Carpal Tunnel Release Surgery 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

$1,156.80

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.

$2,410.00

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.

$2,134.80 with Providence vs $9,559.00 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 $2,134.80 ↑ +85%
Aetna Medicare Managed Care Plan $2,511.53 ↑ +117%
Blue Cross Anthem Vivity City Of La Other Commercial Plan $2,631.28 ↑ +127%
Blue Cross Anthem Vivity Non City Of La Other Commercial Plan $2,963.57 ↑ +156%
Aetna Gatekeeper Hmo $4,114.00 ↑ +256%
Healthnet Ambetter Hmo $4,646.33 ↑ +302%
Unitedhealthcare Select/Navigate Hmo $4,666.00 ↑ +303%
Unitedhealthcare All Commercial Plans $5,159.00 ↑ +346%
Blue Cross Anthem Non-Mcs (Ind1, Ncx1, Ncx3) All Commercial Plans $5,357.00 ↑ +363%
Healthnet Hmo/Pos/Ppo $5,995.00 ↑ +418%
Blue Cross Anthem Mcs (Indx) All Commercial Plans $6,428.00 ↑ +456%
Blue Shield Epn Exchange $6,920.00 ↑ +498%
Blue Shield Tandem Ppo $8,598.00 ↑ +643%
Blue Shield Hmo/Ppo $9,559.00 ↑ +726%

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Carpal Tunnel Release Surgery at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Petaluma Valley Hospital Petaluma $3,639.36 $2,570.00 – $6,619.00
Mark Twain Medical Center San Andreas $742.59 $288.46 – $1,092.70
Queen of The Valley Medical Center Napa $4,046.34 $2,772.60 – $10,593.00
Providence St Joseph Hospital Eureka Eureka $4,070.31 $2,511.53 – $10,413.00
Healdsburg Hospital Healdsburg $2,208.81 $2,630.99 – $5,198.77
Redwood Memorial Hospital Fortuna $2,404.14 $8,005.00 – $25,998.00
Santa Rosa Memorial Hospital Santa Rosa $3,893.34 $2,717.15 – $6,732.00
Providence Cedars-Sinai Tarzana Medical Center Tarzana $792.05 $1,528.00 – $5,080.00

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