Ghs cutdown placement under 1 yr 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

$140.00

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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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$400.00

Gross charge

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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.

$171.12 with Aetna vs $3,855.00 with Blue Cross — same scan, same building. Share

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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

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

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 $171.12 ↑ +22%
Humana Choicecare Medicare Managed Care Plan $174.54 ↑ +25%
Blue Cross Anthem Vivity City Of La Other Commercial Plan $179.28 ↑ +28%
Central Health Plan Medicare Managed Care Plan $188.23 ↑ +34%
Blue Cross Anthem Vivity Non City Of La Other Commercial Plan $201.92 ↑ +44%
Cigna Ppo $203.00 ↑ +45%
Cigna Oap Hmo/Pos $203.00 ↑ +45%
La Care Health Plan Exchange $222.46 ↑ +59%
Healthnet Ambetter Hmo $316.58 ↑ +126%
Healthnet Ambetter Ppo $366.20 ↑ +162%
Healthnet Blue And Gold Other Commercial Plan $601.00 ↑ +329%
Healthnet All Commercial Plans $970.00 ↑ +593%
Blue Shield Medicare Managed Care Plan $1,142.00 ↑ +716%
Unitedhealthcare Select/Navigate Hmo $1,287.00 ↑ +819%
Unitedhealthcare All Commercial Plans $1,458.00 ↑ +941%
Blue Shield Epn/Ifp Benefit Exchange $2,624.00 ↑ +1774%
Blue Shield Tandem Ppo/Blue High Performance Ppo/Epo $2,808.00 ↑ +1906%
Blue Shield Hmo/Ppo/Epo $3,123.00 ↑ +2131%
Blue Cross All Commercial Plans $3,855.00 ↑ +2654%

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Ghs cutdown placement under 1 yr at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
St. John's Camarillo Hospital Camarillo $102.93 $59.38 – $291.44
Petaluma Valley Hospital Petaluma $235.11 $179.30 – $1,921.00
Arroyo Grande Hospital Santa Maria $86.03 $48.28 – $196.98
French Hospital San Luis Obispo $78.80 $48.28 – $196.98
Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield Bakersfield $73.46 $48.28 – $183.38
Queen of The Valley Medical Center Napa $261.63 $188.91 – $6,200.00
Providence St Joseph Hospital Eureka Eureka $263.67 $171.12 – $8,018.00
Healdsburg Hospital Healdsburg $142.80 $179.26 – $3,982.87

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