Interrogation vad in person at Providence Mission Hospital - Mission Viejo
27700 Medical Center Rd, Mission Viejo, CA · Providence · · NPI 1003956913
$272.16
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.
$567.00
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.
$103.94 with Providence vs $1,312.00 with Unitedhealthcare — 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 | $103.94 | ↓ -62% |
| Aetna | Medicare Managed Care Plan | $122.28 | ↓ -55% |
| Blue Cross | Anthem Vivity City Of La Other Commercial Plan | $128.11 | ↓ -53% |
| Blue Cross | Anthem Vivity Non City Of La Other Commercial Plan | $144.28 | ↓ -47% |
| Healthnet | Ambetter Hmo | $226.21 | ↓ -17% |
| Blue Cross | Anthem Non-Mcs (Ind1, Ncx1, Ncx3) All Commercial Plans | $558.58 | ↑ +105% |
| Blue Cross | Anthem Mcs (Indx) All Commercial Plans | $670.30 | ↑ +146% |
| Healthnet | Hmo/Pos/Ppo | $799.00 | ↑ +194% |
| Unitedhealthcare | Select/Navigate Hmo | $1,200.00 | ↑ +341% |
| Unitedhealthcare | All Commercial Plans | $1,312.00 | ↑ +382% |
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Interrogation vad in person at other California hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Providence St Joseph Hospital Orange | Orange | $191.52 | $103.94 – $1,394.00 |
| Mercy San Juan Medical Center | Carmichael | $136.73 | $39.41 – $414.17 |
| Mercy General Hospital | Sacramento | $108.79 | $39.41 – $399.20 |
| Mercy Hospital of Folsom | Folsom | $194.12 | $39.41 – $409.18 |
| Woodland Memorial Hospital | Woodland | $136.73 | $44.29 – $499.00 |
| Methodist Hospital of Sacramento | Sacramento | $143.72 | $39.41 – $414.17 |
| Petaluma Valley Hospital | Petaluma | not published | $128.12 – $1,687.00 |
| Queen of The Valley Medical Center | Napa | not published | $134.99 – $2,747.00 |