Hdr rdncl ntrstl/icav brchtx 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

$4,661.28

Cash price

?

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.

Full explanation →

What you pay up front if you don't use insurance.

$9,711.00

Gross charge

?

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.

Full explanation →

The hospital's undiscounted list price — almost no one pays this.

$761.42 with Providence vs $5,920.65 with Blue Cross — same scan, same building. Share

Negotiated rates by payer
?

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.

Full explanation →

Payer
?

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.

Full explanation →
Plan
?

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.

Full explanation →
Negotiated rate vs. cash
Providence Oscar All Commercial Plans $761.42 ↓ -84%
Aetna Medicare Managed Care Plan $895.78 ↓ -81%
Blue Cross Anthem Vivity City Of La Other Commercial Plan $938.49 ↓ -80%
Blue Cross Anthem Vivity Non City Of La Other Commercial Plan $1,057.01 ↓ -77%
Healthnet Ambetter Hmo $1,657.20 ↓ -64%
Aetna Gatekeeper Hmo $2,168.34 ↓ -53%
Blue Cross Anthem Non-Mcs (Ind1, Ncx1, Ncx3) All Commercial Plans $4,933.90 ↑ +6%
Blue Cross Anthem Mcs (Indx) All Commercial Plans $5,920.65 ↑ +27%

Visitor-reported prices

visitor-reported
Report what you paid sign in to post

Comments

Add a comment sign in to post

Hdr rdncl ntrstl/icav brchtx at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
St. John's Camarillo Hospital Camarillo $639.92 $394.47 – $1,763.10
St. Joseph's Medical Center Stockton Stockton $1,801.93 $540.76 – $5,850.00
Providence Mission Hospital - Mission Viejo Mission Viejo $8,927.52 $761.42 – $1,657.20
Mercy Medical Center Merced Merced $1,269.48 $540.76 – $2,465.00
Northridge Hospital Medical Center Northridge $2,484.78 $540.76 – $8,906.00
Sequoia Hospital Redwood City $2,967.70 $540.76 – $7,600.00
St. Mary Medical Center Long Beach $1,612.50 $486.68 – $3,750.00
Providence Saint Joseph Medical Center Burbank $2,636.20 $698.07 – $1,843.59

All California hospitals for this procedure →