Bronchoscopy w/fb removal 31635 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

$3,252.96

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.

$6,777.00

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.

$1,945.86 with Providence vs $13,747.00 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 $1,945.86 ↓ -40%
Aetna Medicare Managed Care Plan $2,289.25 ↓ -30%
Blue Cross Anthem Vivity City Of La Other Commercial Plan $2,398.39 ↓ -26%
Blue Cross Anthem Vivity Non City Of La Other Commercial Plan $2,701.27 ↓ -17%
Unitedhealthcare Select/Navigate Hmo $3,845.00 ↑ +18%
Aetna Gatekeeper Hmo $4,035.00 ↑ +24%
Unitedhealthcare All Commercial Plans $4,218.00 ↑ +30%
Healthnet Ambetter Hmo $4,235.11 ↑ +30%
Healthnet Hmo/Pos/Ppo $5,995.00 ↑ +84%
Blue Shield Epn Exchange $6,652.00 ↑ +104%
Blue Shield Tandem Ppo $8,244.00 ↑ +153%
Blue Shield Hmo/Ppo $9,162.00 ↑ +182%
Blue Cross Anthem Non-Mcs (Ind1, Ncx1, Ncx3) All Commercial Plans $11,456.00 ↑ +252%
Blue Cross Anthem Mcs (Indx) All Commercial Plans $13,747.00 ↑ +323%

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Bronchoscopy w/fb removal 31635 at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
St. John's Camarillo Hospital Camarillo $782.71 $294.28 – $3,574.00
Petaluma Valley Hospital Petaluma $4,554.30 $2,398.61 – $4,657.00
Arroyo Grande Hospital Santa Maria $755.85 $239.25 – $1,017.00
French Hospital San Luis Obispo $395.14 $239.25 – $1,008.00
Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield Bakersfield $450.03 $239.25 – $1,213.00
Bakersfield Memorial Hospital Bakersfield $445.18 $239.25 – $1,213.00
Queen of The Valley Medical Center Napa $5,223.42 $2,527.21 – $9,858.00
Providence St Joseph Hospital Eureka Eureka $3,054.90 $2,289.25 – $9,858.00

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