Doppler upper/lower extremity arteries limited bilateral at Providence Mission Hospital - Mission Viejo
27700 Medical Center Rd, Mission Viejo, CA · Providence · · NPI 1003956913
$473.76
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.
$987.00
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.
$145.45 with Providence vs $694.43 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 | $145.45 | ↓ -69% |
| Aetna | Medicare Managed Care Plan | $171.12 | ↓ -64% |
| Blue Cross | Anthem Vivity City Of La Other Commercial Plan | $179.28 | ↓ -62% |
| Blue Cross | Anthem Vivity Non City Of La Other Commercial Plan | $201.92 | ↓ -57% |
| Healthnet | Ambetter Hmo | $316.58 | ↓ -33% |
| Aetna | Gatekeeper Hmo | $514.23 | ↑ +9% |
| Blue Cross | Anthem Non-Mcs (Ind1, Ncx1, Ncx3) All Commercial Plans | $578.69 | ↑ +22% |
| Blue Cross | Anthem Mcs (Indx) All Commercial Plans | $694.43 | ↑ +47% |
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Doppler upper/lower extremity arteries limited bilateral at other California hospitals
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| St. John's Camarillo Hospital | Camarillo | $368.80 | $73.54 – $585.60 |
| Banner Lassen Medical Center | Susanville | $244.22 | $25.78 – $307.49 |
| Arroyo Grande Hospital | Santa Maria | $566.25 | $59.79 – $1,168.16 |
| Mark Twain Medical Center | San Andreas | $1,698.30 | $59.79 – $782.04 |
| French Hospital | San Luis Obispo | $467.27 | $59.79 – $623.18 |
| Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield | Bakersfield | $214.81 | $59.79 – $591.22 |
| Bakersfield Memorial Hospital | Bakersfield | $212.50 | $59.79 – $591.22 |
| Queen of The Valley Medical Center | Napa | $263.16 | $188.91 – $434.63 |