Injection(s) diagnostic/therapeutic agent facet cervical/thoracic single level at Providence Cedars-Sinai Tarzana Medical Center
18321 Clark St, Tarzana, CA · Providence · · NPI 1821250762
$1,981.70
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.
$5,662.00
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.
$1,137.58 with Aetna vs $4,385.00 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.
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 | $1,137.58 | ↓ -43% |
| Blue Shield | Medicare Managed Care Plan | $1,142.00 | ↓ -42% |
| Humana | Choicecare Medicare Managed Care Plan | $1,160.33 | ↓ -41% |
| Blue Cross | Anthem Vivity City Of La Other Commercial Plan | $1,191.82 | ↓ -40% |
| Central Health Plan | Medicare Managed Care Plan | $1,251.34 | ↓ -37% |
| Blue Cross | Anthem Vivity Non City Of La Other Commercial Plan | $1,342.33 | ↓ -32% |
| La Care Health Plan | Exchange | $1,478.85 | ↓ -25% |
| Unitedhealthcare | Select/Navigate Hmo | $1,775.00 | ↓ -10% |
| Unitedhealthcare | All Commercial Plans | $2,009.00 | ↑ +1% |
| Healthnet | Ambetter Hmo | $2,104.52 | ↑ +6% |
| Healthnet | Ambetter Ppo | $2,434.42 | ↑ +23% |
| Cigna | Ppo | $2,594.00 | ↑ +31% |
| Cigna | Oap Hmo/Pos | $2,594.00 | ↑ +31% |
| Blue Shield | Epn/Ifp Benefit Exchange | $2,624.00 | ↑ +32% |
| Healthnet | Blue And Gold Other Commercial Plan | $2,719.00 | ↑ +37% |
| Blue Shield | Tandem Ppo/Blue High Performance Ppo/Epo | $2,808.00 | ↑ +42% |
| Blue Shield | Hmo/Ppo/Epo | $3,123.00 | ↑ +58% |
| Blue Cross | All Commercial Plans | $3,855.00 | ↑ +95% |
| Healthnet | All Commercial Plans | $4,385.00 | ↑ +121% |
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Injection(s) diagnostic/therapeutic agent facet cervical/thoracic single level at other California hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| St. John's Camarillo Hospital | Camarillo | $1,313.57 | $227.01 – $2,339.22 |
| Banner Lassen Medical Center | Susanville | $2,068.87 | $198.03 – $468.51 |
| Arroyo Grande Hospital | Santa Maria | $1,529.68 | $184.56 – $3,502.52 |
| Mark Twain Medical Center | San Andreas | $2,749.92 | $50.45 – $191.10 |
| French Hospital | San Luis Obispo | $1,401.01 | $184.56 – $2,300.06 |
| Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield | Bakersfield | $1,266.60 | $184.56 – $1,791.20 |
| Bakersfield Memorial Hospital | Bakersfield | $1,252.94 | $184.56 – $2,182.77 |
| Providence St Joseph Hospital Eureka | Eureka | $7,588.80 | $1,137.58 – $8,018.00 |