Electrophysiology evaluation 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

$2,718.80

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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.

$7,768.00

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.

$637.14 with Blue Shield vs $5,446.00 with Blue Cross — 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
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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
Blue Shield Epn/Ifp Benefit Exchange $637.14 ↓ -77%
Blue Shield Tandem Ppo/Blue High Performance Ppo/Epo $679.15 ↓ -75%
Blue Shield Hmo/Ppo/Epo $945.21 ↓ -65%
Blue Shield Medicare Managed Care Plan $1,232.28 ↓ -55%
Aetna Medicare Managed Care Plan $1,565.96 ↓ -42%
Humana Choicecare Medicare Managed Care Plan $1,597.28 ↓ -41%
Blue Cross Anthem Vivity City Of La Other Commercial Plan $1,640.62 ↓ -40%
Central Health Plan Medicare Managed Care Plan $1,722.55 ↓ -37%
Blue Cross Anthem Vivity Non City Of La Other Commercial Plan $1,847.81 ↓ -32%
La Care Health Plan Exchange $2,035.75 ↓ -25%
Unitedhealthcare Select/Navigate Hmo $2,606.00 ↓ -4%
Healthnet Blue And Gold Other Commercial Plan $2,719.00 ↑ +0%
Healthnet Ambetter Hmo $2,897.02 ↑ +7%
Unitedhealthcare All Commercial Plans $2,949.00 ↑ +8%
Healthnet Ambetter Ppo $3,351.15 ↑ +23%
Healthnet All Commercial Plans $4,385.00 ↑ +61%
Blue Cross All Commercial Plans $5,446.00 ↑ +100%

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Electrophysiology evaluation at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
St. John's Camarillo Hospital Camarillo $1,054.71 $650.16 – $2,803.82
Arroyo Grande Hospital Santa Maria $1,724.42 $602.28 – $4,029.00
French Hospital San Luis Obispo $1,538.60 $602.28 – $3,846.50
Bakersfield Memorial Hospital Bakersfield $2,369.36 $602.28 – $6,262.32
Queen of The Valley Medical Center Napa $12,216.03 $1,728.74 – $7,455.00
St. Joseph's Medical Center Stockton Stockton $1,910.12 $602.28 – $5,327.54
Santa Rosa Memorial Hospital Santa Rosa $26,546.52 $1,694.16 – $4,737.00
Providence Mission Hospital - Mission Viejo Mission Viejo $1,556.16 $1,331.06 – $3,281.00

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