Warde pancreatic elastase fecal quantitative at Providence Mission Hospital - Mission Viejo
27700 Medical Center Rd, Mission Viejo, CA · Providence · · NPI 1003956913
$107.52
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.
$224.00
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.
$13.37 with Blue Cross vs $133.81 with Aetna — 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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| Blue Cross | Anthem Vivity City Of La Other Commercial Plan | $13.37 | ↓ -88% |
| Providence | Oscar All Commercial Plans | $19.52 | ↓ -82% |
| Aetna | Medicare Managed Care Plan | $22.97 | ↓ -79% |
| Blue Cross | Anthem Vivity Non City Of La Other Commercial Plan | $36.69 | ↓ -66% |
| Healthnet | Ambetter Hmo | $42.49 | ↓ -60% |
| Unitedhealthcare | Select/Navigate Hmo | $45.94 | ↓ -57% |
| Unitedhealthcare | All Commercial Plans | $45.94 | ↓ -57% |
| Blue Cross | Anthem Non-Mcs (Ind1, Ncx1, Ncx3) All Commercial Plans | $84.66 | ↓ -21% |
| Blue Cross | Anthem Mcs (Indx) All Commercial Plans | $101.59 | ↓ -6% |
| Aetna | Gatekeeper Hmo | $133.81 | ↑ +24% |
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Warde pancreatic elastase fecal quantitative at other California hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| St. John's Camarillo Hospital | Camarillo | $15.33 | $9.45 – $27.30 |
| Banner Lassen Medical Center | Susanville | $31.30 | $4.59 – $48.50 |
| Petaluma Valley Hospital | Petaluma | $114.24 | $22.51 – $50.51 |
| Arroyo Grande Hospital | Santa Maria | $14.98 | $17.50 – $34.30 |
| Mark Twain Medical Center | San Andreas | $23.31 | $9.06 – $34.30 |
| French Hospital | San Luis Obispo | $13.72 | $9.45 – $34.30 |
| Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield | Bakersfield | $12.99 | $17.50 – $28.00 |
| Bakersfield Memorial Hospital | Bakersfield | $12.85 | $17.50 – $34.65 |