Ihc/icc per specimen each multiplex antibody stain at Providence Mission Hospital - Mission Viejo
27700 Medical Center Rd, Mission Viejo, CA · Providence · · NPI 1003956913
$185.28
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.
$386.00
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.
$391.87 with Providence vs $1,174.56 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 | $391.87 | ↑ +112% |
| Aetna | Medicare Managed Care Plan | $461.02 | ↑ +149% |
| Blue Cross | Anthem Vivity City Of La Other Commercial Plan | $483.00 | ↑ +161% |
| Blue Cross | Anthem Vivity Non City Of La Other Commercial Plan | $544.00 | ↑ +194% |
| Aetna | Gatekeeper Hmo | $544.00 | ↑ +194% |
| Unitedhealthcare | All Commercial Plans | $566.82 | ↑ +206% |
| Unitedhealthcare | Select/Navigate Hmo | $566.82 | ↑ +206% |
| Healthnet | Ambetter Hmo | $852.89 | ↑ +360% |
| Blue Cross | Anthem Non-Mcs (Ind1, Ncx1, Ncx3) All Commercial Plans | $978.80 | ↑ +428% |
| Blue Cross | Anthem Mcs (Indx) All Commercial Plans | $1,174.56 | ↑ +534% |
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Ihc/icc per specimen each multiplex antibody stain at other California hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Banner Lassen Medical Center | Susanville | $410.61 | $71.94 – $739.14 |
| Petaluma Valley Hospital | Petaluma | $443.19 | $412.03 – $586.56 |
| Arroyo Grande Hospital | Santa Maria | $55.40 | $64.71 – $347.76 |
| Mark Twain Medical Center | San Andreas | $95.25 | $37.00 – $140.15 |
| French Hospital | San Luis Obispo | $50.74 | $34.95 – $408.82 |
| Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield | Bakersfield | $172.89 | $32.50 – $387.85 |
| Bakersfield Memorial Hospital | Bakersfield | $171.03 | $32.50 – $387.85 |
| Queen of The Valley Medical Center | Napa | $709.41 | $508.94 – $741.26 |