CT limited or localized follow-up study 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

$556.85

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.

$1,591.00

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.

$111.93 with Aetna vs $597.35 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 $111.93 ↓ -80%
Humana Choicecare Medicare Managed Care Plan $114.17 ↓ -79%
Blue Cross Anthem Vivity City Of La Other Commercial Plan $117.27 ↓ -79%
Central Health Plan Medicare Managed Care Plan $123.12 ↓ -78%
Unitedhealthcare Select/Navigate Hmo $127.70 ↓ -77%
Unitedhealthcare All Commercial Plans $127.70 ↓ -77%
Blue Cross Anthem Vivity Non City Of La Other Commercial Plan $132.07 ↓ -76%
La Care Health Plan Exchange $145.51 ↓ -74%
Healthnet Ambetter Hmo $207.07 ↓ -63%
Healthnet Ambetter Ppo $239.53 ↓ -57%
Aetna All Commercial Plans $257.53 ↓ -54%
Blue Shield Epn/Ifp Benefit Exchange $308.86 ↓ -45%
Blue Shield Tandem Ppo/Blue High Performance Ppo/Epo $329.22 ↓ -41%
Blue Shield Hmo/Ppo/Epo $458.19 ↓ -18%
Blue Cross All Commercial Plans $573.11 ↑ +3%
Blue Shield Medicare Managed Care Plan $597.35 ↑ +7%

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CT limited or localized follow-up study at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
St. John's Camarillo Hospital Camarillo $130.53 $80.46 – $298.00
Banner Lassen Medical Center Susanville $537.88 $17.61 – $1,031.11
Petaluma Valley Hospital Petaluma $2,248.08 $117.28 – $744.56
Mark Twain Medical Center San Andreas $3,086.91 $182.57 – $829.08
Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield Bakersfield $429.25 $111.88 – $1,130.00
Bakersfield Memorial Hospital Bakersfield $424.62 $111.88 – $1,130.00
Queen of The Valley Medical Center Napa $1,546.83 $123.56 – $940.94
Providence St Joseph Hospital Eureka Eureka $2,195.04 $111.93 – $1,067.03

All California hospitals for this procedure →