Gastric emptying imag study at Providence Cedars-Sinai Tarzana Medical Center
18321 Clark St, Tarzana, CA · Providence · · NPI 1821250762
$927.15
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.
$2,649.00
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.
$698.35 with Aetna vs $2,625.47 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 | $698.35 | ↓ -25% |
| Humana | Choicecare Medicare Managed Care Plan | $712.32 | ↓ -23% |
| Blue Cross | Anthem Vivity City Of La Other Commercial Plan | $731.65 | ↓ -21% |
| Unitedhealthcare | Select/Navigate Hmo | $755.17 | ↓ -19% |
| Unitedhealthcare | All Commercial Plans | $755.17 | ↓ -19% |
| Central Health Plan | Medicare Managed Care Plan | $768.18 | ↓ -17% |
| Blue Cross | Anthem Vivity Non City Of La Other Commercial Plan | $824.04 | ↓ -11% |
| La Care Health Plan | Exchange | $907.85 | ↓ -2% |
| Aetna | All Commercial Plans | $949.82 | ↑ +2% |
| Blue Shield | Epn/Ifp Benefit Exchange | $1,031.96 | ↑ +11% |
| Blue Shield | Tandem Ppo/Blue High Performance Ppo/Epo | $1,100.00 | ↑ +19% |
| Healthnet | Ambetter Hmo | $1,291.95 | ↑ +39% |
| Healthnet | Ambetter Ppo | $1,494.47 | ↑ +61% |
| Blue Shield | Hmo/Ppo/Epo | $1,530.92 | ↑ +65% |
| Cigna | Ppo | $1,928.68 | ↑ +108% |
| Cigna | Oap Hmo/Pos | $1,928.68 | ↑ +108% |
| Blue Shield | Medicare Managed Care Plan | $1,995.87 | ↑ +115% |
| Blue Cross | All Commercial Plans | $2,625.47 | ↑ +183% |
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Gastric emptying imag study at other California hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Dominican Hospital | Santa Cruz | $646.20 | $392.54 – $7,994.90 |
| California Hospital Medical Center | Los Angeles | $1,621.36 | $353.29 – $2,640.97 |
| St. Mary Medical Center | Long Beach | $649.73 | $353.29 – $1,962.70 |
| Providence Saint Joseph Medical Center | Burbank | $1,422.05 | $698.35 – $1,995.87 |
| Community Hospital San Bernardino | San Bernardino | $638.51 | $392.54 – $2,561.08 |
| Glendale Memorial Hospital Health Center | Glendale | $533.01 | $392.54 – $1,991.18 |
| St. Bernardine Medical Center | San Bernardino | $533.47 | $392.54 – $2,561.08 |
| Providence Holy Cross Medical Center | Mission Hills | $738.50 | $698.35 – $1,928.68 |