Place gastrostomy tube perc 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

$3,605.76

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.

$7,512.00

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.

$2,097.83 with Providence vs $9,559.00 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.

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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 $2,097.83 ↓ -42%
Aetna Medicare Managed Care Plan $2,468.04 ↓ -32%
Blue Cross Anthem Vivity City Of La Other Commercial Plan $2,585.71 ↓ -28%
Blue Cross Anthem Vivity Non City Of La Other Commercial Plan $2,912.24 ↓ -19%
Unitedhealthcare Select/Navigate Hmo $3,281.00 ↓ -9%
Unitedhealthcare All Commercial Plans $3,633.00 ↑ +1%
Aetna Gatekeeper Hmo $4,114.00 ↑ +14%
Healthnet Ambetter Hmo $4,565.87 ↑ +27%
Blue Cross Anthem Non-Mcs (Ind1, Ncx1, Ncx3) All Commercial Plans $5,357.00 ↑ +49%
Healthnet Hmo/Pos/Ppo $5,995.00 ↑ +66%
Blue Cross Anthem Mcs (Indx) All Commercial Plans $6,428.00 ↑ +78%
Blue Shield Epn Exchange $6,920.00 ↑ +92%
Blue Shield Tandem Ppo $8,598.00 ↑ +138%
Blue Shield Hmo/Ppo $9,559.00 ↑ +165%

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Place gastrostomy tube perc at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
St. John's Camarillo Hospital Camarillo $1,365.69 $841.86 – $4,371.40
Petaluma Valley Hospital Petaluma $3,526.14 $2,570.00 – $4,657.00
Arroyo Grande Hospital Santa Maria $1,903.32 $920.70 – $2,924.32
Mark Twain Medical Center San Andreas $5,317.35 $903.39 – $3,422.16
French Hospital San Luis Obispo $1,778.12 $781.65 – $2,837.10
Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield Bakersfield $1,572.30 $920.70 – $3,390.40
Bakersfield Memorial Hospital Bakersfield $1,555.35 $920.70 – $3,348.02
Queen of The Valley Medical Center Napa $3,920.37 $2,724.58 – $9,858.00

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