Urinalysis qual/semiquant excpt ia 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

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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.

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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.

$2.17 with Aetna vs $20.66 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 $2.17
Humana Choicecare Medicare Managed Care Plan $2.21
Central Health Plan Medicare Managed Care Plan $2.39
La Care Health Plan Covered Ca Exchange $2.82
Blue Cross Anthem Vivity City Of La Other Commercial Plan $3.08
Blue Cross Anthem Vivity Non City Of La Other Commercial Plan $3.47
Healthnet Ambetter Hmo $4.01
Unitedhealthcare All Commercial Plans $4.34
Unitedhealthcare Select/Navigate Hmo $4.34
Healthnet Ambetter Ppo $4.64
Cigna All Commercial Plans $5.39
Aetna All Commercial Plans $6.29
Blue Shield Epn/Ifp Benefit Exchange $6.72
Blue Shield Tandem Ppo/Blue High Performance Ppo/Epo $13.42
Blue Cross All Commercial Plans $13.86
Blue Shield Ppo/Epo $14.91
Blue Shield Hmo $14.91
Blue Shield Medicare Managed Care Plan $20.66

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Urinalysis qual/semiquant excpt ia at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield Bakersfield $27.46 $2.17 – $55.20
Bakersfield Memorial Hospital Bakersfield $27.16 $2.17 – $56.09
St. Joseph's Behavioral Health Center Stockton $41.69 $2.17 – $58.40
St. Joseph's Medical Center Stockton Stockton $21.76 $1.84 – $60.68
Mercy Medical Center Mt. Shasta Mt Shasta $25.68 $1.77 – $7.96
Mercy Medical Center Merced Merced $40.69 $2.17 – $74.26
Northridge Hospital Medical Center Northridge $33.48 $2.17 – $120.00
Sierra Nevada Memorial Hospital Grass Valley $52.32 $1.28 – $1.90

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