Bundled special stain group 2 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

$18.90

Cash price

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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.

$54.00

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.

$18.27 with Blue Cross vs $366.20 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.

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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
Blue Cross All Commercial Plans $18.27 ↓ -3%
Unitedhealthcare All Commercial Plans $66.86 ↑ +254%
Unitedhealthcare Select/Navigate Hmo $66.86 ↑ +254%
Blue Shield Epn/Ifp Benefit Exchange $83.39 ↑ +341%
Blue Shield Tandem Ppo/Blue High Performance Ppo/Epo $88.88 ↑ +370%
Cigna Ppo $120.22 ↑ +536%
Cigna Oap Hmo/Pos $120.22 ↑ +536%
Blue Shield Hmo/Ppo/Epo $123.70 ↑ +554%
Aetna All Commercial Plans $150.21 ↑ +695%
Blue Shield Medicare Managed Care Plan $161.27 ↑ +753%
Aetna Medicare Managed Care Plan $171.12 ↑ +805%
Humana Choicecare Medicare Managed Care Plan $174.54 ↑ +823%
Blue Cross Anthem Vivity City Of La Other Commercial Plan $179.28 ↑ +849%
Central Health Plan Medicare Managed Care Plan $188.23 ↑ +896%
Blue Cross Anthem Vivity Non City Of La Other Commercial Plan $201.92 ↑ +968%
La Care Health Plan Exchange $222.46 ↑ +1077%
Healthnet Ambetter Hmo $316.58 ↑ +1575%
Healthnet Ambetter Ppo $366.20 ↑ +1838%

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Bundled special stain group 2 at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
St. John's Camarillo Hospital Camarillo $75.34 $16.20 – $186.38
Petaluma Valley Hospital Petaluma $165.24 $23.74 – $182.96
Arroyo Grande Hospital Santa Maria $130.63 $16.50 – $181.00
Mark Twain Medical Center San Andreas $70.60 $19.15 – $72.52
French Hospital San Luis Obispo $119.64 $8.91 – $212.78
Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield Bakersfield $37.48 $19.09 – $201.86
Bakersfield Memorial Hospital Bakersfield $37.07 $19.09 – $201.86
Queen of The Valley Medical Center Napa $108.12 $30.00 – $188.91

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