Cytopath smear other source at Providence Mission Hospital - Mission Viejo
27700 Medical Center Rd, Mission Viejo, CA · Providence · · NPI 1003956913
$94.08
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.
$196.00
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.
$56.97 with Providence vs $303.40 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.
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 | $56.97 | ↓ -39% |
| Aetna | Medicare Managed Care Plan | $67.02 | ↓ -29% |
| Blue Cross | Anthem Vivity City Of La Other Commercial Plan | $70.22 | ↓ -25% |
| Blue Cross | Anthem Vivity Non City Of La Other Commercial Plan | $79.09 | ↓ -16% |
| Unitedhealthcare | All Commercial Plans | $98.94 | ↑ +5% |
| Unitedhealthcare | Select/Navigate Hmo | $98.94 | ↑ +5% |
| Healthnet | Ambetter Hmo | $123.99 | ↑ +32% |
| Blue Cross | Anthem Non-Mcs (Ind1, Ncx1, Ncx3) All Commercial Plans | $135.10 | ↑ +44% |
| Blue Cross | Anthem Mcs (Indx) All Commercial Plans | $162.13 | ↑ +72% |
| Aetna | Gatekeeper Hmo | $303.40 | ↑ +222% |
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Cytopath smear other source at other California hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Petaluma Valley Hospital | Petaluma | $102.51 | $70.23 – $98.94 |
| Mark Twain Medical Center | San Andreas | $66.06 | $25.66 – $97.20 |
| Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield | Bakersfield | $56.40 | $38.00 – $218.80 |
| Bakersfield Memorial Hospital | Bakersfield | $55.79 | $38.00 – $218.80 |
| Queen of The Valley Medical Center | Napa | $230.52 | $73.99 – $106.40 |
| Providence St Joseph Hospital Eureka | Eureka | $82.11 | $67.02 – $120.66 |
| St. Joseph's Behavioral Health Center | Stockton | $73.07 | $12.80 – $102.37 |
| Redwood Memorial Hospital | Fortuna | $324.87 | $120.94 – $120.94 |