Artery x-rays spine at Providence Cedars-Sinai Tarzana Medical Center
18321 Clark St, Tarzana, CA · Providence · · NPI 1821250762
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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.
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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.
$401.87 with Aetna vs $18,613.58 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.
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 | All Commercial Plans | $401.87 | — |
| 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 | $2,265.19 | — |
| Aetna | Medicare Managed Care Plan | $7,156.86 | — |
| Humana | Choicecare Medicare Managed Care Plan | $7,300.00 | — |
| Unitedhealthcare | Select/Navigate Hmo | $7,353.90 | — |
| Unitedhealthcare | All Commercial Plans | $7,353.90 | — |
| Blue Cross | Anthem Vivity City Of La Other Commercial Plan | $7,498.09 | — |
| Central Health Plan | Medicare Managed Care Plan | $7,872.54 | — |
| Blue Cross | Anthem Vivity Non City Of La Other Commercial Plan | $8,444.98 | — |
| La Care Health Plan | Exchange | $9,303.92 | — |
| Healthnet | Ambetter Hmo | $13,240.19 | — |
| Healthnet | Ambetter Ppo | $15,315.68 | — |
| Cigna | Oap Hmo/Pos | $18,613.58 | — |
| Cigna | Ppo | $18,613.58 | — |
Visitor-reported prices
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Artery x-rays spine at other California hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| St. John's Camarillo Hospital | Camarillo | $2,493.98 | $458.67 – $23,085.47 |
| Arroyo Grande Hospital | Santa Maria | $6,431.56 | $303.17 – $22,418.12 |
| French Hospital | San Luis Obispo | $5,890.59 | $303.17 – $26,354.30 |
| Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield | Bakersfield | $3,613.92 | $303.17 – $25,002.66 |
| Bakersfield Memorial Hospital | Bakersfield | $3,574.95 | $303.17 – $25,002.66 |
| St. Joseph's Medical Center Stockton | Stockton | $1,972.74 | $303.17 – $6,710.00 |
| Santa Rosa Memorial Hospital | Santa Rosa | $7,949.88 | $1,240.14 – $7,742.78 |
| Providence Mission Hospital - Mission Viejo | Mission Viejo | $3,535.68 | $1,010.92 – $13,240.19 |