Bx soft tissue back/flank deep 21925 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

$5,685.60

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.

$11,845.00

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.

$1,805.60 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 $1,805.60 ↓ -68%
Aetna Medicare Managed Care Plan $2,124.23 ↓ -63%
Blue Cross Anthem Vivity City Of La Other Commercial Plan $2,225.51 ↓ -61%
Blue Cross Anthem Vivity Non City Of La Other Commercial Plan $2,506.56 ↓ -56%
Healthnet Ambetter Hmo $3,929.83 ↓ -31%
Aetna Gatekeeper Hmo $4,035.00 ↓ -29%
Unitedhealthcare Select/Navigate Hmo $5,463.00 ↓ -4%
Unitedhealthcare All Commercial Plans $5,978.00 ↑ +5%
Healthnet Hmo/Pos/Ppo $5,995.00 ↑ +5%
Blue Shield Epn Exchange $6,652.00 ↑ +17%
Blue Shield Tandem Ppo $8,244.00 ↑ +45%
Blue Shield Hmo/Ppo $9,162.00 ↑ +61%
Blue Cross Anthem Non-Mcs (Ind1, Ncx1, Ncx3) All Commercial Plans $11,456.00 ↑ +101%
Blue Cross Anthem Mcs (Indx) All Commercial Plans $13,747.00 ↑ +142%

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Bx soft tissue back/flank deep 21925 at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield Bakersfield $1,794.90 $308.88 – $3,870.40
Bakersfield Memorial Hospital Bakersfield $1,775.55 $308.88 – $3,822.02
Queen of The Valley Medical Center Napa $2,642.31 $2,345.04 – $10,593.00
Providence St Joseph Hospital Eureka Eureka $5,381.01 $2,124.23 – $10,413.00
St. Joseph's Medical Center Stockton Stockton $1,597.01 $308.88 – $2,298.80
Santa Rosa Memorial Hospital Santa Rosa $2,729.01 $2,298.14 – $6,732.00
Providence Mission Hospital - Mission Viejo Mission Viejo $5,522.40 $1,805.60 – $6,920.00
Mercy Medical Center Merced Merced $2,616.72 $308.88 – $5,030.19

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