Catheter stripping venous 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

$3,084.48

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.

$6,426.00

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.

$3,451.89 with Providence vs $11,790.00 with Aetna — 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 $3,451.89 ↑ +12%
Aetna Medicare Managed Care Plan $4,061.05 ↑ +32%
Blue Cross Anthem Vivity City Of La Other Commercial Plan $4,254.67 ↑ +38%
Blue Cross Anthem Vivity Non City Of La Other Commercial Plan $4,791.97 ↑ +55%
Blue Shield Epn Exchange $5,171.00 ↑ +68%
Blue Cross Anthem Non-Mcs (Ind1, Ncx1, Ncx3) All Commercial Plans $5,357.00 ↑ +74%
Blue Shield Tandem Ppo $6,425.00 ↑ +108%
Blue Cross Anthem Mcs (Indx) All Commercial Plans $6,428.00 ↑ +108%
Blue Shield Hmo/Ppo $7,143.00 ↑ +132%
Healthnet Ambetter Hmo $7,512.94 ↑ +144%
Unitedhealthcare Select/Navigate Hmo $7,883.00 ↑ +156%
Unitedhealthcare All Commercial Plans $8,704.00 ↑ +182%
Healthnet Hmo/Pos/Ppo $9,990.00 ↑ +224%
Aetna Gatekeeper Hmo $11,790.00 ↑ +282%

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Catheter stripping venous at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
St. John's Camarillo Hospital Camarillo $1,913.19 $1,027.58 – $7,477.22
Arroyo Grande Hospital Santa Maria $4,162.30 $835.43 – $7,095.20
French Hospital San Luis Obispo $3,812.20 $835.43 – $6,875.68
Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield Bakersfield $3,068.17 $835.43 – $6,616.00
Bakersfield Memorial Hospital Bakersfield $3,308.14 $835.43 – $7,121.06
St. Joseph's Medical Center Stockton Stockton $3,281.04 $728.03 – $8,132.88
Mercy Medical Center Mt. Shasta Mt Shasta $2,937.73 $906.24 – $3,700.48
Mercy Medical Center Merced Merced $4,749.33 $835.43 – $9,129.78

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