Hernia Repair (Inguinal) at Providence Mission Hospital - Mission Viejo
27700 Medical Center Rd, Mission Viejo, CA · Providence · · NPI 1003956913
$2,280.48
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.
$4,751.00
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.
$3,914.24 with Providence vs $16,361.00 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 | $3,914.24 | ↑ +72% |
| Aetna | Medicare Managed Care Plan | $4,604.99 | ↑ +102% |
| Blue Cross | Anthem Vivity City Of La Other Commercial Plan | $4,824.55 | ↑ +112% |
| Blue Cross | Anthem Vivity Non City Of La Other Commercial Plan | $5,433.82 | ↑ +138% |
| Unitedhealthcare | Select/Navigate Hmo | $7,883.00 | ↑ +246% |
| Healthnet | Ambetter Hmo | $8,519.24 | ↑ +274% |
| Unitedhealthcare | All Commercial Plans | $8,704.00 | ↑ +282% |
| Blue Shield | Epn Exchange | $9,779.00 | ↑ +329% |
| Healthnet | Hmo/Pos/Ppo | $9,990.00 | ↑ +338% |
| Aetna | Gatekeeper Hmo | $11,790.00 | ↑ +417% |
| Blue Shield | Tandem Ppo | $12,151.00 | ↑ +433% |
| Blue Shield | Hmo/Ppo | $13,509.00 | ↑ +492% |
| Blue Cross | Anthem Non-Mcs (Ind1, Ncx1, Ncx3) All Commercial Plans | $13,634.00 | ↑ +498% |
| Blue Cross | Anthem Mcs (Indx) All Commercial Plans | $16,361.00 | ↑ +617% |
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Hernia Repair (Inguinal) at other California hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Petaluma Valley Hospital | Petaluma | $7,170.60 | $3,632.00 – $11,185.00 |
| Mark Twain Medical Center | San Andreas | $907.10 | $352.35 – $1,334.76 |
| Queen of The Valley Medical Center | Napa | $7,972.83 | $5,083.67 – $17,909.00 |
| Providence St Joseph Hospital Eureka | Eureka | $8,020.26 | $4,604.99 – $17,611.00 |
| Healdsburg Hospital | Healdsburg | $4,352.85 | $4,417.00 – $6,323.17 |
| Redwood Memorial Hospital | Fortuna | $4,736.88 | $11,059.00 – $46,797.00 |
| Santa Rosa Memorial Hospital | Santa Rosa | $7,671.42 | $4,233.00 – $11,377.00 |
| Providence Cedars-Sinai Tarzana Medical Center | Tarzana | $1,560.65 | $2,160.00 – $7,332.00 |