Injection radioactive tracer sentinel node (both sides) at Providence Cedars-Sinai Tarzana Medical Center
18321 Clark St, Tarzana, CA · Providence · · NPI 1821250762
$472.50
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.
$1,350.00
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 $3,855.00 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 | ↑ +9% |
| Humana | Choicecare Medicare Managed Care Plan | $524.46 | ↑ +11% |
| Blue Cross | Anthem Vivity City Of La Other Commercial Plan | $538.69 | ↑ +14% |
| Central Health Plan | Medicare Managed Care Plan | $565.59 | ↑ +20% |
| Blue Cross | Anthem Vivity Non City Of La Other Commercial Plan | $606.72 | ↑ +28% |
| La Care Health Plan | Exchange | $668.42 | ↑ +41% |
| Healthnet | Ambetter Hmo | $951.22 | ↑ +101% |
| Healthnet | Ambetter Ppo | $1,100.33 | ↑ +133% |
| Unitedhealthcare | Select/Navigate Hmo | $1,287.00 | ↑ +172% |
| Unitedhealthcare | All Commercial Plans | $1,458.00 | ↑ +209% |
| Healthnet | Blue And Gold Other Commercial Plan | $1,484.00 | ↑ +214% |
| Healthnet | All Commercial Plans | $2,391.00 | ↑ +406% |
| Cigna | Oap Hmo/Pos | $2,594.00 | ↑ +449% |
| Cigna | Ppo | $2,594.00 | ↑ +449% |
| Blue Cross | All Commercial Plans | $3,855.00 | ↑ +716% |
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Injection radioactive tracer sentinel node (both sides) at other California hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| St. John's Camarillo Hospital | Camarillo | $406.47 | $250.56 – $975.58 |
| Banner Lassen Medical Center | Susanville | $375.32 | $196.39 – $464.63 |
| Arroyo Grande Hospital | Santa Maria | $481.93 | $510.57 – $1,103.48 |
| Mark Twain Medical Center | San Andreas | $951.72 | $19.92 – $75.46 |
| French Hospital | San Luis Obispo | $503.72 | $330.48 – $1,199.52 |
| Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield | Bakersfield | $481.93 | $350.73 – $1,039.20 |
| Bakersfield Memorial Hospital | Bakersfield | $476.74 | $350.73 – $1,026.21 |
| Queen of The Valley Medical Center | Napa | $817.02 | $314.54 – $6,200.00 |