Kidney imag w/bld flow multi 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

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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.

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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.

$394.23 with Blue Shield vs $1,928.68 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 $394.23
Blue Shield Tandem Ppo/Blue High Performance Ppo/Epo $420.22
Blue Shield Hmo/Ppo/Epo $584.84
Aetna All Commercial Plans $674.52
Aetna Medicare Managed Care Plan $698.35
Humana Choicecare Medicare Managed Care Plan $712.32
Blue Cross Anthem Vivity City Of La Other Commercial Plan $731.65
Unitedhealthcare All Commercial Plans $755.17
Unitedhealthcare Select/Navigate Hmo $755.17
Blue Shield Medicare Managed Care Plan $762.46
Central Health Plan Medicare Managed Care Plan $768.18
Blue Cross All Commercial Plans $803.95
Blue Cross Anthem Vivity Non City Of La Other Commercial Plan $824.04
La Care Health Plan Exchange $907.85
Healthnet Ambetter Hmo $1,291.95
Healthnet Ambetter Ppo $1,494.47
Cigna Oap Hmo/Pos $1,928.68
Cigna Ppo $1,928.68

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Kidney imag w/bld flow multi at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
St. John's Camarillo Hospital Camarillo $2,047.22 $396.32 – $3,645.72
Banner Lassen Medical Center Susanville $1,328.58 $107.65 – $1,920.60
Arroyo Grande Hospital Santa Maria $2,906.98 $261.96 – $5,747.70
Mark Twain Medical Center San Andreas $5,696.97 $261.96 – $3,948.42
French Hospital San Luis Obispo $2,323.39 $261.96 – $2,704.43
Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield Bakersfield $1,251.76 $261.96 – $2,699.20
Bakersfield Memorial Hospital Bakersfield $1,238.26 $261.96 – $2,665.46
Queen of The Valley Medical Center Napa $3,581.22 $755.17 – $1,319.94

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