Beta-2 microglobulin at Providence St Joseph Hospital Orange
1100 W Stewart Dr, Orange, CA · Providence · · NPI 1912982216
$37.78
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.
$78.71
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.
$13.75 with Providence vs $235.06 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.
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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| Providence | Oscar All Commercial Plans | $13.75 | ↓ -64% |
| Aetna | Medicare Managed Care Plan | $16.18 | ↓ -57% |
| Blue Cross | Anthem Vivity City Of La Other Commercial Plan | $16.87 | ↓ -55% |
| Blue Cross | Anthem Vivity Non City Of La Other Commercial Plan | $25.84 | ↓ -32% |
| Healthnet | Ambetter Hmo | $29.93 | ↓ -21% |
| Unitedhealthcare | All Commercial Plans | $32.36 | ↓ -14% |
| Unitedhealthcare | Select/Navigate Hmo | $32.36 | ↓ -14% |
| Aetna | Gatekeeper Hmo | $130.09 | ↑ +244% |
| Blue Cross | Anthem Non-Mcs (Ind1, Ncx1, Ncx3) All Commercial Plans | $195.88 | ↑ +418% |
| Blue Cross | Anthem Mcs (Indx) All Commercial Plans | $235.06 | ↑ +522% |
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Beta-2 microglobulin at other California hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| St. John's Camarillo Hospital | Camarillo | $5.55 | $2.97 – $42.94 |
| Banner Lassen Medical Center | Susanville | $5.63 | $3.24 – $23.73 |
| Petaluma Valley Hospital | Petaluma | $149.43 | $15.86 – $132.12 |
| Arroyo Grande Hospital | Santa Maria | $53.08 | $5.50 – $41.70 |
| Mark Twain Medical Center | San Andreas | $26.94 | $5.96 – $11.00 |
| French Hospital | San Luis Obispo | $48.61 | $2.97 – $49.02 |
| Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield | Bakersfield | $7.80 | $5.50 – $46.51 |
| Bakersfield Memorial Hospital | Bakersfield | $7.71 | $5.50 – $46.51 |