Potassium 24 hour urine at Providence St Joseph Hospital Orange
1100 W Stewart Dr, Orange, CA · Providence · · NPI 1912982216
$52.32
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.
$109.00
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.
$4.02 with Providence vs $62.48 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 | $4.02 | ↓ -92% |
| Aetna | Medicare Managed Care Plan | $4.73 | ↓ -91% |
| Blue Cross | Anthem Vivity Non City Of La Other Commercial Plan | $7.56 | ↓ -86% |
| Healthnet | Ambetter Hmo | $8.75 | ↓ -83% |
| Unitedhealthcare | All Commercial Plans | $9.46 | ↓ -82% |
| Unitedhealthcare | Select/Navigate Hmo | $9.46 | ↓ -82% |
| Blue Cross | Anthem Vivity City Of La Other Commercial Plan | $13.67 | ↓ -74% |
| Aetna | Gatekeeper Hmo | $34.56 | ↓ -34% |
| Blue Cross | Anthem Non-Mcs (Ind1, Ncx1, Ncx3) All Commercial Plans | $52.07 | ↓ -0% |
| Blue Cross | Anthem Mcs (Indx) All Commercial Plans | $62.48 | ↑ +19% |
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Potassium 24 hour urine at other California hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| St. John's Camarillo Hospital | Camarillo | $85.85 | $4.73 – $152.88 |
| Banner Lassen Medical Center | Susanville | $34.43 | $0.95 – $17.46 |
| Petaluma Valley Hospital | Petaluma | $120.36 | $4.64 – $35.12 |
| Arroyo Grande Hospital | Santa Maria | $133.54 | $2.50 – $12.17 |
| Mark Twain Medical Center | San Andreas | $70.60 | $4.73 – $103.88 |
| French Hospital | San Luis Obispo | $122.31 | $1.35 – $14.31 |
| Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield | Bakersfield | $88.30 | $4.73 – $51.20 |
| Bakersfield Memorial Hospital | Bakersfield | $87.35 | $4.73 – $50.56 |