(both sides) smear without diff wbc count 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.
$3.43 with Aetna vs $32.80 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.
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 | Medicare Managed Care Plan | $3.43 | — |
| Humana | Choicecare Medicare Managed Care Plan | $3.50 | — |
| Central Health Plan | Medicare Managed Care Plan | $3.77 | — |
| La Care Health Plan | Exchange | $4.46 | — |
| Blue Cross | Anthem Vivity City Of La Other Commercial Plan | $4.87 | — |
| Blue Cross | Anthem Vivity Non City Of La Other Commercial Plan | $5.48 | — |
| Cigna | Ppo | $6.04 | — |
| Cigna | Oap Hmo/Pos | $6.04 | — |
| Healthnet | Ambetter Hmo | $6.35 | — |
| Unitedhealthcare | All Commercial Plans | $6.86 | — |
| First Health/Coventry | Coventry All Commercial Plans | $6.86 | — |
| Unitedhealthcare | Select/Navigate Hmo | $6.86 | — |
| Healthnet | Ambetter Ppo | $7.34 | — |
| Aetna | All Commercial Plans | $9.01 | — |
| Blue Shield | Epn/Ifp Benefit Exchange | $9.19 | — |
| Blue Shield | Tandem Ppo/Blue High Performance Ppo/Epo | $9.81 | — |
| Blue Shield | Hmo/Ppo/Epo | $11.01 | — |
| Blue Cross | All Commercial Plans | $21.62 | — |
| Blue Shield | Medicare Managed Care Plan | $32.80 | — |
Visitor-reported prices
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| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| St. John's Camarillo Hospital | Camarillo | $92.42 | $1.13 – $164.58 |
| Mark Twain Medical Center | San Andreas | $5.72 | $0.75 – $8.41 |
| Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield | Bakersfield | $35.62 | $0.73 – $73.60 |
| Bakersfield Memorial Hospital | Bakersfield | $35.24 | $0.73 – $72.68 |
| St. Joseph's Behavioral Health Center | Stockton | $55.39 | $3.43 – $77.60 |
| St. Joseph's Medical Center Stockton | Stockton | $28.52 | $0.75 – $79.54 |
| Mercy Medical Center Mt. Shasta | Mt Shasta | $2.67 | $0.52 – $3.43 |
| Mercy Medical Center Merced | Merced | $17.51 | $0.75 – $31.96 |