Extended steel shank 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.
$78.42 with Aetna vs $167.82 with Healthnet — 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 | $78.42 | — |
| Humana | Choicecare Medicare Managed Care Plan | $79.99 | — |
| Central Health Plan | Medicare Managed Care Plan | $86.26 | — |
| La Care Health Plan | Exchange | $101.95 | — |
| Blue Cross | Anthem Vivity City Of La Other Commercial Plan | $109.05 | — |
| Blue Cross | Anthem Vivity Non City Of La Other Commercial Plan | $122.80 | — |
| Healthnet | Ambetter Hmo | $145.08 | — |
| Healthnet | Ambetter Ppo | $167.82 | — |
Visitor-reported prices
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Extended steel shank at other California hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| St. Mary Medical Center | Long Beach | $109.65 | $35.33 – $255.00 |
| Community Hospital San Bernardino | San Bernardino | $99.71 | $39.25 – $255.00 |
| Glendale Memorial Hospital Health Center | Glendale | $83.13 | $39.25 – $252.45 |
| St. Bernardine Medical Center | San Bernardino | $84.92 | $39.25 – $209.10 |
| Providence Saint Joseph Medical Center | Burbank | not published | $78.42 – $145.08 |
| Providence St Joseph Hospital Orange | Orange | not published | $66.66 – $145.08 |
| Providence Holy Cross Medical Center | Mission Hills | not published | $78.42 – $145.08 |
| Providence Little Co of Mary Med Center San Pedro | San Pedro | not published | $78.42 – $145.08 |