Automated diff wbc count 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

$64.40

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.

$184.00

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.

$6.47 with Aetna vs $61.65 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 $6.47 ↓ -90%
Humana Medicare Managed Care Plan $6.60 ↓ -90%
Caremore Medicare Managed Care Plan $7.12 ↓ -89%
La Care Health Plan Covered Ca Exchange $8.41 ↓ -87%
Blue Cross Anthem Vivity City Of La Other Commercial Plan $9.18 ↓ -86%
Blue Cross Anthem Vivity Non City Of La Other Commercial Plan $10.33 ↓ -84%
Healthnet Ambetter Hmo $11.97 ↓ -81%
Cigna Oa/Oap Hmo/Pos $12.29 ↓ -81%
Unitedhealthcare All Commercial Plans $12.94 ↓ -80%
First Health/Coventry Coventry All Commercial Plans $12.94 ↓ -80%
Unitedhealthcare Select/Navigate Hmo $12.94 ↓ -80%
Healthnet Ambetter Ppo $13.85 ↓ -78%
Cigna Ppo $16.38 ↓ -75%
Aetna All Commercial Plans $17.27 ↓ -73%
Blue Shield Epn/Ifp Benefit Exchange $17.27 ↓ -73%
Blue Shield Tandem Ppo/Blue High Performance Ppo/Epo $18.98 ↓ -71%
Blue Shield Ppo/Epo $20.97 ↓ -67%
Blue Shield Hmo $20.97 ↓ -67%
Blue Cross All Commercial Plans $33.25 ↓ -48%
Blue Shield Medicare Managed Care Plan $61.65 ↓ -4%

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Automated diff wbc count at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Mercy Medical Center Mt. Shasta Mt Shasta $27.23 $5.17 – $18.62
Mercy Medical Center Redding Redding $55.77 $5.17 – $28.42
St. Elizabeth Community Hospital Red Bluff $53.15 $5.17 – $25.48
Providence Little Company of Mary Med Center Torrance Torrance $64.40 $6.47 – $37.61
Petaluma Valley Hospital Petaluma not published $6.34 – $52.76
Queen of The Valley Medical Center Napa not published $6.47 – $66.67
Providence St Joseph Hospital Eureka Eureka not published $6.47 – $75.61
Healdsburg Hospital Healdsburg not published $6.47 – $30.16

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