Evaluation heart device at Providence Cedars-Sinai Tarzana Medical Center
18321 Clark St, Tarzana, CA · Providence · · NPI 1821250762
$517.65
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.
$1,479.00
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.
$637.14 with Blue Shield vs $10,759.00 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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| Blue Shield | Epn/Ifp Benefit Exchange | $637.14 | ↑ +23% |
| Blue Shield | Tandem Ppo/Blue High Performance Ppo/Epo | $679.15 | ↑ +31% |
| Blue Shield | Hmo/Ppo/Epo | $945.21 | ↑ +83% |
| Blue Shield | Medicare Managed Care Plan | $1,232.28 | ↑ +138% |
| Unitedhealthcare | Select/Navigate Hmo | $1,287.00 | ↑ +149% |
| Unitedhealthcare | All Commercial Plans | $1,458.00 | ↑ +182% |
| Blue Cross | All Commercial Plans | $10,759.00 | ↑ +1978% |
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Evaluation heart device at other California hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Arroyo Grande Hospital | Santa Maria | $2,973.32 | $554.72 – $6,808.06 |
| French Hospital | San Luis Obispo | $2,645.22 | $554.72 – $6,613.04 |
| Queen of The Valley Medical Center | Napa | $9,940.41 | $2,747.00 – $19,158.00 |
| Providence Mission Hospital - Mission Viejo | Mission Viejo | $239.04 | $1,200.00 – $16,338.00 |
| Northridge Hospital Medical Center | Northridge | $592.04 | $530.50 – $4,018.00 |
| California Hospital Medical Center | Los Angeles | $1,955.52 | $554.72 – $4,397.15 |
| St. Mary Medical Center | Long Beach | $1,782.35 | $554.72 – $4,397.15 |
| Providence Saint Joseph Medical Center | Burbank | $1,260.70 | $1,232.28 – $10,498.00 |