Mayo iodine 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.

$24.11 with Aetna vs $172.07 with Blue Shield — 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
Aetna Medicare Managed Care Plan $24.11
Humana Choicecare Medicare Managed Care Plan $24.59
Central Health Plan Medicare Managed Care Plan $26.52
La Care Health Plan Exchange $31.34
Blue Cross Anthem Vivity City Of La Other Commercial Plan $34.20
Blue Cross Anthem Vivity Non City Of La Other Commercial Plan $38.51
Cigna Ppo $42.47
Cigna Oap Hmo/Pos $42.47
Healthnet Ambetter Hmo $44.60
Aetna All Commercial Plans $47.33
Blue Shield Epn/Ifp Benefit Exchange $48.19
Unitedhealthcare Select/Navigate Hmo $48.22
Unitedhealthcare All Commercial Plans $48.22
First Health/Coventry Coventry All Commercial Plans $48.22
Blue Shield Tandem Ppo/Blue High Performance Ppo/Epo $51.47
Healthnet Ambetter Ppo $51.60
Blue Shield Hmo/Ppo/Epo $57.78
Blue Cross All Commercial Plans $112.99
Blue Shield Medicare Managed Care Plan $172.07

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Mayo iodine at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
St. John's Camarillo Hospital Camarillo $26.28 $4.22 – $63.96
Banner Lassen Medical Center Susanville $12.52 $4.82 – $26.96
Arroyo Grande Hospital Santa Maria $64.20 $15.00 – $62.12
Mark Twain Medical Center San Andreas $39.96 $8.45 – $15.60
French Hospital San Luis Obispo $58.80 $8.10 – $73.02
Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield Bakersfield $64.09 $7.80 – $69.28
Bakersfield Memorial Hospital Bakersfield $63.40 $7.80 – $69.28
St. Joseph's Behavioral Health Center Stockton $98.63 $1.56 – $12.48

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