Abltj 1/+thyr ndul 1lobe prq at Providence Mission Hospital - Mission Viejo

27700 Medical Center Rd, Mission Viejo, CA · Providence · · NPI 1003956913

Source: hospital's published price file ↗ · Published Apr 1, 2026 · Ingested Sep 11, 2026

$2,964.48

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.

$6,176.00

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.

$1,597.00 with Blue Shield vs $16,361.00 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
Blue Shield Epn Exchange $1,597.00 ↓ -46%
Providence Oscar All Commercial Plans $1,805.60 ↓ -39%
Blue Shield Tandem Ppo $1,984.00 ↓ -33%
Aetna Medicare Managed Care Plan $2,124.23 ↓ -28%
Blue Shield Hmo/Ppo $2,206.00 ↓ -26%
Blue Cross Anthem Vivity City Of La Other Commercial Plan $2,225.51 ↓ -25%
Blue Cross Anthem Vivity Non City Of La Other Commercial Plan $2,506.56 ↓ -15%
Unitedhealthcare Select/Navigate Hmo $3,281.00 ↑ +11%
Unitedhealthcare All Commercial Plans $3,633.00 ↑ +23%
Healthnet Ambetter Hmo $3,929.83 ↑ +33%
Blue Cross Anthem Non-Mcs (Ind1, Ncx1, Ncx3) All Commercial Plans $13,634.00 ↑ +360%
Blue Cross Anthem Mcs (Indx) All Commercial Plans $16,361.00 ↑ +452%

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Abltj 1/+thyr ndul 1lobe prq at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Providence Saint John's Health Center Santa Monica $4,998.00 $352.70 – $15,861.00
Petaluma Valley Hospital Petaluma not published $593.00 – $4,657.00
Queen of The Valley Medical Center Napa not published $1,727.00 – $9,256.00
Providence St Joseph Hospital Eureka Eureka not published $1,802.00 – $11,046.00
Healdsburg Hospital Healdsburg not published $721.00 – $2,225.27
Redwood Memorial Hospital Fortuna not published $1,847.00 – $11,059.00
Santa Rosa Memorial Hospital Santa Rosa not published $691.00 – $9,773.00
Providence Cedars-Sinai Tarzana Medical Center Tarzana not published $353.00 – $10,353.00

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