Carboplatin 10 mg/ml desensitization at Providence Mission Hospital - Mission Viejo
27700 Medical Center Rd, Mission Viejo, CA · Providence · · NPI 1003956913
$217.57
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.
$453.28
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.
$4.22 with Aetna vs $210.06 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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| Aetna | Gatekeeper Hmo | $4.22 | ↓ -98% |
| Cigna | All Other Ppo | $4.77 | ↓ -98% |
| Cigna | Hmo/Network/Open Access Plus Benefits Plans Hmo | $4.77 | ↓ -98% |
| Unitedhealthcare | All Commercial Plans | $6.30 | ↓ -97% |
| Unitedhealthcare | Select/Navigate Hmo | $6.30 | ↓ -97% |
| Blue Cross | Anthem Mcs (Indx) All Commercial Plans | $210.06 | ↓ -3% |
| Blue Cross | Anthem Non-Mcs (Ind1, Ncx1, Ncx3) All Commercial Plans | $210.06 | ↓ -3% |
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Carboplatin 10 mg/ml desensitization at other California hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| St. John's Camarillo Hospital | Camarillo | $37.23 | $4.31 – $28.47 |
| Arroyo Grande Hospital | Santa Maria | $42.38 | $4.31 – $67.62 |
| Mark Twain Medical Center | San Andreas | $41.96 | $16.30 – $61.74 |
| French Hospital | San Luis Obispo | $38.81 | $2.93 – $70.56 |
| Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield | Bakersfield | $40.07 | $2.93 – $15.39 |
| Bakersfield Memorial Hospital | Bakersfield | $39.64 | $4.12 – $14.22 |
| Queen of The Valley Medical Center | Napa | $404.90 | $5.86 – $171.79 |
| Providence St Joseph Hospital Eureka | Eureka | $404.90 | $4.22 – $204.92 |