Ivp w/nephrotomography 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

$694.40

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.

$1,984.00

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.

$187.34 with Blue Shield vs $612.97 with Cigna — 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
Blue Shield Epn/Ifp Benefit Exchange $187.34 ↓ -73%
Blue Shield Tandem Ppo/Blue High Performance Ppo/Epo $199.70 ↓ -71%
Aetna Medicare Managed Care Plan $225.59 ↓ -68%
Humana Choicecare Medicare Managed Care Plan $230.11 ↓ -67%
Blue Cross Anthem Vivity City Of La Other Commercial Plan $236.35 ↓ -66%
Central Health Plan Medicare Managed Care Plan $248.15 ↓ -64%
Aetna All Commercial Plans $255.21 ↓ -63%
Blue Cross Anthem Vivity Non City Of La Other Commercial Plan $266.20 ↓ -62%
Blue Shield Hmo/Ppo/Epo $277.93 ↓ -60%
Unitedhealthcare Select/Navigate Hmo $291.55 ↓ -58%
Unitedhealthcare All Commercial Plans $291.55 ↓ -58%
La Care Health Plan Exchange $293.27 ↓ -58%
Blue Shield Medicare Managed Care Plan $362.34 ↓ -48%
Blue Cross All Commercial Plans $378.81 ↓ -45%
Healthnet Ambetter Hmo $417.35 ↓ -40%
Healthnet Ambetter Ppo $482.77 ↓ -30%
Cigna Oap Hmo/Pos $612.97 ↓ -12%
Cigna Ppo $612.97 ↓ -12%

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Ivp w/nephrotomography at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
St. John's Camarillo Hospital Camarillo $1,086.68 $215.53 – $1,935.18
Banner Lassen Medical Center Susanville $1,210.32 $35.60 – $1,789.65
Mark Twain Medical Center San Andreas $2,131.87 $142.46 – $789.88
Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield Bakersfield $261.56 $142.46 – $936.54
Bakersfield Memorial Hospital Bakersfield $258.74 $142.46 – $936.54
Providence St Joseph Hospital Eureka Eureka $2,838.66 $225.59 – $705.29
St. Joseph's Medical Center Stockton Stockton $1,074.28 $142.46 – $1,512.08
Santa Rosa Memorial Hospital Santa Rosa $1,004.19 $244.06 – $529.12

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