Injection into brain canal at Providence Mission Hospital - Mission Viejo
27700 Medical Center Rd, Mission Viejo, CA · Providence · · NPI 1003956913
$1,988.64
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.
$4,143.00
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.
$335.57 with Providence vs $7,143.00 with Blue Shield — 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 | $335.57 | ↓ -83% |
| Aetna | Medicare Managed Care Plan | $394.79 | ↓ -80% |
| Blue Cross | Anthem Vivity City Of La Other Commercial Plan | $413.61 | ↓ -79% |
| Blue Cross | Anthem Vivity Non City Of La Other Commercial Plan | $465.85 | ↓ -77% |
| Healthnet | Ambetter Hmo | $730.36 | ↓ -63% |
| Healthnet | Hmo/Pos/Ppo | $799.00 | ↓ -60% |
| Unitedhealthcare | Select/Navigate Hmo | $1,200.00 | ↓ -40% |
| Unitedhealthcare | All Commercial Plans | $1,312.00 | ↓ -34% |
| Aetna | Gatekeeper Hmo | $3,429.00 | ↑ +72% |
| Blue Shield | Epn Exchange | $5,171.00 | ↑ +160% |
| Blue Cross | Anthem Non-Mcs (Ind1, Ncx1, Ncx3) All Commercial Plans | $5,357.00 | ↑ +169% |
| Blue Shield | Tandem Ppo | $6,425.00 | ↑ +223% |
| Blue Cross | Anthem Mcs (Indx) All Commercial Plans | $6,428.00 | ↑ +223% |
| Blue Shield | Hmo/Ppo | $7,143.00 | ↑ +259% |
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Injection into brain canal at other California hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield | Bakersfield | $1,032.87 | $162.34 – $2,136.80 |
| Bakersfield Memorial Hospital | Bakersfield | $1,021.73 | $162.34 – $2,199.36 |
| Queen of The Valley Medical Center | Napa | $447.78 | $435.83 – $6,200.00 |
| St. Joseph's Medical Center Stockton | Stockton | $747.06 | $162.34 – $1,034.88 |
| Mercy Medical Center Merced | Merced | $1,458.48 | $162.34 – $1,206.81 |
| California Hospital Medical Center | Los Angeles | $1,199.41 | $152.73 – $1,953.67 |
| Providence Saint Joseph Medical Center | Burbank | $543.90 | $394.79 – $2,581.00 |
| St Jude Medical Center | Fullerton | $779.52 | $335.57 – $4,188.00 |