Tc-99m sestamibi p study dose 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

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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.

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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.

$197.55 with Cigna vs $968.75 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.

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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
Cigna Ppo $197.55
Cigna Oap Hmo/Pos $197.55
Blue Cross All Commercial Plans $395.96
Unitedhealthcare All Commercial Plans $968.75
Unitedhealthcare Select/Navigate Hmo $968.75

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Tc-99m sestamibi p study dose at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
St. John's Camarillo Hospital Camarillo $136.66 $83.43 – $243.36
Redwood City Medical Center Redwood City $1,088.18 $169.00 – $169.00
Santa Clara Medical Center SANTA CLARA $1,088.18 $169.00 – $169.00
Baldwin Park Medical Center BALDWIN PARK $1,010.45 $151.00 – $151.00
Riverside Medical Center RIVERSIDE $1,010.45 $151.00 – $151.00
Banner Lassen Medical Center Susanville $193.70 $113.94 – $269.56
Sacramento Medical Center SACRAMENTO $1,088.18 $169.00 – $169.00
Oakland Medical Center Oakland $1,088.18 $169.00 – $169.00

All California hospitals for this procedure →