Bone biopsy open superficial 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

$4,326.72

Cash price

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What a hospital charges a self-pay patient who pays directly, without going through insurance — usually well below the gross charge.

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$9,014.00

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.

$3,175.56 with Providence vs $13,747.00 with Blue Cross — same scan, same building. Share

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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 $3,175.56 ↓ -27%
Aetna Medicare Managed Care Plan $3,735.95 ↓ -14%
Blue Cross Anthem Vivity City Of La Other Commercial Plan $3,914.07 ↓ -10%
Aetna Gatekeeper Hmo $4,035.00 ↓ -7%
Blue Cross Anthem Vivity Non City Of La Other Commercial Plan $4,408.36 ↑ +2%
Unitedhealthcare Select/Navigate Hmo $5,463.00 ↑ +26%
Unitedhealthcare All Commercial Plans $5,978.00 ↑ +38%
Blue Shield Epn Exchange $6,652.00 ↑ +54%
Healthnet Ambetter Hmo $6,911.51 ↑ +60%
Blue Shield Tandem Ppo $8,244.00 ↑ +91%
Blue Shield Hmo/Ppo $9,162.00 ↑ +112%
Healthnet Hmo/Pos/Ppo $9,990.00 ↑ +131%
Blue Cross Anthem Non-Mcs (Ind1, Ncx1, Ncx3) All Commercial Plans $11,456.00 ↑ +165%
Blue Cross Anthem Mcs (Indx) All Commercial Plans $13,747.00 ↑ +218%

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Bone biopsy open superficial at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
St. John's Camarillo Hospital Camarillo $4,420.17 $178.66 – $8,520.80
Petaluma Valley Hospital Petaluma $5,230.05 $2,570.00 – $6,619.00
Queen of The Valley Medical Center Napa $5,815.02 $4,124.29 – $16,652.00
Providence St Joseph Hospital Eureka Eureka $5,849.19 $3,735.95 – $16,652.00
Healdsburg Hospital Healdsburg $3,327.24 $3,125.00 – $5,198.77
Redwood Memorial Hospital Fortuna $3,455.25 $8,005.00 – $25,998.00
Santa Rosa Memorial Hospital Santa Rosa $5,595.21 $2,995.00 – $6,732.00
Providence Mission Hospital - Mission Viejo Mission Viejo $4,987.68 $3,175.56 – $6,920.00

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