Rbc count only automated at Providence Mission Hospital - Mission Viejo
27700 Medical Center Rd, Mission Viejo, CA · Providence · · NPI 1003956913
$2.24
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.
$4.66
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.
$2.57 with Providence vs $47.30 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 | $2.57 | ↑ +15% |
| Aetna | Medicare Managed Care Plan | $3.02 | ↑ +35% |
| Blue Cross | Anthem Vivity Non City Of La Other Commercial Plan | $4.82 | ↑ +115% |
| Healthnet | Ambetter Hmo | $5.59 | ↑ +150% |
| Unitedhealthcare | All Commercial Plans | $6.04 | ↑ +170% |
| Unitedhealthcare | Select/Navigate Hmo | $6.04 | ↑ +170% |
| Blue Cross | Anthem Vivity City Of La Other Commercial Plan | $7.19 | ↑ +221% |
| Aetna | Gatekeeper Hmo | $24.68 | ↑ +1002% |
| Blue Cross | Anthem Non-Mcs (Ind1, Ncx1, Ncx3) All Commercial Plans | $39.42 | ↑ +1660% |
| Blue Cross | Anthem Mcs (Indx) All Commercial Plans | $47.30 | ↑ +2012% |
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Rbc count only automated at other California hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Banner Lassen Medical Center | Susanville | $13.11 | $0.60 – $8.73 |
| Petaluma Valley Hospital | Petaluma | $4.08 | $2.96 – $24.57 |
| Queen of The Valley Medical Center | Napa | $51.00 | $3.02 – $31.05 |
| Providence St Joseph Hospital Eureka | Eureka | $2.38 | $3.02 – $35.21 |
| Redwood Memorial Hospital | Fortuna | $4.59 | $35.29 – $35.29 |
| Santa Rosa Memorial Hospital | Santa Rosa | $84.15 | $2.96 – $26.41 |
| Northridge Hospital Medical Center | Northridge | $12.84 | $3.02 – $46.00 |
| Providence Saint Joseph Medical Center | Burbank | $28.35 | $3.02 – $17.60 |