Adrenal cortex & medulla img at Providence Mission Hospital - Mission Viejo
27700 Medical Center Rd, Mission Viejo, CA · Providence · · NPI 1003956913
$2,327.52
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.
$4,849.00
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.
$1,415.36 with Providence vs $3,080.50 with Healthnet — 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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| Providence | Oscar All Commercial Plans | $1,415.36 | ↓ -39% |
| Aetna | Medicare Managed Care Plan | $1,665.13 | ↓ -28% |
| Blue Cross | Anthem Vivity City Of La Other Commercial Plan | $1,744.53 | ↓ -25% |
| Blue Cross | Anthem Vivity Non City Of La Other Commercial Plan | $1,964.83 | ↓ -16% |
| Blue Cross | Anthem Non-Mcs (Ind1, Ncx1, Ncx3) All Commercial Plans | $2,034.59 | ↓ -13% |
| Unitedhealthcare | All Commercial Plans | $2,035.50 | ↓ -13% |
| Unitedhealthcare | Select/Navigate Hmo | $2,035.50 | ↓ -13% |
| Aetna | Gatekeeper Hmo | $2,226.12 | ↓ -4% |
| Blue Cross | Anthem Mcs (Indx) All Commercial Plans | $2,441.51 | ↑ +5% |
| Healthnet | Ambetter Hmo | $3,080.50 | ↑ +32% |
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Adrenal cortex & medulla img at other California hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| St. John's Camarillo Hospital | Camarillo | $2,015.68 | $472.69 – $6,326.24 |
| Arroyo Grande Hospital | Santa Maria | $5,120.60 | $312.44 – $11,166.12 |
| Mark Twain Medical Center | San Andreas | $7,377.95 | $312.44 – $5,114.62 |
| French Hospital | San Luis Obispo | $4,086.21 | $312.44 – $7,222.02 |
| Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield | Bakersfield | $1,248.05 | $312.44 – $6,851.62 |
| Bakersfield Memorial Hospital | Bakersfield | $1,234.59 | $312.44 – $6,851.62 |
| St. Joseph's Medical Center Stockton | Stockton | $959.62 | $312.44 – $1,826.00 |
| Mercy Medical Center Merced | Merced | $1,957.00 | $312.44 – $1,741.00 |