Cta lower extremity without & w/contrast (both sides) 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

$1,620.96

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.

$3,377.00

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.

$191.76 with Providence vs $3,130.85 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 $191.76 ↓ -88%
Aetna Medicare Managed Care Plan $225.59 ↓ -86%
Blue Cross Anthem Vivity City Of La Other Commercial Plan $236.35 ↓ -85%
Blue Cross Anthem Vivity Non City Of La Other Commercial Plan $266.20 ↓ -84%
Unitedhealthcare All Commercial Plans $291.55 ↓ -82%
Unitedhealthcare Select/Navigate Hmo $291.55 ↓ -82%
Healthnet Ambetter Hmo $417.35 ↓ -74%
Aetna Gatekeeper Hmo $1,896.19 ↑ +17%
Blue Cross Anthem Non-Mcs (Ind1, Ncx1, Ncx3) All Commercial Plans $2,609.05 ↑ +61%
Blue Cross Anthem Mcs (Indx) All Commercial Plans $3,130.85 ↑ +93%

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Cta lower extremity without & w/contrast (both sides) at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
St. John's Camarillo Hospital Camarillo $772.20 $226.19 – $1,566.00
Banner Lassen Medical Center Susanville $1,281.96 $521.45 – $2,185.41
Petaluma Valley Hospital Petaluma $11,077.71 $236.37 – $1,759.72
Queen of The Valley Medical Center Napa $3,057.96 $249.04 – $2,223.85
Providence St Joseph Hospital Eureka Eureka $3,870.39 $225.59 – $2,521.86
Healdsburg Hospital Healdsburg $2,026.74 $236.33 – $1,063.06
Redwood Memorial Hospital Fortuna $3,026.34 $2,527.75 – $2,527.75
Santa Rosa Memorial Hospital Santa Rosa $9,732.33 $244.06 – $1,891.97

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