Block plantar digital nerve 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

$851.04

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.

$1,773.00

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.

$335.57 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 $335.57 ↓ -61%
Aetna Medicare Managed Care Plan $394.79 ↓ -54%
Blue Cross Anthem Vivity City Of La Other Commercial Plan $413.61 ↓ -51%
Blue Cross Anthem Vivity Non City Of La Other Commercial Plan $465.85 ↓ -45%
Healthnet Ambetter Hmo $730.36 ↓ -14%
Healthnet Hmo/Pos/Ppo $799.00 ↓ -6%
Unitedhealthcare Select/Navigate Hmo $1,200.00 ↑ +41%
Unitedhealthcare All Commercial Plans $1,312.00 ↑ +54%
Aetna Gatekeeper Hmo $3,429.00 ↑ +303%
Blue Shield Epn Exchange $5,171.00 ↑ +508%
Blue Cross Anthem Non-Mcs (Ind1, Ncx1, Ncx3) All Commercial Plans $5,357.00 ↑ +529%
Blue Shield Tandem Ppo $6,425.00 ↑ +655%
Blue Cross Anthem Mcs (Indx) All Commercial Plans $6,428.00 ↑ +655%
Blue Shield Hmo/Ppo $7,143.00 ↑ +739%

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Block plantar digital nerve at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Petaluma Valley Hospital Petaluma $550.80 $413.65 – $1,921.00
Mark Twain Medical Center San Andreas $204.47 $22.63 – $300.86
Bakersfield Memorial Hospital Bakersfield $307.55 $22.63 – $662.02
Queen of The Valley Medical Center Napa $1,294.38 $435.83 – $6,200.00
Healdsburg Hospital Healdsburg $612.51 $413.57 – $3,982.87
Redwood Memorial Hospital Fortuna $970.53 $1,333.00 – $20,799.00
Santa Rosa Memorial Hospital Santa Rosa $861.90 $427.11 – $4,042.00
Mercy Medical Center Mt. Shasta Mt Shasta $454.36 $38.47 – $572.32

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