Appendix Removal (Laparoscopic) at Providence Mission Hospital - Mission Viejo
27700 Medical Center Rd, Mission Viejo, CA · Providence · · NPI 1003956913
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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.
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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.
$6,609.22 with Providence vs $17,648.00 with Blue Shield — 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 | $6,609.22 | — |
| Aetna | Medicare Managed Care Plan | $7,775.56 | — |
| Blue Cross | Anthem Vivity City Of La Other Commercial Plan | $8,146.28 | — |
| Aetna | Gatekeeper Hmo | $8,912.00 | — |
| Blue Cross | Anthem Vivity Non City Of La Other Commercial Plan | $9,175.04 | — |
| Blue Cross | Anthem Non-Mcs (Ind1, Ncx1, Ncx3) All Commercial Plans | $9,718.00 | — |
| Unitedhealthcare | Select/Navigate Hmo | $10,791.00 | — |
| Blue Cross | Anthem Mcs (Indx) All Commercial Plans | $11,662.00 | — |
| Unitedhealthcare | All Commercial Plans | $11,921.00 | — |
| Blue Shield | Epn Exchange | $12,775.00 | — |
| Healthnet | Ambetter Hmo | $14,384.78 | — |
| Blue Shield | Tandem Ppo | $15,873.00 | — |
| Healthnet | Hmo/Pos/Ppo | $16,652.00 | — |
| Blue Shield | Hmo/Ppo | $17,648.00 | — |
Visitor-reported prices
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Appendix Removal (Laparoscopic) at other California hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Mark Twain Medical Center | San Andreas | $1,056.28 | $313.58 – $1,554.28 |
| Healdsburg Hospital | Healdsburg | $910.35 | $5,330.31 – $8,145.41 |
| St. John's Camarillo Hospital | Camarillo | not published | $385.70 – $13,082.50 |
| Banner Lassen Medical Center | Susanville | not published | $450.90 – $450.90 |
| Petaluma Valley Hospital | Petaluma | not published | $4,745.00 – $15,313.00 |
| Arroyo Grande Hospital | Santa Maria | not published | $313.58 – $7,413.14 |
| French Hospital | San Luis Obispo | not published | $313.58 – $7,413.14 |
| Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield | Bakersfield | not published | $313.58 – $7,413.14 |