MRI breast without cont bi 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

$2,238.25

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.

$6,395.00

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.

$306.88 with Aetna vs $1,122.82 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.

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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 $306.88 ↓ -86%
Humana Choicecare Medicare Managed Care Plan $313.02 ↓ -86%
Blue Cross Anthem Vivity City Of La Other Commercial Plan $321.51 ↓ -86%
Central Health Plan Medicare Managed Care Plan $337.57 ↓ -85%
Blue Cross Anthem Vivity Non City Of La Other Commercial Plan $362.12 ↓ -84%
Unitedhealthcare Select/Navigate Hmo $372.86 ↓ -83%
Unitedhealthcare All Commercial Plans $372.86 ↓ -83%
La Care Health Plan Exchange $398.95 ↓ -82%
Blue Shield Epn/Ifp Benefit Exchange $415.79 ↓ -81%
Blue Shield Tandem Ppo/Blue High Performance Ppo/Epo $443.20 ↓ -80%
Healthnet Ambetter Hmo $567.73 ↓ -75%
Blue Shield Hmo/Ppo/Epo $616.83 ↓ -72%
Healthnet Ambetter Ppo $656.73 ↓ -71%
Aetna All Commercial Plans $733.99 ↓ -67%
Blue Shield Medicare Managed Care Plan $804.16 ↓ -64%
Blue Cross All Commercial Plans $1,122.82 ↓ -50%

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MRI breast without cont bi at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
St. John's Camarillo Hospital Camarillo $2,141.82 $307.13 – $3,814.20
Banner Lassen Medical Center Susanville $1,241.96 $48.34 – $1,733.39
Arroyo Grande Hospital Santa Maria $1,581.89 $214.07 – $3,294.76
Mark Twain Medical Center San Andreas $10,247.08 $214.07 – $3,829.84
French Hospital San Luis Obispo $1,263.81 $214.07 – $2,111.00
Queen of The Valley Medical Center Napa $4,849.59 $338.78 – $1,767.69
Providence St Joseph Hospital Eureka Eureka $3,839.28 $306.88 – $1,932.98
St. Joseph's Medical Center Stockton Stockton $1,526.75 $214.07 – $4,258.26

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