Fetal fibronectin 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

$164.85

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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.

$471.00

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.

$64.41 with Aetna vs $846.04 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.

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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
Aetna Medicare Managed Care Plan $64.41 ↓ -61%
Humana Choicecare Medicare Managed Care Plan $65.70 ↓ -60%
Central Health Plan Medicare Managed Care Plan $70.85 ↓ -57%
La Care Health Plan Exchange $83.73 ↓ -49%
Blue Cross Anthem Vivity City Of La Other Commercial Plan $91.36 ↓ -45%
Blue Cross Anthem Vivity Non City Of La Other Commercial Plan $102.88 ↓ -38%
Cigna Ppo $113.47 ↓ -31%
Cigna Oap Hmo/Pos $113.47 ↓ -31%
Healthnet Ambetter Hmo $119.16 ↓ -28%
Unitedhealthcare All Commercial Plans $128.82 ↓ -22%
First Health/Coventry Coventry All Commercial Plans $128.82 ↓ -22%
Unitedhealthcare Select/Navigate Hmo $128.82 ↓ -22%
Healthnet Ambetter Ppo $137.84 ↓ -16%
Aetna All Commercial Plans $168.79 ↑ +2%
Blue Shield Epn/Ifp Benefit Exchange $171.88 ↑ +4%
Blue Shield Tandem Ppo/Blue High Performance Ppo/Epo $183.58 ↑ +11%
Blue Shield Hmo/Ppo/Epo $206.08 ↑ +25%
Blue Shield Medicare Managed Care Plan $613.73 ↑ +272%
Blue Cross All Commercial Plans $846.04 ↑ +413%

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Fetal fibronectin at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
St. John's Camarillo Hospital Camarillo $431.87 $64.41 – $200.96
Banner Lassen Medical Center Susanville $121.44 $12.88 – $188.18
Petaluma Valley Hospital Petaluma $820.59 $63.12 – $1,099.14
Arroyo Grande Hospital Santa Maria $1,006.23 $51.52 – $230.30
Mark Twain Medical Center San Andreas $620.72 $56.19 – $913.36
French Hospital San Luis Obispo $921.60 $51.52 – $230.30
Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield Bakersfield $448.54 $56.19 – $589.60
Bakersfield Memorial Hospital Bakersfield $443.71 $56.19 – $582.23

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