Incision & drainage hematoma/seroma/fluid collection 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

$1,351.00

Cash price

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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.

$3,860.00

Gross charge

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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.

$203.00 with Cigna vs $7,176.00 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.

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Payer
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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
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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
Cigna Ppo $203.00 ↓ -85%
Cigna Oap Hmo/Pos $203.00 ↓ -85%
Blue Shield Medicare Managed Care Plan $1,142.00 ↓ -15%
Aetna Medicare Managed Care Plan $2,124.23 ↑ +57%
Humana Choicecare Medicare Managed Care Plan $2,166.71 ↑ +60%
Blue Cross Anthem Vivity City Of La Other Commercial Plan $2,225.51 ↑ +65%
Central Health Plan Medicare Managed Care Plan $2,336.65 ↑ +73%
Blue Cross Anthem Vivity Non City Of La Other Commercial Plan $2,506.56 ↑ +86%
Unitedhealthcare Select/Navigate Hmo $2,606.00 ↑ +93%
Blue Shield Epn/Ifp Benefit Exchange $2,624.00 ↑ +94%
La Care Health Plan Exchange $2,761.50 ↑ +104%
Blue Shield Tandem Ppo/Blue High Performance Ppo/Epo $2,808.00 ↑ +108%
Unitedhealthcare All Commercial Plans $2,949.00 ↑ +118%
Blue Shield Hmo/Ppo/Epo $3,123.00 ↑ +131%
Blue Cross All Commercial Plans $3,855.00 ↑ +185%
Healthnet Ambetter Hmo $3,929.83 ↑ +191%
Healthnet Blue And Gold Other Commercial Plan $4,449.00 ↑ +229%
Healthnet Ambetter Ppo $4,545.85 ↑ +236%
Healthnet All Commercial Plans $7,176.00 ↑ +431%

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Incision & drainage hematoma/seroma/fluid collection at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
St. John's Camarillo Hospital Camarillo $1,125.66 $70.42 – $3,763.88
Petaluma Valley Hospital Petaluma $4,778.19 $1,921.00 – $4,657.00
Arroyo Grande Hospital Santa Maria $1,868.22 $57.25 – $4,066.02
Mark Twain Medical Center San Andreas $795.87 $57.25 – $305.76
French Hospital San Luis Obispo $1,780.47 $57.25 – $4,239.48
Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield Bakersfield $2,003.40 $57.25 – $4,320.00
Bakersfield Memorial Hospital Bakersfield $2,005.29 $57.25 – $4,316.56
Queen of The Valley Medical Center Napa $7,008.93 $2,345.04 – $9,858.00

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