Special radiation dosimetry at Providence Mission Hospital - Mission Viejo
27700 Medical Center Rd, Mission Viejo, CA · Providence · · NPI 1003956913
$312.00
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.
$650.00
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.
$109.90 with Aetna vs $319.81 with Healthnet — 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 | $109.90 | ↓ -65% |
| Providence | Oscar All Commercial Plans | $146.94 | ↓ -53% |
| Aetna | Medicare Managed Care Plan | $172.87 | ↓ -45% |
| Blue Cross | Anthem Vivity City Of La Other Commercial Plan | $181.11 | ↓ -42% |
| Blue Cross | Anthem Non-Mcs (Ind1, Ncx1, Ncx3) All Commercial Plans | $193.40 | ↓ -38% |
| Blue Cross | Anthem Vivity Non City Of La Other Commercial Plan | $203.99 | ↓ -35% |
| Blue Cross | Anthem Mcs (Indx) All Commercial Plans | $232.08 | ↓ -26% |
| Healthnet | Ambetter Hmo | $319.81 | ↑ +3% |
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Special radiation dosimetry at other California hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| St. John's Camarillo Hospital | Camarillo | $692.04 | $62.10 – $1,374.60 |
| Arroyo Grande Hospital | Santa Maria | $243.11 | $76.60 – $11,311.00 |
| Queen of The Valley Medical Center | Napa | $458.49 | $152.31 – $190.84 |
| Providence St Joseph Hospital Eureka | Eureka | $359.55 | $172.72 – $172.87 |
| St. Joseph's Medical Center Stockton | Stockton | $419.54 | $59.93 – $1,427.00 |
| Santa Rosa Memorial Hospital | Santa Rosa | $253.47 | $129.58 – $190.84 |
| Mercy Medical Center Merced | Merced | $218.36 | $76.60 – $424.00 |
| Northridge Hospital Medical Center | Northridge | $291.56 | $27.75 – $1,045.00 |