Biopsy cervixsingle/multiple 57500 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

$452.64

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.

$943.00

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.

$1,006.93 with Providence vs $7,143.00 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.

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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
Providence Oscar All Commercial Plans $1,006.93 ↑ +122%
Aetna Medicare Managed Care Plan $1,184.62 ↑ +162%
Blue Cross Anthem Vivity City Of La Other Commercial Plan $1,241.11 ↑ +174%
Blue Cross Anthem Vivity Non City Of La Other Commercial Plan $1,397.84 ↑ +209%
Unitedhealthcare Select/Navigate Hmo $1,894.00 ↑ +318%
Healthnet Hmo/Pos/Ppo $1,999.00 ↑ +342%
Unitedhealthcare All Commercial Plans $2,095.00 ↑ +363%
Healthnet Ambetter Hmo $2,191.56 ↑ +384%
Aetna Gatekeeper Hmo $3,429.00 ↑ +658%
Blue Shield Epn Exchange $5,171.00 ↑ +1042%
Blue Cross Anthem Non-Mcs (Ind1, Ncx1, Ncx3) All Commercial Plans $5,357.00 ↑ +1084%
Blue Shield Tandem Ppo $6,425.00 ↑ +1319%
Blue Cross Anthem Mcs (Indx) All Commercial Plans $6,428.00 ↑ +1320%
Blue Shield Hmo/Ppo $7,143.00 ↑ +1478%

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Biopsy cervixsingle/multiple 57500 at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Petaluma Valley Hospital Petaluma $1,424.43 $1,241.22 – $2,695.00
Mark Twain Medical Center San Andreas $133.87 $46.52 – $196.98
Bakersfield Memorial Hospital Bakersfield $646.29 $46.52 – $1,391.19
Queen of The Valley Medical Center Napa $1,583.55 $1,307.76 – $6,200.00
Providence St Joseph Hospital Eureka Eureka $1,593.24 $1,184.62 – $8,018.00
Healdsburg Hospital Healdsburg $2,360.79 $1,240.97 – $3,982.87
Redwood Memorial Hospital Fortuna $940.95 $3,331.00 – $20,799.00
St. Joseph's Medical Center Stockton Stockton $475.70 $46.52 – $1,359.12

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