Mayo infectious agent antigen immunoassay direct optical observation cryptococcus 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

$537.95

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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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$1,537.00

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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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$16.07 with Aetna vs $88.52 with Blue Shield — same scan, same building. Share

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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

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

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
Aetna Medicare Managed Care Plan $16.07 ↓ -97%
Humana Choicecare Medicare Managed Care Plan $16.39 ↓ -97%
Central Health Plan Medicare Managed Care Plan $17.68 ↓ -97%
La Care Health Plan Exchange $20.89 ↓ -96%
Blue Cross Anthem Vivity City Of La Other Commercial Plan $22.79 ↓ -96%
Aetna All Commercial Plans $24.34 ↓ -95%
Blue Shield Epn/Ifp Benefit Exchange $24.79 ↓ -95%
Blue Cross Anthem Vivity Non City Of La Other Commercial Plan $25.67 ↓ -95%
Blue Shield Tandem Ppo/Blue High Performance Ppo/Epo $26.48 ↓ -95%
Cigna Oap Hmo/Pos $28.32 ↓ -95%
Cigna Ppo $28.32 ↓ -95%
Blue Shield Hmo/Ppo/Epo $29.72 ↓ -94%
Healthnet Ambetter Hmo $29.73 ↓ -94%
Unitedhealthcare Select/Navigate Hmo $32.14 ↓ -94%
First Health/Coventry Coventry All Commercial Plans $32.14 ↓ -94%
Unitedhealthcare All Commercial Plans $32.14 ↓ -94%
Healthnet Ambetter Ppo $34.39 ↓ -94%
Blue Cross All Commercial Plans $56.47 ↓ -90%
Blue Shield Medicare Managed Care Plan $88.52 ↓ -84%

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Mayo infectious agent antigen immunoassay direct optical observation cryptococcus at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
St. John's Camarillo Hospital Camarillo $63.08 $4.46 – $42.66
Banner Lassen Medical Center Susanville $13.95 $3.21 – $24.25
Petaluma Valley Hospital Petaluma $284.58 $15.75 – $73.37
Arroyo Grande Hospital Santa Maria $32.53 $6.99 – $41.42
Mark Twain Medical Center San Andreas $31.36 $6.99 – $16.17
French Hospital San Luis Obispo $6.73 $4.46 – $48.70
Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield Bakersfield $26.72 $6.84 – $46.20
Bakersfield Memorial Hospital Bakersfield $24.08 $6.84 – $46.20

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