Echo transesophageal intraop at Providence Mission Hospital - Mission Viejo
27700 Medical Center Rd, Mission Viejo, CA · Providence · · NPI 1003956913
$1,828.32
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.
$3,809.00
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.
$597.36 with Providence vs $3,510.99 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 | $597.36 | ↓ -67% |
| Aetna | Medicare Managed Care Plan | $702.78 | ↓ -62% |
| Blue Cross | Anthem Vivity City Of La Other Commercial Plan | $736.29 | ↓ -60% |
| Blue Cross | Anthem Vivity Non City Of La Other Commercial Plan | $829.27 | ↓ -55% |
| Healthnet | Ambetter Hmo | $1,300.14 | ↓ -29% |
| Blue Cross | Anthem Non-Mcs (Ind1, Ncx1, Ncx3) All Commercial Plans | $2,925.81 | ↑ +60% |
| Aetna | Gatekeeper Hmo | $3,369.81 | ↑ +84% |
| Blue Cross | Anthem Mcs (Indx) All Commercial Plans | $3,510.99 | ↑ +92% |
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Echo transesophageal intraop at other California hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| French Hospital | San Luis Obispo | $1,026.26 | $256.00 – $2,565.64 |
| Queen of The Valley Medical Center | Napa | $806.31 | $775.83 – $2,197.46 |
| Providence Cedars-Sinai Tarzana Medical Center | Tarzana | $861.70 | $280.31 – $1,300.14 |
| California Hospital Medical Center | Los Angeles | $762.42 | $230.40 – $1,985.00 |
| St. Mary Medical Center | Long Beach | $1,404.81 | $230.40 – $3,267.00 |
| Providence Saint Joseph Medical Center | Burbank | $780.85 | $542.13 – $1,300.14 |
| Community Hospital San Bernardino | San Bernardino | $1,377.89 | $256.00 – $7,832.00 |
| Providence St Joseph Hospital Orange | Orange | $1,347.36 | $597.36 – $1,300.14 |