Darbepoetin alfa 100 mcg/0.5 ml in polysorbate injection syringe at Providence Mission Hospital - Mission Viejo
27700 Medical Center Rd, Mission Viejo, CA · Providence · · NPI 1003956913
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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.
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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.
$2.61 with Providence vs $51.37 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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| Providence | Oscar All Commercial Plans | $2.61 | — |
| Aetna | Medicare Managed Care Plan | $3.07 | — |
| Blue Cross | Anthem Vivity City Of La Other Commercial Plan | $4.21 | — |
| Blue Cross | Anthem Vivity Non City Of La Other Commercial Plan | $4.74 | — |
| Cigna | All Other Ppo | $4.76 | — |
| Cigna | Hmo/Network/Open Access Plus Benefits Plans Hmo | $4.76 | — |
| Healthnet | Ambetter Hmo | $5.68 | — |
| Aetna | Gatekeeper Hmo | $5.99 | — |
| Unitedhealthcare | Select/Navigate Hmo | $6.28 | — |
| Unitedhealthcare | All Commercial Plans | $6.28 | — |
| Blue Cross | Anthem Non-Mcs (Ind1, Ncx1, Ncx3) All Commercial Plans | $51.37 | — |
| Blue Cross | Anthem Mcs (Indx) All Commercial Plans | $51.37 | — |
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Darbepoetin alfa 100 mcg/0.5 ml in polysorbate injection syringe at other California hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Arroyo Grande Hospital | Santa Maria | $16,050.00 | $3.81 – $9,102.24 |
| Mark Twain Medical Center | San Andreas | $5,051.75 | $1,962.30 – $7,433.50 |
| French Hospital | San Luis Obispo | $580.95 | $3.81 – $1,452.36 |
| Bakersfield Memorial Hospital | Bakersfield | $6,783.63 | $3.81 – $2,796.60 |
| Queen of The Valley Medical Center | Napa | $8,626.41 | $3.07 – $42.01 |
| Providence St Joseph Hospital Eureka | Eureka | $8,626.41 | $3.07 – $50.12 |
| Redwood Memorial Hospital | Fortuna | $8,626.41 | $5.99 – $50.24 |
| Mercy Medical Center Mt. Shasta | Mt Shasta | $1,265.03 | $7.38 – $1,593.48 |