Gastric emptying imag study at Providence Cedars-Sinai Tarzana Medical Center
18321 Clark St, Tarzana, CA · Providence · · NPI 1821250762
$842.10
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.
$2,406.00
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.
$514.17 with Aetna vs $2,193.15 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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| Aetna | Medicare Managed Care Plan | $514.17 | ↓ -39% |
| Humana | Choicecare Medicare Managed Care Plan | $524.46 | ↓ -38% |
| Blue Cross | Anthem Vivity City Of La Other Commercial Plan | $538.69 | ↓ -36% |
| Central Health Plan | Medicare Managed Care Plan | $565.59 | ↓ -33% |
| Unitedhealthcare | Select/Navigate Hmo | $589.01 | ↓ -30% |
| Unitedhealthcare | All Commercial Plans | $589.01 | ↓ -30% |
| Blue Cross | Anthem Vivity Non City Of La Other Commercial Plan | $606.72 | ↓ -28% |
| La Care Health Plan | Exchange | $668.42 | ↓ -21% |
| Aetna | All Commercial Plans | $716.81 | ↓ -15% |
| Blue Shield | Epn/Ifp Benefit Exchange | $862.38 | ↑ +2% |
| Blue Shield | Tandem Ppo/Blue High Performance Ppo/Epo | $919.24 | ↑ +9% |
| Healthnet | Ambetter Hmo | $951.22 | ↑ +13% |
| Healthnet | Ambetter Ppo | $1,100.33 | ↑ +31% |
| Blue Shield | Hmo/Ppo/Epo | $1,279.35 | ↑ +52% |
| Cigna | Ppo | $1,439.81 | ↑ +71% |
| Cigna | Oap Hmo/Pos | $1,439.81 | ↑ +71% |
| Blue Shield | Medicare Managed Care Plan | $1,667.90 | ↑ +98% |
| Blue Cross | All Commercial Plans | $2,193.15 | ↑ +160% |
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Gastric emptying imag study at other California hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Mercy Medical Center Mt. Shasta | Mt Shasta | $1,184.90 | $365.52 – $1,504.14 |
| Dominican Hospital | Santa Cruz | $486.90 | $349.80 – $6,158.70 |
| California Hospital Medical Center | Los Angeles | $1,621.36 | $314.82 – $2,640.97 |
| St. Mary Medical Center | Long Beach | $489.34 | $284.50 – $1,749.00 |
| Providence Saint Joseph Medical Center | Burbank | $1,292.90 | $514.17 – $1,667.90 |
| Community Hospital San Bernardino | San Bernardino | $480.93 | $349.80 – $1,972.88 |
| Glendale Memorial Hospital Health Center | Glendale | $408.81 | $313.50 – $1,533.86 |
| Mercy Medical Center Redding | Redding | $2,110.14 | $510.57 – $4,078.76 |