Assay toxin or antitoxin 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

$199.50

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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.

$570.00

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.

$19.74 with Aetna vs $188.16 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.

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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 Medicare Managed Care Plan $19.74 ↓ -90%
Humana Choicecare Medicare Managed Care Plan $20.13 ↓ -90%
Central Health Plan Medicare Managed Care Plan $21.71 ↓ -89%
La Care Health Plan Exchange $25.66 ↓ -87%
Blue Cross Anthem Vivity City Of La Other Commercial Plan $28.00 ↓ -86%
Blue Cross Anthem Vivity Non City Of La Other Commercial Plan $31.53 ↓ -84%
Cigna Ppo $34.77 ↓ -83%
Cigna Oap Hmo/Pos $34.77 ↓ -83%
Healthnet Ambetter Hmo $36.52 ↓ -82%
Unitedhealthcare All Commercial Plans $39.48 ↓ -80%
First Health/Coventry Coventry All Commercial Plans $39.48 ↓ -80%
Unitedhealthcare Select/Navigate Hmo $39.48 ↓ -80%
Healthnet Ambetter Ppo $42.24 ↓ -79%
Aetna All Commercial Plans $51.75 ↓ -74%
Blue Shield Epn/Ifp Benefit Exchange $52.70 ↓ -74%
Blue Shield Tandem Ppo/Blue High Performance Ppo/Epo $56.28 ↓ -72%
Blue Shield Hmo/Ppo/Epo $63.18 ↓ -68%
Blue Cross All Commercial Plans $124.07 ↓ -38%
Blue Shield Medicare Managed Care Plan $188.16 ↓ -6%

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Assay toxin or antitoxin at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
St. John's Camarillo Hospital Camarillo $124.83 $19.74 – $222.30
Banner Lassen Medical Center Susanville $16.18 $3.95 – $28.96
Petaluma Valley Hospital Petaluma $138.21 $19.35 – $161.19
Arroyo Grande Hospital Santa Maria $38.96 $10.75 – $50.86
Mark Twain Medical Center San Andreas $61.68 $19.74 – $90.75
French Hospital San Luis Obispo $35.68 $6.67 – $59.79
Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield Bakersfield $33.77 $19.74 – $72.81
Bakersfield Memorial Hospital Bakersfield $33.41 $19.74 – $71.90

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