Ablation cryo thigh/knee at Providence St Joseph Hospital Orange

1100 W Stewart Dr, Orange, CA · Providence · · NPI 1912982216

Source: hospital's published price file ↗ · Published Apr 1, 2026 · Ingested Sep 11, 2026

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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.

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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.

$269.67 with Providence vs $6,847.00 with Blue Shield — 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 $269.67
Aetna Medicare Managed Care Plan $317.26
Blue Cross Anthem Vivity City Of La Other Commercial Plan $332.38
Blue Cross Anthem Vivity Non City Of La Other Commercial Plan $374.36
Healthnet Ambetter Hmo $586.92
Healthnet Hmo/Pos/Ppo $799.00
Unitedhealthcare Select/Navigate Hmo $1,394.00
Unitedhealthcare All Commercial Plans $1,523.00
Aetna Gatekeeper Hmo $3,363.00
Blue Shield Epn Exchange $4,971.00
Blue Shield Tandem Ppo $6,161.00
Blue Shield Hmo/Ppo $6,847.00

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Ablation cryo thigh/knee at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield Bakersfield $259.33 $188.73 – $559.20
Bakersfield Memorial Hospital Bakersfield $256.54 $188.73 – $552.21
Healdsburg Hospital Healdsburg $2,334.27 $332.35 – $3,982.87
St. Joseph's Medical Center Stockton Stockton $584.48 $202.65 – $810.60
Mercy Medical Center Merced Merced $366.68 $101.64 – $304.92
St. John's Camarillo Hospital Camarillo not published $304.79 – $519.60
Petaluma Valley Hospital Petaluma not published $332.41 – $1,921.00
Arroyo Grande Hospital Santa Maria not published $304.79 – $304.79

All California hospitals for this procedure →