Venogram ext bil s&i 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

$2,624.16

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.

$5,467.00

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.

$551.97 with Blue Cross vs $3,745.56 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.

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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
Blue Cross Anthem Non-Mcs (Ind1, Ncx1, Ncx3) All Commercial Plans $551.97 ↓ -79%
Aetna Gatekeeper Hmo $579.82 ↓ -78%
Blue Cross Anthem Mcs (Indx) All Commercial Plans $662.36 ↓ -75%
Providence Oscar All Commercial Plans $1,720.93 ↓ -34%
Aetna Medicare Managed Care Plan $2,024.63 ↓ -23%
Blue Cross Anthem Vivity City Of La Other Commercial Plan $2,121.16 ↓ -19%
Blue Cross Anthem Vivity Non City Of La Other Commercial Plan $2,389.03 ↓ -9%
Unitedhealthcare All Commercial Plans $2,609.81 ↓ -1%
Unitedhealthcare Select/Navigate Hmo $2,609.81 ↓ -1%
Healthnet Ambetter Hmo $3,745.56 ↑ +43%

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Venogram ext bil s&i at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Fresno Medical Center FRESNO $4,424.00 $2,073.00 – $2,073.00
St. John's Camarillo Hospital Camarillo $1,134.86 $203.60 – $6,807.55
Antioch Medical Center ANTIOCH $4,424.00 $2,073.00 – $2,073.00
Redwood City Medical Center Redwood City $4,424.00 $2,073.00 – $2,073.00
Santa Clara Medical Center SANTA CLARA $4,424.00 $2,073.00 – $2,073.00
Baldwin Park Medical Center BALDWIN PARK $3,546.40 $1,410.00 – $1,410.00
Riverside Medical Center RIVERSIDE $3,546.40 $1,410.00 – $1,410.00
Fremont Medical Center FREMONT $4,424.00 $2,073.00 – $2,073.00

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