Dx bronchoscope/lavage 31624 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

$1,301.30

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$3,718.00

Gross charge

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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.

$1,528.00 with Blue Shield vs $7,176.00 with Healthnet — same scan, same building. Share

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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

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

The specific product an insurer sells — e.g. "Blue Cross PPO 500" — which sets your deductible, coinsurance and negotiated rates.

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Negotiated rate vs. cash
Blue Shield Medicare Managed Care Plan $1,528.00 ↑ +17%
Aetna Medicare Managed Care Plan $2,289.25 ↑ +76%
Humana Choicecare Medicare Managed Care Plan $2,335.03 ↑ +79%
Blue Cross Anthem Vivity City Of La Other Commercial Plan $2,398.39 ↑ +84%
Central Health Plan Medicare Managed Care Plan $2,518.17 ↑ +94%
Unitedhealthcare Select/Navigate Hmo $2,606.00 ↑ +100%
Blue Cross Anthem Vivity Non City Of La Other Commercial Plan $2,701.27 ↑ +108%
Unitedhealthcare All Commercial Plans $2,949.00 ↑ +127%
La Care Health Plan Exchange $2,976.02 ↑ +129%
Cigna Oap Hmo/Pos $3,470.00 ↑ +167%
Cigna Ppo $3,470.00 ↑ +167%
Blue Shield Epn/Ifp Benefit Exchange $3,511.00 ↑ +170%
Blue Shield Tandem Ppo/Blue High Performance Ppo/Epo $3,758.00 ↑ +189%
Blue Shield Hmo/Ppo/Epo $4,179.00 ↑ +221%
Healthnet Ambetter Hmo $4,235.11 ↑ +225%
Healthnet Blue And Gold Other Commercial Plan $4,449.00 ↑ +242%
Healthnet Ambetter Ppo $4,898.99 ↑ +276%
Blue Cross All Commercial Plans $5,446.00 ↑ +319%
Healthnet All Commercial Plans $7,176.00 ↑ +451%

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Dx bronchoscope/lavage 31624 at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
St. John's Camarillo Hospital Camarillo $1,171.22 $301.10 – $4,012.38
Petaluma Valley Hospital Petaluma $4,554.30 $2,398.61 – $4,657.00
Arroyo Grande Hospital Santa Maria $856.00 $244.80 – $2,000.00
Mark Twain Medical Center San Andreas $1,402.60 $244.80 – $1,586.62
French Hospital San Luis Obispo $784.00 $244.80 – $2,000.00
Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield Bakersfield $1,290.71 $244.80 – $2,783.20
Bakersfield Memorial Hospital Bakersfield $1,276.80 $244.80 – $2,748.41
Queen of The Valley Medical Center Napa $6,790.65 $2,527.21 – $9,858.00

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