Warde adrenocorticotropic hormone (acth) 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.

$38.62 with Aetna vs $368.08 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 $38.62
Humana Choicecare Medicare Managed Care Plan $39.39
Central Health Plan Medicare Managed Care Plan $42.48
La Care Health Plan Covered Ca Exchange $50.21
Blue Cross Anthem Vivity City Of La Other Commercial Plan $54.78
Blue Cross Anthem Vivity Non City Of La Other Commercial Plan $61.69
Healthnet Ambetter Hmo $71.45
Unitedhealthcare All Commercial Plans $77.24
Unitedhealthcare Select/Navigate Hmo $77.24
Healthnet Ambetter Ppo $82.65
Cigna All Commercial Plans $95.88
Aetna All Commercial Plans $112.22
Blue Shield Epn/Ifp Benefit Exchange $119.81
Blue Shield Tandem Ppo/Blue High Performance Ppo/Epo $239.09
Blue Cross All Commercial Plans $247.64
Blue Shield Ppo/Epo $265.53
Blue Shield Hmo $265.53
Blue Shield Medicare Managed Care Plan $368.08

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Warde adrenocorticotropic hormone (acth) at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
St. John's Camarillo Hospital Camarillo $19.71 $2.70 – $102.46
Banner Lassen Medical Center Susanville $8.76 $5.74 – $56.64
Petaluma Valley Hospital Petaluma $56.10 $37.85 – $315.29
Arroyo Grande Hospital Santa Maria $132.68 $5.00 – $99.50
Mark Twain Medical Center San Andreas $64.31 $5.42 – $10.00
French Hospital San Luis Obispo $121.52 $2.70 – $116.97
Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield Bakersfield $9.28 $5.00 – $110.97
Bakersfield Memorial Hospital Bakersfield $9.18 $5.00 – $110.97

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