Deep muscle biopsy 20205 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

$5,081.76

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.

$10,587.00

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 $14,208.00 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 $3,175.56 ↓ -38%
Aetna Medicare Managed Care Plan $3,735.95 ↓ -26%
Unitedhealthcare Select/Navigate Hmo $3,845.00 ↓ -24%
Blue Cross Anthem Vivity City Of La Other Commercial Plan $3,914.07 ↓ -23%
Unitedhealthcare All Commercial Plans $4,218.00 ↓ -17%
Blue Cross Anthem Vivity Non City Of La Other Commercial Plan $4,408.36 ↓ -13%
Healthnet Ambetter Hmo $6,911.51 ↑ +36%
Blue Shield Epn Exchange $7,602.00 ↑ +50%
Aetna Gatekeeper Hmo $8,741.00 ↑ +72%
Blue Shield Tandem Ppo $9,422.00 ↑ +85%
Healthnet Hmo/Pos/Ppo $9,990.00 ↑ +97%
Blue Shield Hmo/Ppo $10,471.00 ↑ +106%
Blue Cross Anthem Non-Mcs (Ind1, Ncx1, Ncx3) All Commercial Plans $11,840.00 ↑ +133%
Blue Cross Anthem Mcs (Indx) All Commercial Plans $14,208.00 ↑ +180%

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Deep muscle biopsy 20205 at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Arroyo Grande Hospital Santa Maria $2,874.45 $125.17 – $6,581.68
Mark Twain Medical Center San Andreas $273.73 $106.33 – $402.78
French Hospital San Luis Obispo $3,186.96 $125.17 – $7,735.14
Providence Mission Hospital - Mission Viejo Mission Viejo $4,093.44 $3,175.56 – $7,908.00
Providence Cedars-Sinai Tarzana Medical Center Tarzana $2,276.05 $1,747.00 – $6,911.51
St Jude Medical Center Fullerton $2,547.84 $3,175.56 – $6,911.51
Providence Saint John's Health Center Santa Monica $7,548.80 $1,746.72 – $10,103.00
St. John's Camarillo Hospital Camarillo not published $153.96 – $6,483.96

All California hospitals for this procedure →