Compatibility test incubate at Providence Cedars-Sinai Tarzana Medical Center
18321 Clark St, Tarzana, CA · Providence · · NPI 1821250762
$155.40
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.
$444.00
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.
$1.60 with Cigna vs $468.93 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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| Cigna | Ppo | $1.60 | ↓ -99% |
| Cigna | Oap Hmo/Pos | $1.60 | ↓ -99% |
| Blue Shield | Epn/Ifp Benefit Exchange | $39.65 | ↓ -74% |
| Blue Shield | Tandem Ppo/Blue High Performance Ppo/Epo | $42.27 | ↓ -73% |
| Aetna | All Commercial Plans | $47.85 | ↓ -69% |
| Blue Shield | Hmo/Ppo/Epo | $58.82 | ↓ -62% |
| Blue Shield | Medicare Managed Care Plan | $76.69 | ↓ -51% |
| Aetna | Medicare Managed Care Plan | $219.12 | ↑ +41% |
| Humana | Choicecare Medicare Managed Care Plan | $223.51 | ↑ +44% |
| Blue Cross | All Commercial Plans | $226.15 | ↑ +46% |
| Blue Cross | Anthem Vivity City Of La Other Commercial Plan | $229.57 | ↑ +48% |
| Central Health Plan | Medicare Managed Care Plan | $241.04 | ↑ +55% |
| Blue Cross | Anthem Vivity Non City Of La Other Commercial Plan | $258.56 | ↑ +66% |
| La Care Health Plan | Exchange | $284.86 | ↑ +83% |
| Unitedhealthcare | All Commercial Plans | $287.00 | ↑ +85% |
| Unitedhealthcare | Select/Navigate Hmo | $287.00 | ↑ +85% |
| Healthnet | Ambetter Hmo | $405.38 | ↑ +161% |
| Healthnet | Ambetter Ppo | $468.93 | ↑ +202% |
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Compatibility test incubate at other California hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| St. John's Camarillo Hospital | Camarillo | $15.33 | $9.45 – $84.46 |
| Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield | Bakersfield | $63.45 | $83.00 – $166.00 |
| Bakersfield Memorial Hospital | Bakersfield | $62.76 | $66.09 – $166.00 |
| St. Joseph's Behavioral Health Center | Stockton | $86.80 | $15.20 – $121.60 |
| St. Joseph's Medical Center Stockton | Stockton | $44.99 | $32.13 – $153.00 |
| Mercy Medical Center Merced | Merced | $84.98 | $47.85 – $181.50 |
| St. Mary Medical Center | Long Beach | $93.74 | $50.07 – $348.37 |
| Community Hospital San Bernardino | San Bernardino | $87.98 | $37.09 – $424.57 |