Chromosome analysis 15-20 cell count 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

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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.

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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.

$125.49 with Aetna vs $1,187.63 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 $125.49
Humana Choicecare Medicare Managed Care Plan $128.00
Central Health Plan Medicare Managed Care Plan $138.04
La Care Health Plan Exchange $163.14
Blue Cross Anthem Vivity City Of La Other Commercial Plan $178.00
Blue Cross Anthem Vivity Non City Of La Other Commercial Plan $200.45
Cigna Ppo $221.05
Cigna Oap Hmo/Pos $221.05
Healthnet Ambetter Hmo $232.16
Unitedhealthcare All Commercial Plans $250.98
First Health/Coventry Coventry All Commercial Plans $250.98
Unitedhealthcare Select/Navigate Hmo $250.98
Healthnet Ambetter Ppo $268.55
Aetna All Commercial Plans $326.66
Blue Shield Epn/Ifp Benefit Exchange $332.61
Blue Shield Tandem Ppo/Blue High Performance Ppo/Epo $355.25
Blue Shield Hmo/Ppo/Epo $398.78
Blue Cross All Commercial Plans $783.14
Blue Shield Medicare Managed Care Plan $1,187.63

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Chromosome analysis 15-20 cell count at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
St. John's Camarillo Hospital Camarillo $86.73 $41.85 – $332.97
Banner Lassen Medical Center Susanville $125.82 $25.10 – $177.89
Petaluma Valley Hospital Petaluma $161.93 $122.98 – $1,017.42
Arroyo Grande Hospital Santa Maria $114.28 $77.50 – $323.34
Mark Twain Medical Center San Andreas $103.23 $83.91 – $154.64
French Hospital San Luis Obispo $104.67 $41.85 – $380.12
Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield Bakersfield $81.25 $72.45 – $360.62
Bakersfield Memorial Hospital Bakersfield $80.38 $72.45 – $360.62

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