Block plantar digital nerve 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

$165.90

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$474.00

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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.

$394.79 with Aetna vs $3,173.00 with Blue Shield — 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

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 $394.79 ↑ +138%
Cigna Oa/Oap Hmo/Pos $399.00 ↑ +141%
Humana Medicare Managed Care Plan $402.69 ↑ +143%
Blue Cross Anthem Vivity City Of La Other Commercial Plan $413.61 ↑ +149%
Caremore Medicare Managed Care Plan $434.27 ↑ +162%
Blue Cross Anthem Vivity Non City Of La Other Commercial Plan $465.85 ↑ +181%
La Care Health Plan Covered Ca Exchange $513.23 ↑ +209%
Healthnet Blue And Gold Other Commercial Plan $601.00 ↑ +262%
Healthnet Ambetter Hmo $730.36 ↑ +340%
Healthnet Ambetter Ppo $844.85 ↑ +409%
Cigna Ppo $856.00 ↑ +416%
Healthnet All Commercial Plans $970.00 ↑ +485%
Blue Shield Medicare Managed Care Plan $1,142.00 ↑ +588%
Unitedhealthcare Select/Navigate Hmo $1,318.00 ↑ +694%
Unitedhealthcare All Commercial Plans $1,493.00 ↑ +800%
Blue Cross All Commercial Plans $2,623.00 ↑ +1481%
Blue Shield Epn/Ifp Benefit Exchange $2,624.00 ↑ +1482%
Blue Shield Tandem Ppo/Blue High Performance Ppo/Epo $2,859.00 ↑ +1623%
Blue Shield Hmo $3,079.00 ↑ +1756%
Blue Shield Ppo/Epo $3,173.00 ↑ +1813%

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Block plantar digital nerve at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Petaluma Valley Hospital Petaluma $550.80 $413.65 – $1,921.00
Mark Twain Medical Center San Andreas $204.47 $22.63 – $300.86
Bakersfield Memorial Hospital Bakersfield $307.55 $22.63 – $662.02
Queen of The Valley Medical Center Napa $1,294.38 $435.83 – $6,200.00
Healdsburg Hospital Healdsburg $612.51 $413.57 – $3,982.87
Redwood Memorial Hospital Fortuna $970.53 $1,333.00 – $20,799.00
Santa Rosa Memorial Hospital Santa Rosa $861.90 $427.11 – $4,042.00
Providence Mission Hospital - Mission Viejo Mission Viejo $851.04 $335.57 – $5,171.00

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