Hla i typing 1 locus hr 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

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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.

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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.

$150.66 with Providence vs $1,686.23 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 $150.66
Aetna Medicare Managed Care Plan $177.25
Blue Cross Anthem Vivity Non City Of La Other Commercial Plan $283.12
Healthnet Ambetter Hmo $327.91
Unitedhealthcare All Commercial Plans $354.50
Unitedhealthcare Select/Navigate Hmo $354.50
Aetna Gatekeeper Hmo $586.03
Blue Cross Anthem Vivity City Of La Other Commercial Plan $797.97
Blue Cross Anthem Non-Mcs (Ind1, Ncx1, Ncx3) All Commercial Plans $1,405.19
Blue Cross Anthem Mcs (Indx) All Commercial Plans $1,686.23

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Hla i typing 1 locus hr at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Banner Lassen Medical Center Susanville $90.88 $35.45 – $259.96
Arroyo Grande Hospital Santa Maria $104.86 $122.50 – $456.69
Mark Twain Medical Center San Andreas $216.45 $132.62 – $240.10
French Hospital San Luis Obispo $96.04 $66.15 – $536.88
Mercy Medical Center Mt. Shasta Mt Shasta $190.61 $127.40 – $240.10
Mercy Medical Center Redding Redding $124.22 $157.55 – $245.00
St. Elizabeth Community Hospital Red Bluff $143.08 $120.05 – $245.00
Petaluma Valley Hospital Petaluma not published $173.70 – $838.42

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