Reticulated platelet assay at Providence Cedars-Sinai Tarzana Medical Center
18321 Clark St, Tarzana, CA · Providence · · NPI 1821250762
$112.70
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.
$322.00
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.
$35.74 with Aetna vs $255.14 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 | $35.74 | ↓ -68% |
| Humana | Choicecare Medicare Managed Care Plan | $36.45 | ↓ -68% |
| Central Health Plan | Medicare Managed Care Plan | $39.31 | ↓ -65% |
| La Care Health Plan | Exchange | $46.46 | ↓ -59% |
| Blue Cross | Anthem Vivity City Of La Other Commercial Plan | $50.69 | ↓ -55% |
| Blue Cross | Anthem Vivity Non City Of La Other Commercial Plan | $57.09 | ↓ -49% |
| Cigna | Ppo | $62.95 | ↓ -44% |
| Cigna | Oap Hmo/Pos | $62.95 | ↓ -44% |
| Healthnet | Ambetter Hmo | $66.12 | ↓ -41% |
| Aetna | All Commercial Plans | $70.16 | ↓ -38% |
| Blue Shield | Epn/Ifp Benefit Exchange | $71.45 | ↓ -37% |
| Unitedhealthcare | Select/Navigate Hmo | $71.48 | ↓ -37% |
| Unitedhealthcare | All Commercial Plans | $71.48 | ↓ -37% |
| First Health/Coventry | Coventry All Commercial Plans | $71.48 | ↓ -37% |
| Blue Shield | Tandem Ppo/Blue High Performance Ppo/Epo | $76.32 | ↓ -32% |
| Healthnet | Ambetter Ppo | $76.48 | ↓ -32% |
| Blue Shield | Hmo/Ppo/Epo | $85.67 | ↓ -24% |
| Blue Cross | All Commercial Plans | $168.87 | ↑ +50% |
| Blue Shield | Medicare Managed Care Plan | $255.14 | ↑ +126% |
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Reticulated platelet assay at other California hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| Petaluma Valley Hospital | Petaluma | $47.43 | $35.03 – $219.39 |
| Arroyo Grande Hospital | Santa Maria | $5.04 | $5.89 – $92.08 |
| French Hospital | San Luis Obispo | $4.62 | $3.18 – $108.25 |
| Providence St Joseph Hospital Eureka | Eureka | $47.94 | $35.74 – $314.41 |
| Healdsburg Hospital | Healdsburg | $33.15 | $35.74 – $125.42 |
| Redwood Memorial Hospital | Fortuna | $36.72 | $315.14 – $315.14 |
| Santa Rosa Memorial Hospital | Santa Rosa | $84.15 | $35.03 – $235.88 |
| Mercy Medical Center Mt. Shasta | Mt Shasta | $84.03 | $6.13 – $11.77 |