Serpina1 gene 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

$43.20

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.

$90.00

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.

$37.10 with Providence vs $867.14 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 $37.10 ↓ -14%
Aetna Medicare Managed Care Plan $43.65 ↑ +1%
Blue Cross Anthem Vivity Non City Of La Other Commercial Plan $69.72 ↑ +61%
Healthnet Ambetter Hmo $80.75 ↑ +87%
Unitedhealthcare All Commercial Plans $87.30 ↑ +102%
Unitedhealthcare Select/Navigate Hmo $87.30 ↑ +102%
Aetna Gatekeeper Hmo $273.44 ↑ +533%
Blue Cross Anthem Non-Mcs (Ind1, Ncx1, Ncx3) All Commercial Plans $722.61 ↑ +1573%
Blue Cross Anthem Vivity City Of La Other Commercial Plan $823.38 ↑ +1806%
Blue Cross Anthem Mcs (Indx) All Commercial Plans $867.14 ↑ +1907%

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Serpina1 gene at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Redwood City Medical Center Redwood City $526.40 $19.00 – $19.00
Santa Clara Medical Center SANTA CLARA $526.40 $19.00 – $19.00
Banner Lassen Medical Center Susanville $166.06 $8.73 – $287.12
Sacramento Medical Center SACRAMENTO $526.40 $19.00 – $19.00
Oakland Medical Center Oakland $526.40 $19.00 – $19.00
Walnut Creek Medical Center WALNUT CREEK $526.40 $19.00 – $19.00
Petaluma Valley Hospital Petaluma $45.90 $42.78 – $431.14
Arroyo Grande Hospital Santa Maria $138.68 $43.61 – $112.46

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