MRI upper extremity other than joint without contrast (both sides) at Providence Mission Hospital - Mission Viejo
27700 Medical Center Rd, Mission Viejo, CA · Providence · · NPI 1003956913
$2,706.72
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.
$5,639.00
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.
$260.85 with Providence vs $5,061.45 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 | $260.85 | ↓ -90% |
| Aetna | Medicare Managed Care Plan | $306.88 | ↓ -89% |
| Blue Cross | Anthem Vivity City Of La Other Commercial Plan | $321.51 | ↓ -88% |
| Blue Cross | Anthem Vivity Non City Of La Other Commercial Plan | $362.12 | ↓ -87% |
| Unitedhealthcare | All Commercial Plans | $372.86 | ↓ -86% |
| Unitedhealthcare | Select/Navigate Hmo | $372.86 | ↓ -86% |
| Healthnet | Ambetter Hmo | $567.73 | ↓ -79% |
| Aetna | Gatekeeper Hmo | $1,837.14 | ↓ -32% |
| Blue Cross | Anthem Non-Mcs (Ind1, Ncx1, Ncx3) All Commercial Plans | $4,217.86 | ↑ +56% |
| Blue Cross | Anthem Mcs (Indx) All Commercial Plans | $5,061.45 | ↑ +87% |
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MRI upper extremity other than joint without contrast (both sides) at other California hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| St. John's Camarillo Hospital | Camarillo | $1,478.25 | $307.13 – $2,632.50 |
| Banner Lassen Medical Center | Susanville | $1,311.46 | $500.33 – $1,830.39 |
| Petaluma Valley Hospital | Petaluma | $3,964.74 | $321.54 – $2,628.48 |
| Queen of The Valley Medical Center | Napa | $6,627.45 | $338.78 – $3,321.75 |
| Providence St Joseph Hospital Eureka | Eureka | $3,113.55 | $306.88 – $3,766.89 |
| Healdsburg Hospital | Healdsburg | $1,788.57 | $321.48 – $1,502.66 |
| Santa Rosa Memorial Hospital | Santa Rosa | $4,369.17 | $332.01 – $2,826.01 |
| Providence Cedars-Sinai Tarzana Medical Center | Tarzana | $1,470.35 | $306.88 – $975.86 |