Cytopath c/v thin layer redo 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.
$23.04 with Aetna vs $193.07 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.
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 | Medicare Managed Care Plan | $23.04 | — |
| Humana | Choicecare Medicare Managed Care Plan | $23.50 | — |
| Central Health Plan | Medicare Managed Care Plan | $25.34 | — |
| La Care Health Plan | Exchange | $29.95 | — |
| Blue Cross | Anthem Vivity City Of La Other Commercial Plan | $32.68 | — |
| Blue Cross | Anthem Vivity Non City Of La Other Commercial Plan | $36.80 | — |
| Aetna | All Commercial Plans | $39.83 | — |
| Cigna | Ppo | $40.60 | — |
| Cigna | Oap Hmo/Pos | $40.60 | — |
| Healthnet | Ambetter Hmo | $42.62 | — |
| Unitedhealthcare | All Commercial Plans | $46.08 | — |
| Unitedhealthcare | Select/Navigate Hmo | $46.08 | — |
| First Health/Coventry | Coventry All Commercial Plans | $46.08 | — |
| Healthnet | Ambetter Ppo | $49.31 | — |
| Blue Shield | Epn/Ifp Benefit Exchange | $54.07 | — |
| Blue Shield | Tandem Ppo/Blue High Performance Ppo/Epo | $57.75 | — |
| Blue Shield | Hmo/Ppo/Epo | $64.83 | — |
| Blue Cross | All Commercial Plans | $97.29 | — |
| Blue Shield | Medicare Managed Care Plan | $193.07 | — |
Visitor-reported prices
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Cytopath c/v thin layer redo at other California hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Arroyo Grande Hospital | Santa Maria | $17.42 | $20.35 – $59.38 |
| French Hospital | San Luis Obispo | $15.96 | $10.99 – $69.81 |
| St. Mary Medical Center | Long Beach | $86.86 | $11.25 – $132.20 |
| Community Hospital San Bernardino | San Bernardino | $81.33 | $23.04 – $208.00 |
| Glendale Memorial Hospital Health Center | Glendale | $67.49 | $23.03 – $165.60 |
| St. Bernardine Medical Center | San Bernardino | $67.94 | $19.81 – $167.28 |
| Providence Saint John's Health Center | Santa Monica | $93.80 | $23.04 – $62.85 |
| Petaluma Valley Hospital | Petaluma | not published | $22.58 – $126.40 |