Apheresis rbc at Providence Cedars-Sinai Tarzana Medical Center

18321 Clark St, Tarzana, CA · Providence · · NPI 1821250762

Source: hospital's published price file ↗ · Published Apr 1, 2026 · Ingested Sep 11, 2026

$2,244.90

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.

$6,414.00

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.

$1,142.00 with Blue Shield vs $4,899.00 with Cigna — 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
Blue Shield Medicare Managed Care Plan $1,142.00 ↓ -49%
Aetna Medicare Managed Care Plan $2,003.11 ↓ -11%
Humana Choicecare Medicare Managed Care Plan $2,043.17 ↓ -9%
Blue Cross Anthem Vivity City Of La Other Commercial Plan $2,098.62 ↓ -7%
Central Health Plan Medicare Managed Care Plan $2,203.42 ↓ -2%
Blue Cross Anthem Vivity Non City Of La Other Commercial Plan $2,363.64 ↑ +5%
La Care Health Plan Exchange $2,604.04 ↑ +16%
Unitedhealthcare Select/Navigate Hmo $2,606.00 ↑ +16%
Blue Shield Epn/Ifp Benefit Exchange $2,624.00 ↑ +17%
Healthnet Blue And Gold Other Commercial Plan $2,719.00 ↑ +21%
Blue Shield Tandem Ppo/Blue High Performance Ppo/Epo $2,808.00 ↑ +25%
Unitedhealthcare All Commercial Plans $2,949.00 ↑ +31%
Blue Shield Hmo/Ppo/Epo $3,123.00 ↑ +39%
Healthnet Ambetter Hmo $3,705.76 ↑ +65%
Blue Cross All Commercial Plans $3,855.00 ↑ +72%
Healthnet Ambetter Ppo $4,286.66 ↑ +91%
Healthnet All Commercial Plans $4,385.00 ↑ +95%
Cigna Oap Hmo/Pos $4,776.00 ↑ +113%
Cigna Ppo $4,899.00 ↑ +118%

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Apheresis rbc at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Queen of The Valley Medical Center Napa $2,872.32 $2,211.33 – $7,455.00
Providence St Joseph Hospital Eureka Eureka $3,504.72 $2,003.11 – $8,018.00
Providence Mission Hospital - Mission Viejo Mission Viejo $3,660.96 $1,702.64 – $5,171.00
Mercy Medical Center Mt. Shasta Mt Shasta $3,385.86 $1,044.48 – $4,264.96
Northridge Hospital Medical Center Northridge $1,396.12 $892.00 – $5,147.50
Sequoia Hospital Redwood City $2,416.24 $123.61 – $7,524.52
Providence Saint Joseph Medical Center Burbank $11,498.90 $1,142.00 – $4,751.00
St Jude Medical Center Fullerton $2,754.24 $1,702.64 – $4,188.00

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