Mr spectroscopy at Providence Cedars-Sinai Tarzana Medical Center
18321 Clark St, Tarzana, CA · Providence · · NPI 1821250762
$379.75
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.
$1,085.00
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.
$111.93 with Aetna vs $2,014.72 with Blue Cross — 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 | $111.93 | ↓ -71% |
| Humana | Choicecare Medicare Managed Care Plan | $114.17 | ↓ -70% |
| Blue Cross | Anthem Vivity City Of La Other Commercial Plan | $117.27 | ↓ -69% |
| Central Health Plan | Medicare Managed Care Plan | $123.12 | ↓ -68% |
| Blue Cross | Anthem Vivity Non City Of La Other Commercial Plan | $132.07 | ↓ -65% |
| La Care Health Plan | Exchange | $145.51 | ↓ -62% |
| Healthnet | Ambetter Hmo | $207.07 | ↓ -45% |
| Healthnet | Ambetter Ppo | $239.53 | ↓ -37% |
| Unitedhealthcare | All Commercial Plans | $576.27 | ↑ +52% |
| Unitedhealthcare | Select/Navigate Hmo | $576.27 | ↑ +52% |
| Aetna | All Commercial Plans | $733.99 | ↑ +93% |
| Blue Shield | Epn/Ifp Benefit Exchange | $970.60 | ↑ +156% |
| Blue Shield | Tandem Ppo/Blue High Performance Ppo/Epo | $1,034.60 | ↑ +172% |
| Blue Shield | Hmo/Ppo/Epo | $1,439.90 | ↑ +279% |
| Blue Shield | Medicare Managed Care Plan | $1,877.21 | ↑ +394% |
| Blue Cross | All Commercial Plans | $2,014.72 | ↑ +431% |
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Mr spectroscopy at other California hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| St. John's Camarillo Hospital | Camarillo | $2,577.20 | $111.88 – $4,589.52 |
| Providence Mission Hospital - Mission Viejo | Mission Viejo | $2,405.76 | $95.14 – $576.27 |
| Northridge Hospital Medical Center | Northridge | $2,364.25 | $111.88 – $8,474.00 |
| California Hospital Medical Center | Los Angeles | $702.77 | $111.88 – $1,907.00 |
| Providence Saint Joseph Medical Center | Burbank | $577.15 | $111.93 – $1,877.21 |
| St Jude Medical Center | Fullerton | $522.24 | $95.14 – $576.27 |
| Providence St Joseph Hospital Orange | Orange | $2,786.40 | $95.14 – $576.27 |
| Providence Holy Cross Medical Center | Mission Hills | $587.65 | $111.93 – $970.60 |