Bacterial meningitis antigen 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

$44.66

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.

$93.05

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.

$9.81 with Providence vs $143.73 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 $9.81 ↓ -78%
Aetna Medicare Managed Care Plan $11.54 ↓ -74%
Blue Cross Anthem Vivity City Of La Other Commercial Plan $18.16 ↓ -59%
Blue Cross Anthem Vivity Non City Of La Other Commercial Plan $18.43 ↓ -59%
Healthnet Ambetter Hmo $21.35 ↓ -52%
Unitedhealthcare All Commercial Plans $23.08 ↓ -48%
Unitedhealthcare Select/Navigate Hmo $23.08 ↓ -48%
Aetna Gatekeeper Hmo $81.95 ↑ +83%
Blue Cross Anthem Non-Mcs (Ind1, Ncx1, Ncx3) All Commercial Plans $119.78 ↑ +168%
Blue Cross Anthem Mcs (Indx) All Commercial Plans $143.73 ↑ +222%

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Bacterial meningitis antigen at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
St. John's Camarillo Hospital Camarillo $403.84 $11.54 – $719.16
Banner Lassen Medical Center Susanville $19.75 $0.82 – $15.23
Petaluma Valley Hospital Petaluma $47.46 $11.31 – $80.79
Arroyo Grande Hospital Santa Maria $23.97 $4.79 – $29.73
Mark Twain Medical Center San Andreas $45.07 $11.54 – $28.28
French Hospital San Luis Obispo $21.96 $2.59 – $34.95
Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield Bakersfield $95.35 $11.54 – $33.16
Bakersfield Memorial Hospital Bakersfield $94.32 $11.54 – $33.16

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