Aspir/inj thyroid cyst 60300 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

$533.40

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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.

$1,524.00

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.

$203.00 with Cigna vs $3,855.00 with Blue Cross — same scan, same building. Share

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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
Cigna Ppo $203.00 ↓ -62%
Cigna Oap Hmo/Pos $203.00 ↓ -62%
Blue Shield Medicare Managed Care Plan $353.00 ↓ -34%
Blue Shield Epn/Ifp Benefit Exchange $810.00 ↑ +52%
Blue Shield Tandem Ppo/Blue High Performance Ppo/Epo $867.00 ↑ +63%
Aetna Medicare Managed Care Plan $910.78 ↑ +71%
Humana Choicecare Medicare Managed Care Plan $928.99 ↑ +74%
Blue Cross Anthem Vivity City Of La Other Commercial Plan $954.20 ↑ +79%
Blue Shield Hmo/Ppo/Epo $964.00 ↑ +81%
Central Health Plan Medicare Managed Care Plan $1,001.85 ↑ +88%
Blue Cross Anthem Vivity Non City Of La Other Commercial Plan $1,074.70 ↑ +101%
La Care Health Plan Exchange $1,184.01 ↑ +122%
Healthnet Blue And Gold Other Commercial Plan $1,484.00 ↑ +178%
Healthnet Ambetter Hmo $1,684.94 ↑ +216%
Unitedhealthcare Select/Navigate Hmo $1,775.00 ↑ +233%
Healthnet Ambetter Ppo $1,949.06 ↑ +265%
Unitedhealthcare All Commercial Plans $2,009.00 ↑ +277%
Healthnet All Commercial Plans $2,391.00 ↑ +348%
Blue Cross All Commercial Plans $3,855.00 ↑ +623%

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Aspir/inj thyroid cyst 60300 at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Banner Lassen Medical Center Susanville $525.65 $138.83 – $976.79
Petaluma Valley Hospital Petaluma $1,313.76 $593.00 – $2,695.00
Arroyo Grande Hospital Santa Maria $757.14 $96.55 – $1,733.62
Mark Twain Medical Center San Andreas $1,166.17 $30.27 – $114.66
French Hospital San Luis Obispo $776.16 $96.55 – $1,848.28
Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield Bakersfield $617.35 $96.55 – $1,331.20
Bakersfield Memorial Hospital Bakersfield $610.69 $96.55 – $1,314.56
Queen of The Valley Medical Center Napa $1,461.15 $1,005.45 – $6,200.00

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