Removal embedded foreign body vestibule mouth smpl 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

$710.40

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.

$1,480.00

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.

$991.55 with Providence vs $6,428.00 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.

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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 $991.55 ↑ +40%
Aetna Medicare Managed Care Plan $1,166.53 ↑ +64%
Blue Cross Anthem Vivity City Of La Other Commercial Plan $1,222.15 ↑ +72%
Blue Cross Anthem Vivity Non City Of La Other Commercial Plan $1,376.49 ↑ +94%
Blue Shield Epn Exchange $1,597.00 ↑ +125%
Blue Shield Tandem Ppo $1,984.00 ↑ +179%
Healthnet Ambetter Hmo $2,158.09 ↑ +204%
Blue Shield Hmo/Ppo $2,206.00 ↑ +211%
Unitedhealthcare Select/Navigate Hmo $3,281.00 ↑ +362%
Healthnet Hmo/Pos/Ppo $3,462.00 ↑ +387%
Unitedhealthcare All Commercial Plans $3,633.00 ↑ +411%
Blue Cross Anthem Non-Mcs (Ind1, Ncx1, Ncx3) All Commercial Plans $5,357.00 ↑ +654%
Blue Cross Anthem Mcs (Indx) All Commercial Plans $6,428.00 ↑ +805%

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Removal embedded foreign body vestibule mouth smpl at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Petaluma Valley Hospital Petaluma $1,671.27 $593.00 – $4,657.00
Queen of The Valley Medical Center Napa $1,858.44 $1,287.79 – $7,455.00
Providence St Joseph Hospital Eureka Eureka $1,869.66 $1,166.53 – $8,018.00
Healdsburg Hospital Healdsburg $1,014.39 $721.00 – $1,222.02
Redwood Memorial Hospital Fortuna $1,104.15 $1,847.00 – $8,222.00
Santa Rosa Memorial Hospital Santa Rosa $1,067.94 $691.00 – $4,737.00
Providence Cedars-Sinai Tarzana Medical Center Tarzana $387.80 $203.00 – $2,606.00
Providence Saint Joseph Medical Center Burbank $602.00 $202.00 – $2,654.00

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