La Other Commercial Plan $158.66 ↓ -75%
La Care Health Plan Covered Ca Exchange $174.80 ↓ -73%
Unitedhealthcare All Commercial Plans $179.33 ↓ -72%
Unitedhealthcare Select/Navigate Hmo $179.33 ↓ -72%
Aetna All Commercial Plans $229.86 ↓ -64%
Blue Shield Epn/Ifp Benefit Exchange $237.46 ↓ -63%
Healthnet Ambetter Hmo $248.76 ↓ -61%
Blue Shield Medicare Managed Care Plan $261.70 ↓ -59%
Blue Cross All Commercial Plans $281.40 ↓ -56%
Healthnet Ambetter Ppo $287.75 ↓ -55%
Blue Shield Tandem Ppo/Blue High Performance Ppo/Epo $318.20 ↓ -50%
Blue Shield Ppo/Epo $353.89 ↓ -45%
Blue Shield Hmo $353.89 ↓ -45%
Cigna All Commercial Plans $516.16 ↓ -19%

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Ultrasound transvaginal non obstetric at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
St. John's Camarillo Hospital Camarillo $766.50 $135.12 – $1,365.00
Redwood City Medical Center Redwood City $716.80 $142.00 – $142.00
Santa Clara Medical Center SANTA CLARA $716.80 $142.00 – $142.00
Baldwin Park Medical Center BALDWIN PARK $514.80 $96.00 – $96.00
Riverside Medical Center RIVERSIDE $514.80 $96.00 – $96.00
Banner Lassen Medical Center Susanville $788.14 $21.27 – $973.88
Sacramento Medical Center SACRAMENTO $716.80 $142.00 – $142.00
Oakland Medical Center Oakland $716.80 $142.00 – $142.00

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