Beta-2 microglobulin 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.

$16.18 with Aetna vs $154.20 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 $16.18
Humana Medicare Managed Care Plan $16.50
Caremore Medicare Managed Care Plan $17.80
La Care Health Plan Covered Ca Exchange $21.03
Blue Cross Anthem Vivity City Of La Other Commercial Plan $22.95
Blue Cross Anthem Vivity Non City Of La Other Commercial Plan $25.84
Healthnet Ambetter Hmo $29.93
Cigna Oa/Oap Hmo/Pos $30.72
Unitedhealthcare All Commercial Plans $32.36
First Health/Coventry Coventry All Commercial Plans $32.36
Unitedhealthcare Select/Navigate Hmo $32.36
Healthnet Ambetter Ppo $34.63
Cigna Ppo $40.92
Aetna All Commercial Plans $43.17
Blue Shield Epn/Ifp Benefit Exchange $43.19
Blue Shield Tandem Ppo/Blue High Performance Ppo/Epo $47.48
Blue Shield Ppo/Epo $52.46
Blue Shield Hmo $52.46
Blue Cross All Commercial Plans $83.26
Blue Shield Medicare Managed Care Plan $154.20

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Beta-2 microglobulin at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
St. John's Camarillo Hospital Camarillo $5.55 $2.97 – $42.94
Banner Lassen Medical Center Susanville $5.63 $3.24 – $23.73
Petaluma Valley Hospital Petaluma $149.43 $15.86 – $132.12
Arroyo Grande Hospital Santa Maria $53.08 $5.50 – $41.70
Mark Twain Medical Center San Andreas $26.94 $5.96 – $11.00
French Hospital San Luis Obispo $48.61 $2.97 – $49.02
Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield Bakersfield $7.80 $5.50 – $46.51
Bakersfield Memorial Hospital Bakersfield $7.71 $5.50 – $46.51

All California hospitals for this procedure →