Biliary endoscopy thru skin 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

$4,572.48

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.

$9,526.00

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.

$8,741.00 with Aetna vs $27,507.00 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
Aetna Gatekeeper Hmo $8,741.00 ↑ +91%
Providence Oscar All Commercial Plans $11,620.98 ↑ +154%
Blue Cross Anthem Non-Mcs (Ind1, Ncx1, Ncx3) All Commercial Plans $11,840.00 ↑ +159%
Unitedhealthcare Select/Navigate Hmo $12,633.00 ↑ +176%
Aetna Medicare Managed Care Plan $13,671.74 ↑ +199%
Unitedhealthcare All Commercial Plans $13,840.00 ↑ +203%
Blue Cross Anthem Mcs (Indx) All Commercial Plans $14,208.00 ↑ +211%
Blue Cross Anthem Vivity City Of La Other Commercial Plan $14,323.59 ↑ +213%
Blue Cross Anthem Vivity Non City Of La Other Commercial Plan $16,132.44 ↑ +253%
Healthnet Hmo/Pos/Ppo $16,652.00 ↑ +264%
Blue Shield Epn Exchange $19,970.00 ↑ +337%
Blue Shield Tandem Ppo $24,751.00 ↑ +441%
Healthnet Ambetter Hmo $25,292.72 ↑ +453%
Blue Shield Hmo/Ppo $27,507.00 ↑ +502%

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Biliary endoscopy thru skin at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
St. John's Camarillo Hospital Camarillo $2,776.92 $485.55 – $12,680.00
Arroyo Grande Hospital Santa Maria $2,499.10 $394.76 – $5,839.00
French Hospital San Luis Obispo $2,288.89 $394.76 – $5,839.00
Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield Bakersfield $7,389.95 $394.76 – $15,935.20
Bakersfield Memorial Hospital Bakersfield $7,310.28 $394.76 – $15,736.01
St. Joseph's Medical Center Stockton Stockton $6,438.90 $394.76 – $15,917.16
Providence Mission Hospital - Mission Viejo Mission Viejo $2,858.40 $8,912.00 – $20,774.00
Mercy Medical Center Merced Merced $9,987.91 $394.76 – $19,200.06

All California hospitals for this procedure →