Amniotic fluid scan at Providence Little Co of Mary Med Center San Pedro

1300 W 7th St, San Pedro, CA · Providence · · NPI 1942247291

Source: hospital's published price file ↗ · Published Apr 1, 2026 · Ingested Sep 11, 2026

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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.

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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.

$9.35 with Aetna vs $65.54 with Blue Shield — 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
Aetna Medicare Managed Care Plan $9.35
Humana Medicare Managed Care Plan $9.54
Caremore Medicare Managed Care Plan $10.28
La Care Health Plan Covered Ca Exchange $12.16
Blue Cross Anthem Vivity City Of La Other Commercial Plan $13.26
Blue Cross Anthem Vivity Non City Of La Other Commercial Plan $14.93
Healthnet Ambetter Hmo $17.30
Cigna Oa/Oap Hmo/Pos $17.75
Aetna All Commercial Plans $18.34
Blue Shield Epn/Ifp Benefit Exchange $18.36
Unitedhealthcare All Commercial Plans $18.70
Unitedhealthcare Select/Navigate Hmo $18.70
First Health/Coventry Coventry All Commercial Plans $18.70
Healthnet Ambetter Ppo $20.01
Blue Shield Tandem Ppo/Blue High Performance Ppo/Epo $20.18
Blue Shield Ppo/Epo $22.30
Blue Shield Hmo $22.30
Cigna Ppo $23.65
Blue Cross All Commercial Plans $35.36
Blue Shield Medicare Managed Care Plan $65.54

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Amniotic fluid scan at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Petaluma Valley Hospital Petaluma not published $9.16 – $56.11
Queen of The Valley Medical Center Napa not published $9.35 – $70.91
Providence St Joseph Hospital Eureka Eureka not published $9.35 – $80.41
Healdsburg Hospital Healdsburg not published $9.35 – $32.08
Redwood Memorial Hospital Fortuna not published $80.60 – $80.60
Santa Rosa Memorial Hospital Santa Rosa not published $9.16 – $60.33
Providence Mission Hospital - Mission Viejo Mission Viejo not published $7.13 – $18.70
Providence Cedars-Sinai Tarzana Medical Center Tarzana not published $9.35 – $18.70

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