Cath left heart/lv gram at Providence Mission Hospital - Mission Viejo
27700 Medical Center Rd, Mission Viejo, CA · Providence · · NPI 1003956913
$6,182.88
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.
$12,881.00
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.
$3,544.22 with Providence vs $21,325.00 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 | $3,544.22 | ↓ -43% |
| Aetna | Medicare Managed Care Plan | $4,169.67 | ↓ -33% |
| Blue Cross | Anthem Vivity City Of La Other Commercial Plan | $4,368.47 | ↓ -29% |
| Blue Cross | Anthem Vivity Non City Of La Other Commercial Plan | $4,920.14 | ↓ -20% |
| Healthnet | Ambetter Hmo | $7,713.88 | ↑ +25% |
| Unitedhealthcare | Select/Navigate Hmo | $7,883.00 | ↑ +27% |
| Unitedhealthcare | All Commercial Plans | $8,704.00 | ↑ +41% |
| Healthnet | Hmo/Pos/Ppo | $9,990.00 | ↑ +62% |
| Aetna | Gatekeeper Hmo | $11,790.00 | ↑ +91% |
| Blue Shield | Epn Exchange | $15,436.00 | ↑ +150% |
| Blue Cross | Anthem Non-Mcs (Ind1, Ncx1, Ncx3) All Commercial Plans | $16,338.00 | ↑ +164% |
| Blue Shield | Tandem Ppo | $19,180.00 | ↑ +210% |
| Blue Cross | Anthem Mcs (Indx) All Commercial Plans | $19,606.00 | ↑ +217% |
| Blue Shield | Hmo/Ppo | $21,325.00 | ↑ +245% |
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| St. John's Camarillo Hospital | Camarillo | $4,051.07 | $1,076.74 – $7,425.74 |
| Arroyo Grande Hospital | Santa Maria | $6,476.50 | $875.40 – $14,829.36 |
| French Hospital | San Luis Obispo | $5,758.88 | $875.40 – $14,397.18 |
| Bakersfield Memorial Hospital | Bakersfield | $5,756.77 | $875.40 – $12,391.94 |
| Queen of The Valley Medical Center | Napa | $10,397.37 | $4,603.09 – $17,909.00 |
| St. Joseph's Medical Center Stockton | Stockton | $5,667.74 | $762.86 – $16,193.52 |
| Santa Rosa Memorial Hospital | Santa Rosa | $10,594.23 | $4,511.03 – $12,568.00 |
| Mercy Medical Center Merced | Merced | $587.62 | $684.60 – $1,141.00 |