Artery x-rays lung 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

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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.

$349.38 with Aetna vs $10,837.86 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
Aetna All Commercial Plans $349.38
Blue Shield Epn/Ifp Benefit Exchange $1,112.36
Blue Shield Tandem Ppo/Blue High Performance Ppo/Epo $1,185.70
Blue Shield Hmo/Ppo/Epo $1,650.21
Blue Shield Medicare Managed Care Plan $2,151.38
Blue Cross All Commercial Plans $2,252.75
Aetna Medicare Managed Care Plan $4,061.05
Humana Choicecare Medicare Managed Care Plan $4,142.27
Blue Cross Anthem Vivity City Of La Other Commercial Plan $4,254.67
Unitedhealthcare Select/Navigate Hmo $4,434.05
Unitedhealthcare All Commercial Plans $4,434.05
Central Health Plan Medicare Managed Care Plan $4,467.15
Blue Cross Anthem Vivity Non City Of La Other Commercial Plan $4,791.97
La Care Health Plan Exchange $5,279.36
Healthnet Ambetter Hmo $7,512.94
Healthnet Ambetter Ppo $8,690.64
Cigna Oap Hmo/Pos $10,837.86
Cigna Ppo $10,837.86

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Artery x-rays lung at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
St. John's Camarillo Hospital Camarillo $2,562.74 $258.31 – $13,858.31
Petaluma Valley Hospital Petaluma $7,908.57 $839.24 – $4,434.05
Providence St Joseph Hospital Eureka Eureka $6,008.82 $4,061.05 – $4,434.05
Santa Rosa Memorial Hospital Santa Rosa $3,191.58 $1,078.13 – $4,434.05
Providence Mission Hospital - Mission Viejo Mission Viejo $3,535.68 $878.87 – $7,512.94
Providence Saint Joseph Medical Center Burbank $1,482.60 $278.93 – $10,797.87
St Jude Medical Center Fullerton $5,676.96 $878.87 – $7,512.94
Providence St Joseph Hospital Orange Orange $2,770.08 $861.96 – $7,512.94

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