Artery x-rays lung 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

$3,486.35

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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.

$9,961.00

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.

$387.21 with Aetna vs $15,556.93 with Cigna — 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 All Commercial Plans $387.21 ↓ -89%
Blue Shield Epn/Ifp Benefit Exchange $1,112.36 ↓ -68%
Blue Shield Tandem Ppo/Blue High Performance Ppo/Epo $1,204.04 ↓ -65%
Blue Shield Ppo/Epo $1,344.61 ↓ -61%
Blue Shield Hmo $1,344.61 ↓ -61%
Blue Cross All Commercial Plans $1,854.51 ↓ -47%
Blue Shield Medicare Managed Care Plan $2,151.38 ↓ -38%
Unitedhealthcare Select/Navigate Hmo $2,609.81 ↓ -25%
Unitedhealthcare All Commercial Plans $2,609.81 ↓ -25%
Aetna Medicare Managed Care Plan $4,061.05 ↑ +16%
Humana Medicare Managed Care Plan $4,142.27 ↑ +19%
Blue Cross Anthem Vivity City Of La Other Commercial Plan $4,254.67 ↑ +22%
Caremore Medicare Managed Care Plan $4,467.15 ↑ +28%
Blue Cross Anthem Vivity Non City Of La Other Commercial Plan $4,791.97 ↑ +37%
La Care Health Plan Covered Ca Exchange $5,279.36 ↑ +51%
Healthnet Ambetter Hmo $7,512.94 ↑ +115%
Healthnet Ambetter Ppo $8,690.64 ↑ +149%
Cigna Oa/Oap Hmo/Pos $11,677.69 ↑ +235%
Cigna Ppo $15,556.93 ↑ +346%

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Artery x-rays lung at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
St. John's Camarillo Hospital Camarillo $1,672.73 $266.42 – $13,858.31
Arroyo Grande Hospital Santa Maria $5,143.71 $176.10 – $13,457.70
French Hospital San Luis Obispo $4,711.06 $176.10 – $15,820.61
Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield Bakersfield $1,223.93 $176.10 – $15,009.21
Bakersfield Memorial Hospital Bakersfield $1,210.74 $176.10 – $15,009.21
St. Joseph's Medical Center Stockton Stockton $1,944.23 $176.10 – $6,313.00
Santa Rosa Memorial Hospital Santa Rosa $4,627.23 $1,173.40 – $4,393.52
Providence Mission Hospital - Mission Viejo Mission Viejo $3,535.68 $956.57 – $7,512.94

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