Asp pq spinal cord cyst/syrinx 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

$1,694.00

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What a hospital charges a self-pay patient who pays directly, without going through insurance — usually well below the gross charge.

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

$4,840.00

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.

$1,137.58 with Aetna vs $10,964.00 with Cigna — same scan, same building. Share

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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

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 $1,137.58 ↓ -33%
Blue Shield Medicare Managed Care Plan $1,142.00 ↓ -33%
Humana Medicare Managed Care Plan $1,160.33 ↓ -32%
Blue Cross Anthem Vivity City Of La Other Commercial Plan $1,191.82 ↓ -30%
Caremore Medicare Managed Care Plan $1,251.34 ↓ -26%
Blue Cross Anthem Vivity Non City Of La Other Commercial Plan $1,342.33 ↓ -21%
La Care Health Plan Covered Ca Exchange $1,478.85 ↓ -13%
Unitedhealthcare Select/Navigate Hmo $1,818.00 ↑ +7%
Unitedhealthcare All Commercial Plans $2,060.00 ↑ +22%
Healthnet Ambetter Hmo $2,104.52 ↑ +24%
Healthnet Ambetter Ppo $2,434.42 ↑ +44%
Blue Cross All Commercial Plans $2,623.00 ↑ +55%
Blue Shield Epn/Ifp Benefit Exchange $2,624.00 ↑ +55%
Healthnet Blue And Gold Other Commercial Plan $2,719.00 ↑ +61%
Blue Shield Tandem Ppo/Blue High Performance Ppo/Epo $2,859.00 ↑ +69%
Blue Shield Hmo $3,079.00 ↑ +82%
Blue Shield Ppo/Epo $3,173.00 ↑ +87%
Healthnet All Commercial Plans $4,385.00 ↑ +159%
Cigna Oa/Oap Hmo/Pos $5,100.00 ↑ +201%
Cigna Ppo $10,964.00 ↑ +547%

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Asp pq spinal cord cyst/syrinx at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Dominican Hospital Santa Cruz $814.50 $367.41 – $3,828.40
Providence Saint Joseph Medical Center Burbank $652.40 $1,137.58 – $2,581.00
Providence Holy Cross Medical Center Mission Hills $1,430.45 $1,137.58 – $7,309.00
Providence Little Company of Mary Med Center Torrance Torrance $1,694.00 $1,137.58 – $5,106.00
St. John's Camarillo Hospital Camarillo not published $451.91 – $2,138.98
Petaluma Valley Hospital Petaluma not published $1,191.92 – $2,695.00
Arroyo Grande Hospital Santa Maria not published $367.41 – $1,131.20
Mark Twain Medical Center San Andreas not published $367.41 – $367.41

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