X-ray esophogram chest radiograph(s) & delayed images single contrast study at Providence Cedars-Sinai Tarzana Medical Center
18321 Clark St, Tarzana, CA · Providence · · NPI 1821250762
$305.20
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.
$872.00
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.
$104.64 with Blue Shield vs $612.97 with Cigna — 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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| Blue Shield | Epn/Ifp Benefit Exchange | $104.64 | ↓ -66% |
| Blue Shield | Tandem Ppo/Blue High Performance Ppo/Epo | $111.54 | ↓ -63% |
| Aetna | All Commercial Plans | $153.30 | ↓ -50% |
| Blue Shield | Hmo/Ppo/Epo | $155.23 | ↓ -49% |
| Blue Cross | All Commercial Plans | $199.92 | ↓ -34% |
| Blue Shield | Medicare Managed Care Plan | $202.38 | ↓ -34% |
| Aetna | Medicare Managed Care Plan | $225.59 | ↓ -26% |
| Humana | Choicecare Medicare Managed Care Plan | $230.11 | ↓ -25% |
| Blue Cross | Anthem Vivity City Of La Other Commercial Plan | $236.35 | ↓ -23% |
| Central Health Plan | Medicare Managed Care Plan | $248.15 | ↓ -19% |
| Blue Cross | Anthem Vivity Non City Of La Other Commercial Plan | $266.20 | ↓ -13% |
| Unitedhealthcare | Select/Navigate Hmo | $291.55 | ↓ -4% |
| Unitedhealthcare | All Commercial Plans | $291.55 | ↓ -4% |
| La Care Health Plan | Exchange | $293.27 | ↓ -4% |
| Healthnet | Ambetter Hmo | $417.35 | ↑ +37% |
| Healthnet | Ambetter Ppo | $482.77 | ↑ +58% |
| Cigna | Oap Hmo/Pos | $612.97 | ↑ +101% |
| Cigna | Ppo | $612.97 | ↑ +101% |
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X-ray esophogram chest radiograph(s) & delayed images single contrast study at other California hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Fresno Medical Center | FRESNO | $1,047.20 | $238.00 – $238.00 |
| St. John's Camarillo Hospital | Camarillo | $467.79 | $82.67 – $864.73 |
| Antioch Medical Center | ANTIOCH | $1,047.20 | $238.00 – $238.00 |
| Redwood City Medical Center | Redwood City | $1,047.20 | $238.00 – $238.00 |
| Santa Clara Medical Center | SANTA CLARA | $1,047.20 | $238.00 – $238.00 |
| Baldwin Park Medical Center | BALDWIN PARK | $478.40 | $161.00 – $161.00 |
| Riverside Medical Center | RIVERSIDE | $478.40 | $161.00 – $161.00 |
| Fremont Medical Center | FREMONT | $1,047.20 | $238.00 – $238.00 |