Colposcopy w/biopsy of cervix 57455 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

$442.56

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.

$922.00

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.

$333.14 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 $333.14 ↓ -25%
Aetna Medicare Managed Care Plan $391.93 ↓ -11%
Blue Cross Anthem Vivity City Of La Other Commercial Plan $410.62 ↓ -7%
Blue Cross Anthem Vivity Non City Of La Other Commercial Plan $462.48 ↑ +5%
Healthnet Ambetter Hmo $725.08 ↑ +64%
Healthnet Hmo/Pos/Ppo $799.00 ↑ +81%
Unitedhealthcare Select/Navigate Hmo $1,394.00 ↑ +215%
Unitedhealthcare All Commercial Plans $1,523.00 ↑ +244%
Blue Shield Epn Exchange $1,535.00 ↑ +247%
Blue Shield Tandem Ppo $1,903.00 ↑ +330%
Blue Shield Hmo/Ppo $2,114.00 ↑ +378%
Aetna Gatekeeper Hmo $3,363.00 ↑ +660%
Blue Cross Anthem Non-Mcs (Ind1, Ncx1, Ncx3) All Commercial Plans $11,456.00 ↑ +2489%
Blue Cross Anthem Mcs (Indx) All Commercial Plans $13,747.00 ↑ +3006%

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Colposcopy w/biopsy of cervix 57455 at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Healdsburg Hospital Healdsburg $800.19 $410.58 – $3,982.87
California Hospital Medical Center Los Angeles $387.03 $57.28 – $630.42
St Jude Medical Center Fullerton $433.44 $333.14 – $1,293.00
Providence Saint John's Health Center Santa Monica $520.80 $352.70 – $5,977.00
St. John's Camarillo Hospital Camarillo not published $96.28 – $732.82
Petaluma Valley Hospital Petaluma not published $410.66 – $1,687.00
Arroyo Grande Hospital Santa Maria not published $63.64 – $386.50
Mark Twain Medical Center San Andreas not published $63.64 – $63.64

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