In situ hybridization per specimen initial single probe stain at Providence Cedars-Sinai Tarzana Medical Center
18321 Clark St, Tarzana, CA · Providence · · NPI 1821250762
$38.50
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.
$110.00
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.
$60.79 with Blue Cross vs $468.93 with Healthnet — 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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| Blue Cross | All Commercial Plans | $60.79 | ↑ +58% |
| Blue Shield | Epn/Ifp Benefit Exchange | $153.27 | ↑ +298% |
| Blue Shield | Tandem Ppo/Blue High Performance Ppo/Epo | $163.38 | ↑ +324% |
| Aetna | Medicare Managed Care Plan | $219.12 | ↑ +469% |
| Humana | Choicecare Medicare Managed Care Plan | $223.51 | ↑ +481% |
| Cigna | Oap Hmo/Pos | $226.77 | ↑ +489% |
| Cigna | Ppo | $226.77 | ↑ +489% |
| Blue Shield | Hmo/Ppo/Epo | $227.38 | ↑ +491% |
| Blue Cross | Anthem Vivity City Of La Other Commercial Plan | $229.57 | ↑ +496% |
| Central Health Plan | Medicare Managed Care Plan | $241.04 | ↑ +526% |
| Aetna | All Commercial Plans | $245.94 | ↑ +539% |
| Blue Cross | Anthem Vivity Non City Of La Other Commercial Plan | $258.56 | ↑ +572% |
| La Care Health Plan | Exchange | $284.86 | ↑ +640% |
| Unitedhealthcare | All Commercial Plans | $287.00 | ↑ +645% |
| Unitedhealthcare | Select/Navigate Hmo | $287.00 | ↑ +645% |
| Blue Shield | Medicare Managed Care Plan | $296.44 | ↑ +670% |
| Healthnet | Ambetter Hmo | $405.38 | ↑ +953% |
| Healthnet | Ambetter Ppo | $468.93 | ↑ +1118% |
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In situ hybridization per specimen initial single probe stain at other California hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| St. John's Camarillo Hospital | Camarillo | $50.81 | $29.70 – $369.14 |
| Banner Lassen Medical Center | Susanville | $154.03 | $34.27 – $144.51 |
| Petaluma Valley Hospital | Petaluma | $307.53 | $78.97 – $287.00 |
| Arroyo Grande Hospital | Santa Maria | $118.20 | $60.00 – $358.46 |
| Mark Twain Medical Center | San Andreas | $93.49 | $36.32 – $137.57 |
| French Hospital | San Luis Obispo | $108.26 | $32.40 – $421.40 |
| Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield | Bakersfield | $155.82 | $55.00 – $399.79 |
| Bakersfield Memorial Hospital | Bakersfield | $154.14 | $55.00 – $399.79 |