Chg radiologic exam esophagus double contrast at Providence Cedars-Sinai Tarzana Medical Center
18321 Clark St, Tarzana, CA · Providence · · NPI 1821250762
$276.85
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.
$791.00
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.
$163.30 with Aetna vs $612.97 with Cigna — 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 | All Commercial Plans | $163.30 | ↓ -41% |
| Blue Shield | Epn/Ifp Benefit Exchange | $174.50 | ↓ -37% |
| Blue Shield | Tandem Ppo/Blue High Performance Ppo/Epo | $186.01 | ↓ -33% |
| Aetna | Medicare Managed Care Plan | $225.59 | ↓ -19% |
| Humana | Choicecare Medicare Managed Care Plan | $230.11 | ↓ -17% |
| Blue Cross | Anthem Vivity City Of La Other Commercial Plan | $236.35 | ↓ -15% |
| Central Health Plan | Medicare Managed Care Plan | $248.15 | ↓ -10% |
| Blue Shield | Hmo/Ppo/Epo | $258.87 | ↓ -6% |
| Blue Cross | Anthem Vivity Non City Of La Other Commercial Plan | $266.20 | ↓ -4% |
| Unitedhealthcare | Select/Navigate Hmo | $291.55 | ↑ +5% |
| Unitedhealthcare | All Commercial Plans | $291.55 | ↑ +5% |
| La Care Health Plan | Exchange | $293.27 | ↑ +6% |
| Blue Shield | Medicare Managed Care Plan | $337.50 | ↑ +22% |
| Blue Cross | All Commercial Plans | $365.62 | ↑ +32% |
| Healthnet | Ambetter Hmo | $417.35 | ↑ +51% |
| Healthnet | Ambetter Ppo | $482.77 | ↑ +74% |
| Cigna | Oap Hmo/Pos | $612.97 | ↑ +121% |
| Cigna | Ppo | $612.97 | ↑ +121% |
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Chg radiologic exam esophagus double contrast at other California hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| St. John's Camarillo Hospital | Camarillo | $230.39 | $142.02 – $864.73 |
| Petaluma Valley Hospital | Petaluma | $334.05 | $236.37 – $439.22 |
| Arroyo Grande Hospital | Santa Maria | $243.11 | $99.36 – $839.73 |
| French Hospital | San Luis Obispo | $202.67 | $99.36 – $987.17 |
| Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield | Bakersfield | $183.28 | $99.36 – $936.54 |
| Bakersfield Memorial Hospital | Bakersfield | $181.30 | $99.36 – $936.54 |
| Queen of The Valley Medical Center | Napa | $1,076.10 | $249.04 – $575.62 |
| Providence St Joseph Hospital Eureka | Eureka | $1,105.68 | $225.59 – $629.44 |