Basic vestibular evaluation 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.
$38.67 with Blue Shield vs $594.31 with Healthnet — 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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| Blue Shield | Epn/Ifp Benefit Exchange | $38.67 | — |
| Blue Shield | Tandem Ppo/Blue High Performance Ppo/Epo | $41.22 | — |
| Blue Shield | Hmo/Ppo/Epo | $57.37 | — |
| Blue Shield | Medicare Managed Care Plan | $74.79 | — |
| Aetna | Medicare Managed Care Plan | $277.71 | — |
| Humana | Choicecare Medicare Managed Care Plan | $283.27 | — |
| Blue Cross | Anthem Vivity City Of La Other Commercial Plan | $290.95 | — |
| Central Health Plan | Medicare Managed Care Plan | $305.48 | — |
| Blue Cross | Anthem Vivity Non City Of La Other Commercial Plan | $327.70 | — |
| La Care Health Plan | Exchange | $361.03 | — |
| Healthnet | Ambetter Hmo | $513.77 | — |
| Healthnet | Ambetter Ppo | $594.31 | — |
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Basic vestibular evaluation at other California hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Providence Saint Joseph Medical Center | Burbank | $1,381.10 | $74.79 – $513.77 |
| Petaluma Valley Hospital | Petaluma | not published | $290.98 – $296.92 |
| Queen of The Valley Medical Center | Napa | not published | $306.58 – $306.58 |
| Providence St Joseph Hospital Eureka | Eureka | not published | $277.71 – $277.71 |
| Santa Rosa Memorial Hospital | Santa Rosa | not published | $300.45 – $306.58 |
| Providence Mission Hospital - Mission Viejo | Mission Viejo | not published | $236.06 – $513.77 |
| St Jude Medical Center | Fullerton | not published | $236.06 – $513.77 |
| Providence St Joseph Hospital Orange | Orange | not published | $236.06 – $513.77 |