Eeg recording awake and asleep 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

$367.20

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.

$765.00

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.

$236.06 with Providence vs $802.37 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.

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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 $236.06 ↓ -36%
Aetna Medicare Managed Care Plan $277.71 ↓ -24%
Blue Cross Anthem Vivity City Of La Other Commercial Plan $290.95 ↓ -21%
Blue Cross Anthem Vivity Non City Of La Other Commercial Plan $327.70 ↓ -11%
Healthnet Ambetter Hmo $513.77 ↑ +40%
Blue Cross Anthem Non-Mcs (Ind1, Ncx1, Ncx3) All Commercial Plans $668.64 ↑ +82%
Blue Cross Anthem Mcs (Indx) All Commercial Plans $802.37 ↑ +119%

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Banner Lassen Medical Center Susanville $542.52 $62.28 – $908.89
Arroyo Grande Hospital Santa Maria $695.50 $74.60 – $1,448.44
Mark Twain Medical Center San Andreas $724.61 $74.60 – $1,066.24
French Hospital San Luis Obispo $637.00 $74.60 – $1,592.50
Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield Bakersfield $368.78 $74.60 – $795.20
Bakersfield Memorial Hospital Bakersfield $364.80 $74.60 – $462.15
Queen of The Valley Medical Center Napa $1,054.17 $306.58 – $502.21

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