Allergen alpha lactalbumin ige at Providence Mission Hospital - Mission Viejo
27700 Medical Center Rd, Mission Viejo, CA · Providence · · NPI 1003956913
$2.40
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.
$5.00
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.
$15.24 with Providence vs $260.01 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.
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 | $15.24 | ↑ +535% |
| Aetna | Medicare Managed Care Plan | $17.93 | ↑ +647% |
| Blue Cross | Anthem Vivity Non City Of La Other Commercial Plan | $28.64 | ↑ +1093% |
| Blue Cross | Anthem Vivity City Of La Other Commercial Plan | $29.99 | ↑ +1150% |
| Healthnet | Ambetter Hmo | $33.17 | ↑ +1282% |
| Unitedhealthcare | All Commercial Plans | $35.86 | ↑ +1394% |
| Unitedhealthcare | Select/Navigate Hmo | $35.86 | ↑ +1394% |
| Aetna | Gatekeeper Hmo | $129.01 | ↑ +5275% |
| Blue Cross | Anthem Non-Mcs (Ind1, Ncx1, Ncx3) All Commercial Plans | $216.68 | ↑ +8928% |
| Blue Cross | Anthem Mcs (Indx) All Commercial Plans | $260.01 | ↑ +10734% |
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Allergen alpha lactalbumin ige at other California hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Banner Lassen Medical Center | Susanville | $40.77 | $3.59 – $29.10 |
| Arroyo Grande Hospital | Santa Maria | $28.25 | $0.94 – $46.18 |
| Mark Twain Medical Center | San Andreas | $7.62 | $2.39 – $4.40 |
| French Hospital | San Luis Obispo | $25.88 | $0.51 – $54.29 |
| Mercy Medical Center Mt. Shasta | Mt Shasta | $28.79 | $0.98 – $1.87 |
| Northridge Hospital Medical Center | Northridge | $3.19 | $1.61 – $32.68 |
| Sequoia Hospital | Redwood City | $4.59 | $0.42 – $62.40 |
| St. Mary Medical Center | Long Beach | $4.92 | $0.47 – $79.70 |