Contrast x-ray of brain 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.
$201.02 with Aetna vs $1,229.72 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 | $201.02 | — |
| Blue Shield | Epn/Ifp Benefit Exchange | $381.71 | — |
| Blue Shield | Tandem Ppo/Blue High Performance Ppo/Epo | $406.88 | — |
| Aetna | Medicare Managed Care Plan | $448.71 | — |
| Humana | Choicecare Medicare Managed Care Plan | $457.68 | — |
| Blue Cross | Anthem Vivity City Of La Other Commercial Plan | $470.10 | — |
| Central Health Plan | Medicare Managed Care Plan | $493.58 | — |
| Blue Cross | Anthem Vivity Non City Of La Other Commercial Plan | $529.47 | — |
| Blue Shield | Hmo/Ppo/Epo | $566.27 | — |
| La Care Health Plan | Exchange | $583.32 | — |
| Unitedhealthcare | Select/Navigate Hmo | $610.96 | — |
| Unitedhealthcare | All Commercial Plans | $610.96 | — |
| Blue Shield | Medicare Managed Care Plan | $738.25 | — |
| Blue Cross | All Commercial Plans | $779.25 | — |
| Healthnet | Ambetter Hmo | $830.11 | — |
| Healthnet | Ambetter Ppo | $960.24 | — |
| Cigna | Ppo | $1,229.72 | — |
| Cigna | Oap Hmo/Pos | $1,229.72 | — |
Visitor-reported prices
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Contrast x-ray of brain at other California hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield | Bakersfield | $1,362.69 | $71.78 – $2,938.40 |
| Bakersfield Memorial Hospital | Bakersfield | $1,348.00 | $66.05 – $2,901.67 |
| St. Joseph's Medical Center Stockton | Stockton | $1,016.95 | $71.78 – $1,418.60 |
| Mercy Medical Center Merced | Merced | $2,045.07 | $57.55 – $1,721.14 |
| Petaluma Valley Hospital | Petaluma | not published | $470.15 – $1,012.36 |
| Queen of The Valley Medical Center | Napa | not published | $495.35 – $1,279.38 |
| Providence St Joseph Hospital Eureka | Eureka | not published | $448.71 – $1,450.82 |
| Healdsburg Hospital | Healdsburg | not published | $285.17 – $578.75 |