Special radiation treatment 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

$406.35

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.

$1,161.00

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.

$220.46 with Aetna vs $2,393.67 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 All Commercial Plans $220.46 ↓ -46%
Aetna Medicare Managed Care Plan $710.66 ↑ +75%
Humana Choicecare Medicare Managed Care Plan $724.87 ↑ +78%
Blue Cross Anthem Vivity City Of La Other Commercial Plan $744.54 ↑ +83%
Central Health Plan Medicare Managed Care Plan $781.73 ↑ +92%
Blue Cross Anthem Vivity Non City Of La Other Commercial Plan $838.57 ↑ +106%
La Care Health Plan Exchange $923.86 ↑ +127%
Blue Shield Epn/Ifp Benefit Exchange $985.79 ↑ +143%
Blue Shield Tandem Ppo/Blue High Performance Ppo/Epo $1,050.78 ↑ +159%
Healthnet Ambetter Hmo $1,314.72 ↑ +224%
Blue Shield Hmo/Ppo/Epo $1,462.43 ↑ +260%
Healthnet Ambetter Ppo $1,520.82 ↑ +274%
Blue Shield Medicare Managed Care Plan $1,906.58 ↑ +369%
Blue Cross All Commercial Plans $2,393.67 ↑ +489%

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Special radiation treatment at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
St. John's Camarillo Hospital Camarillo $1,051.20 $252.25 – $2,088.00
Arroyo Grande Hospital Santa Maria $1,081.13 $166.73 – $11,311.00
Queen of The Valley Medical Center Napa $2,097.63 $784.53 – $2,864.96
Providence St Joseph Hospital Eureka Eureka $3,052.86 $710.66 – $3,248.89
St. Joseph's Medical Center Stockton Stockton $1,472.06 $166.73 – $5,007.00
Santa Rosa Memorial Hospital Santa Rosa $2,272.56 $768.84 – $2,437.40
Providence Mission Hospital - Mission Viejo Mission Viejo $1,932.96 $554.60 – $1,314.72
Mercy Medical Center Merced Merced $1,481.14 $166.73 – $2,876.00

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