Remove cva lumen obstruct 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

$1,447.95

Cash price

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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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$4,137.00

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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.

$130.91 with Aetna vs $328.73 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

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 All Commercial Plans $130.91 ↓ -91%
Blue Shield Epn/Ifp Benefit Exchange $169.23 ↓ -88%
Blue Shield Tandem Ppo/Blue High Performance Ppo/Epo $180.39 ↓ -88%
Blue Shield Hmo/Ppo/Epo $251.06 ↓ -83%
Blue Shield Medicare Managed Care Plan $327.30 ↓ -77%
Blue Cross All Commercial Plans $328.73 ↓ -77%

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Remove cva lumen obstruct at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
St. John's Camarillo Hospital Camarillo $367.92 $97.96 – $655.20
Arroyo Grande Hospital Santa Maria $302.17 $64.75 – $691.88
French Hospital San Luis Obispo $276.76 $64.75 – $691.88
Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield Bakersfield $359.50 $64.75 – $775.20
St. Joseph's Medical Center Stockton Stockton $373.38 $64.75 – $1,066.80
Providence Mission Hospital - Mission Viejo Mission Viejo $802.56 $329.31 – $685.31
Northridge Hospital Medical Center Northridge $282.07 $64.75 – $1,011.00
California Hospital Medical Center Los Angeles $226.98 $58.27 – $2,622.00

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