Radiation treatment aid(s) at Providence Mission Hospital - Mission Viejo
27700 Medical Center Rd, Mission Viejo, CA · Providence · · NPI 1003956913
$530.88
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.
$1,106.00
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.
$100.19 with Aetna vs $859.20 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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| Aetna | Gatekeeper Hmo | $100.19 | ↓ -81% |
| Providence | Oscar All Commercial Plans | $146.94 | ↓ -72% |
| Aetna | Medicare Managed Care Plan | $172.87 | ↓ -67% |
| Blue Cross | Anthem Vivity City Of La Other Commercial Plan | $181.11 | ↓ -66% |
| Blue Cross | Anthem Vivity Non City Of La Other Commercial Plan | $203.99 | ↓ -62% |
| Healthnet | Ambetter Hmo | $319.81 | ↓ -40% |
| Blue Cross | Anthem Non-Mcs (Ind1, Ncx1, Ncx3) All Commercial Plans | $716.00 | ↑ +35% |
| Blue Cross | Anthem Mcs (Indx) All Commercial Plans | $859.20 | ↑ +62% |
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Radiation treatment aid(s) at other California hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| St. John's Camarillo Hospital | Camarillo | $257.99 | $56.62 – $512.43 |
| Arroyo Grande Hospital | Santa Maria | $405.75 | $65.60 – $11,311.00 |
| Queen of The Valley Medical Center | Napa | $1,285.71 | $190.84 – $563.88 |
| Providence St Joseph Hospital Eureka | Eureka | $592.11 | $172.87 – $639.44 |
| St. Joseph's Medical Center Stockton | Stockton | $386.03 | $54.65 – $1,313.00 |
| Santa Rosa Memorial Hospital | Santa Rosa | $911.88 | $187.03 – $479.73 |
| Mercy Medical Center Merced | Merced | $278.62 | $65.60 – $541.00 |
| Northridge Hospital Medical Center | Northridge | $539.03 | $25.11 – $1,932.00 |