Ammonia at Providence Cedars-Sinai Tarzana Medical Center
18321 Clark St, Tarzana, CA · Providence · · NPI 1821250762
$98.70
Cash price 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.
$282.00
Gross charge 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.
$14.57 with Aetna vs $138.86 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.
Full explanation →
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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.
Full explanation →Payer ?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. Full explanation → |
Plan ?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. Full explanation → |
Negotiated rate | vs. cash |
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| Aetna | Medicare Managed Care Plan | $14.57 | ↓ -85% |
| Humana | Choicecare Medicare Managed Care Plan | $14.86 | ↓ -85% |
| Central Health Plan | Medicare Managed Care Plan | $16.03 | ↓ -84% |
| La Care Health Plan | Exchange | $18.94 | ↓ -81% |
| Blue Cross | Anthem Vivity City Of La Other Commercial Plan | $20.67 | ↓ -79% |
| Blue Cross | Anthem Vivity Non City Of La Other Commercial Plan | $23.27 | ↓ -76% |
| Cigna | Ppo | $25.66 | ↓ -74% |
| Cigna | Oap Hmo/Pos | $25.66 | ↓ -74% |
| Healthnet | Ambetter Hmo | $26.95 | ↓ -73% |
| Unitedhealthcare | All Commercial Plans | $29.14 | ↓ -70% |
| First Health/Coventry | Coventry All Commercial Plans | $29.14 | ↓ -70% |
| Unitedhealthcare | Select/Navigate Hmo | $29.14 | ↓ -70% |
| Healthnet | Ambetter Ppo | $31.18 | ↓ -68% |
| Aetna | All Commercial Plans | $38.19 | ↓ -61% |
| Blue Shield | Epn/Ifp Benefit Exchange | $38.89 | ↓ -61% |
| Blue Shield | Tandem Ppo/Blue High Performance Ppo/Epo | $41.53 | ↓ -58% |
| Blue Shield | Hmo/Ppo/Epo | $46.62 | ↓ -53% |
| Blue Cross | All Commercial Plans | $91.58 | ↓ -7% |
| Blue Shield | Medicare Managed Care Plan | $138.86 | ↑ +41% |
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Ammonia at other California hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| St. John's Camarillo Hospital | Camarillo | $222.95 | $14.57 – $45.46 |
| Banner Lassen Medical Center | Susanville | $40.69 | $2.91 – $42.68 |
| Petaluma Valley Hospital | Petaluma | $507.45 | $14.28 – $118.98 |
| Arroyo Grande Hospital | Santa Maria | $196.03 | $14.57 – $45.08 |
| Mark Twain Medical Center | San Andreas | $226.44 | $14.57 – $246.96 |
| French Hospital | San Luis Obispo | $179.54 | $12.42 – $45.08 |
| Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield | Bakersfield | $249.32 | $4.17 – $41.87 |
| Bakersfield Memorial Hospital | Bakersfield | $246.26 | $4.17 – $41.87 |