Warde topiramate therapeutic drug level 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.

$11.92 with Aetna vs $113.62 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 $11.92
Humana Choicecare Medicare Managed Care Plan $12.16
Central Health Plan Medicare Managed Care Plan $13.11
La Care Health Plan Covered Ca Exchange $15.50
Blue Cross Anthem Vivity City Of La Other Commercial Plan $16.91
Blue Cross Anthem Vivity Non City Of La Other Commercial Plan $19.04
Healthnet Ambetter Hmo $22.05
Unitedhealthcare All Commercial Plans $23.84
Unitedhealthcare Select/Navigate Hmo $23.84
Healthnet Ambetter Ppo $25.51
Cigna All Commercial Plans $29.61
Aetna All Commercial Plans $34.64
Blue Shield Epn/Ifp Benefit Exchange $36.99
Blue Shield Tandem Ppo/Blue High Performance Ppo/Epo $73.80
Blue Shield Ppo/Epo $81.97
Blue Shield Hmo $81.97
Blue Cross All Commercial Plans $94.97
Blue Shield Medicare Managed Care Plan $113.62

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Warde topiramate therapeutic drug level at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
St. John's Camarillo Hospital Camarillo $6.14 $3.78 – $31.64
Banner Lassen Medical Center Susanville $6.89 $2.38 – $17.47
Petaluma Valley Hospital Petaluma $31.03 $11.68 – $120.91
Arroyo Grande Hospital Santa Maria $6.00 $7.00 – $30.72
Mark Twain Medical Center San Andreas $9.33 $7.58 – $14.00
French Hospital San Luis Obispo $5.49 $3.78 – $36.12
Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield Bakersfield $5.20 $7.00 – $34.26
Bakersfield Memorial Hospital Bakersfield $5.14 $7.00 – $34.26

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