Protein total serum plasma whole blood at Providence Cedars-Sinai Tarzana Medical Center
18321 Clark St, Tarzana, CA · Providence · · NPI 1821250762
$51.80
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.
$148.00
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.
$3.67 with Aetna vs $34.92 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.
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 | $3.67 | ↓ -93% |
| Humana | Choicecare Medicare Managed Care Plan | $3.74 | ↓ -93% |
| Central Health Plan | Medicare Managed Care Plan | $4.04 | ↓ -92% |
| La Care Health Plan | Exchange | $4.77 | ↓ -91% |
| Blue Cross | Anthem Vivity City Of La Other Commercial Plan | $5.21 | ↓ -90% |
| Blue Cross | Anthem Vivity Non City Of La Other Commercial Plan | $5.86 | ↓ -89% |
| Cigna | Ppo | $6.48 | ↓ -87% |
| Cigna | Oap Hmo/Pos | $6.48 | ↓ -87% |
| Healthnet | Ambetter Hmo | $6.79 | ↓ -87% |
| Unitedhealthcare | All Commercial Plans | $7.34 | ↓ -86% |
| First Health/Coventry | Coventry All Commercial Plans | $7.34 | ↓ -86% |
| Unitedhealthcare | Select/Navigate Hmo | $7.34 | ↓ -86% |
| Healthnet | Ambetter Ppo | $7.85 | ↓ -85% |
| Aetna | All Commercial Plans | $9.62 | ↓ -81% |
| Blue Shield | Epn/Ifp Benefit Exchange | $9.78 | ↓ -81% |
| Blue Shield | Tandem Ppo/Blue High Performance Ppo/Epo | $10.44 | ↓ -80% |
| Blue Shield | Hmo/Ppo/Epo | $11.72 | ↓ -77% |
| Blue Cross | All Commercial Plans | $23.01 | ↓ -56% |
| Blue Shield | Medicare Managed Care Plan | $34.92 | ↓ -33% |
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Protein total serum plasma whole blood at other California hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| St. John's Camarillo Hospital | Camarillo | $77.53 | $1.35 – $9.76 |
| Banner Lassen Medical Center | Susanville | $35.06 | $0.73 – $4.88 |
| Petaluma Valley Hospital | Petaluma | $236.13 | $3.60 – $29.90 |
| Arroyo Grande Hospital | Santa Maria | $60.35 | $2.50 – $9.47 |
| Mark Twain Medical Center | San Andreas | $42.63 | $2.71 – $4.90 |
| French Hospital | San Luis Obispo | $55.28 | $1.35 – $11.14 |
| Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield | Bakersfield | $95.35 | $2.50 – $10.57 |
| Bakersfield Memorial Hospital | Bakersfield | $94.32 | $2.50 – $10.57 |