Drain cerebro spinal fluid 62272 at Providence Cedars-Sinai Tarzana Medical Center
18321 Clark St, Tarzana, CA · Providence · · NPI 1821250762
$414.75
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.
$1,185.00
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.
$907.88 with Aetna vs $3,855.00 with Blue Cross — 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 | $907.88 | ↑ +119% |
| Humana | Choicecare Medicare Managed Care Plan | $926.04 | ↑ +123% |
| Blue Cross | Anthem Vivity City Of La Other Commercial Plan | $951.17 | ↑ +129% |
| Central Health Plan | Medicare Managed Care Plan | $998.67 | ↑ +141% |
| Blue Cross | Anthem Vivity Non City Of La Other Commercial Plan | $1,071.29 | ↑ +158% |
| Blue Shield | Medicare Managed Care Plan | $1,142.00 | ↑ +175% |
| La Care Health Plan | Exchange | $1,180.25 | ↑ +185% |
| Healthnet | Blue And Gold Other Commercial Plan | $1,484.00 | ↑ +258% |
| Healthnet | Ambetter Hmo | $1,679.58 | ↑ +305% |
| Unitedhealthcare | Select/Navigate Hmo | $1,775.00 | ↑ +328% |
| Healthnet | Ambetter Ppo | $1,942.87 | ↑ +368% |
| Unitedhealthcare | All Commercial Plans | $2,009.00 | ↑ +384% |
| Healthnet | All Commercial Plans | $2,391.00 | ↑ +476% |
| Cigna | Oap Hmo/Pos | $2,594.00 | ↑ +525% |
| Cigna | Ppo | $2,594.00 | ↑ +525% |
| Blue Shield | Epn/Ifp Benefit Exchange | $2,624.00 | ↑ +533% |
| Blue Shield | Tandem Ppo/Blue High Performance Ppo/Epo | $2,808.00 | ↑ +577% |
| Blue Shield | Hmo/Ppo/Epo | $3,123.00 | ↑ +653% |
| Blue Cross | All Commercial Plans | $3,855.00 | ↑ +829% |
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Drain cerebro spinal fluid 62272 at other California hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| St. John's Camarillo Hospital | Camarillo | $614.52 | $116.14 – $1,617.30 |
| Petaluma Valley Hospital | Petaluma | $1,361.19 | $951.25 – $2,695.00 |
| Arroyo Grande Hospital | Santa Maria | $1,644.38 | $94.42 – $3,655.40 |
| Mark Twain Medical Center | San Andreas | $2,011.32 | $94.42 – $1,295.56 |
| French Hospital | San Luis Obispo | $1,506.07 | $94.42 – $2,997.82 |
| Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield | Bakersfield | $748.31 | $94.42 – $880.00 |
| Bakersfield Memorial Hospital | Bakersfield | $423.89 | $94.42 – $879.92 |
| Queen of The Valley Medical Center | Napa | $1,326.51 | $1,002.25 – $6,200.00 |