Pentobarbital sodium inj at Providence Cedars-Sinai Tarzana Medical Center
18321 Clark St, Tarzana, CA · Providence · · NPI 1821250762
$458.86
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.
$1,311.04
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.
$7.69 with Blue Cross vs $145.17 with Unitedhealthcare — 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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| Blue Cross | All Commercial Plans | $7.69 | ↓ -98% |
| Aetna | Medicare Managed Care Plan | $36.84 | ↓ -92% |
| Humana | Choicecare Medicare Managed Care Plan | $37.57 | ↓ -92% |
| Blue Cross | Anthem Vivity City Of La Other Commercial Plan | $38.59 | ↓ -92% |
| Central Health Plan | Medicare Managed Care Plan | $40.52 | ↓ -91% |
| Blue Cross | Anthem Vivity Non City Of La Other Commercial Plan | $43.47 | ↓ -91% |
| La Care Health Plan | Exchange | $47.89 | ↓ -90% |
| Blue Shield | Medicare Managed Care Plan | $53.08 | ↓ -88% |
| Blue Shield | Epn/Ifp Benefit Exchange | $59.33 | ↓ -87% |
| Blue Shield | Hmo/Ppo/Epo | $59.33 | ↓ -87% |
| Blue Shield | Tandem Ppo/Blue High Performance Ppo/Epo | $59.33 | ↓ -87% |
| Healthnet | Ambetter Hmo | $68.15 | ↓ -85% |
| Healthnet | Ambetter Ppo | $78.83 | ↓ -83% |
| Cigna | Ppo | $107.22 | ↓ -77% |
| Cigna | Oap Hmo/Pos | $107.22 | ↓ -77% |
| Unitedhealthcare | Select/Navigate Hmo | $145.17 | ↓ -68% |
| Unitedhealthcare | All Commercial Plans | $145.17 | ↓ -68% |
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Pentobarbital sodium inj at other California hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Santa Rosa Memorial Hospital | Santa Rosa | $238.48 | $2.97 – $145.17 |
| Providence Mission Hospital - Mission Viejo | Mission Viejo | $2,958.72 | $3.65 – $145.17 |
| Northridge Hospital Medical Center | Northridge | $1,732.59 | $5.47 – $4,500.00 |
| Providence Saint Joseph Medical Center | Burbank | $260.36 | $7.71 – $145.17 |
| St Jude Medical Center | Fullerton | $208.81 | $3.70 – $145.17 |
| Providence St Joseph Hospital Orange | Orange | $150.12 | $3.61 – $145.17 |
| Mercy San Juan Medical Center | Carmichael | $1,841.28 | $3.54 – $125.32 |
| Mercy Medical Center Redding | Redding | $2,281.50 | $3.80 – $2,732.24 |