Nuclear rx IV admin at Providence St Joseph Hospital Orange
1100 W Stewart Dr, Orange, CA · Providence · · NPI 1912982216
$316.80
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.
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What you pay up front if you don't use insurance.
$660.00
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.
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The hospital's undiscounted list price — almost no one pays this.
$255.09 with Providence vs $1,064.02 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.
Full explanation →
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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.
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 |
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| Providence | Oscar All Commercial Plans | $255.09 | ↓ -19% |
| Aetna | Medicare Managed Care Plan | $300.11 | ↓ -5% |
| Blue Cross | Anthem Vivity City Of La Other Commercial Plan | $314.42 | ↓ -1% |
| Aetna | Gatekeeper Hmo | $332.50 | ↑ +5% |
| Blue Cross | Anthem Vivity Non City Of La Other Commercial Plan | $354.12 | ↑ +12% |
| Unitedhealthcare | All Commercial Plans | $379.84 | ↑ +20% |
| Unitedhealthcare | Select/Navigate Hmo | $379.84 | ↑ +20% |
| Healthnet | Ambetter Hmo | $555.20 | ↑ +75% |
| Blue Cross | Anthem Non-Mcs (Ind1, Ncx1, Ncx3) All Commercial Plans | $886.69 | ↑ +180% |
| Blue Cross | Anthem Mcs (Indx) All Commercial Plans | $1,064.02 | ↑ +236% |
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Nuclear rx IV admin at other California hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Arroyo Grande Hospital | Santa Maria | $1,211.67 | $126.14 – $2,643.06 |
| Mark Twain Medical Center | San Andreas | $908.43 | $126.14 – $630.14 |
| French Hospital | San Luis Obispo | $967.85 | $126.14 – $1,398.37 |
| Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield | Bakersfield | $237.82 | $126.14 – $1,326.65 |
| Bakersfield Memorial Hospital | Bakersfield | $235.25 | $126.14 – $1,326.65 |
| Queen of The Valley Medical Center | Napa | $361.08 | $331.30 – $755.78 |
| St. Joseph's Medical Center Stockton | Stockton | $795.57 | $126.14 – $1,087.32 |
| Santa Rosa Memorial Hospital | Santa Rosa | $523.77 | $324.68 – $642.98 |