Fna bx w/ct gdn 1st les at Providence Cedars-Sinai Tarzana Medical Center
18321 Clark St, Tarzana, CA · Providence · · NPI 1821250762
$1,899.80
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.
?
What you pay up front if you don't use insurance.
$5,428.00
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.
?
The hospital's undiscounted list price — almost no one pays this.
$353.00 with Blue Shield vs $3,855.00 with Blue Cross — same scan, same building. Share
Negotiated rates by payer
?
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 →
?
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Blue Shield | Medicare Managed Care Plan | $353.00 | ↓ -81% |
| Blue Shield | Epn/Ifp Benefit Exchange | $810.00 | ↓ -57% |
| Blue Shield | Tandem Ppo/Blue High Performance Ppo/Epo | $867.00 | ↓ -54% |
| Aetna | Medicare Managed Care Plan | $910.78 | ↓ -52% |
| Humana | Choicecare Medicare Managed Care Plan | $928.99 | ↓ -51% |
| Blue Cross | Anthem Vivity City Of La Other Commercial Plan | $954.20 | ↓ -50% |
| Blue Shield | Hmo/Ppo/Epo | $964.00 | ↓ -49% |
| Central Health Plan | Medicare Managed Care Plan | $1,001.85 | ↓ -47% |
| Blue Cross | Anthem Vivity Non City Of La Other Commercial Plan | $1,074.70 | ↓ -43% |
| La Care Health Plan | Exchange | $1,184.01 | ↓ -38% |
| Healthnet | Blue And Gold Other Commercial Plan | $1,484.00 | ↓ -22% |
| Healthnet | Ambetter Hmo | $1,684.94 | ↓ -11% |
| Unitedhealthcare | Select/Navigate Hmo | $1,775.00 | ↓ -7% |
| Healthnet | Ambetter Ppo | $1,949.06 | ↑ +3% |
| Unitedhealthcare | All Commercial Plans | $2,009.00 | ↑ +6% |
| Healthnet | All Commercial Plans | $2,391.00 | ↑ +26% |
| Cigna | Oap Hmo/Pos | $2,594.00 | ↑ +37% |
| Cigna | Ppo | $2,594.00 | ↑ +37% |
| Blue Cross | All Commercial Plans | $3,855.00 | ↑ +103% |
Visitor-reported prices
Comments
Fna bx w/ct gdn 1st les at other California hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| St. John's Camarillo Hospital | Camarillo | $969.30 | $597.51 – $1,726.14 |
| Banner Lassen Medical Center | Susanville | $911.93 | $140.72 – $1,694.59 |
| Arroyo Grande Hospital | Santa Maria | $1,016.50 | $428.52 – $2,327.50 |
| French Hospital | San Luis Obispo | $2,299.48 | $428.52 – $2,235.38 |
| Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield | Bakersfield | $924.91 | $428.52 – $1,913.60 |
| Bakersfield Memorial Hospital | Bakersfield | $914.94 | $428.52 – $1,969.47 |
| Queen of The Valley Medical Center | Napa | $3,269.10 | $1,005.45 – $6,200.00 |
| Providence St Joseph Hospital Eureka | Eureka | $2,601.00 | $910.78 – $8,018.00 |