Bowel imaging 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

$1,028.65

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.

$2,939.00

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.

$269.48 with Blue Shield vs $2,067.81 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
Blue Shield Epn/Ifp Benefit Exchange $269.48 ↓ -74%
Blue Shield Tandem Ppo/Blue High Performance Ppo/Epo $291.69 ↓ -72%
Blue Shield Hmo $325.74 ↓ -68%
Blue Shield Ppo/Epo $325.74 ↓ -68%
Blue Cross All Commercial Plans $447.65 ↓ -56%
Aetna Medicare Managed Care Plan $514.17 ↓ -50%
Blue Shield Medicare Managed Care Plan $521.19 ↓ -49%
Humana Medicare Managed Care Plan $524.46 ↓ -49%
Blue Cross Anthem Vivity City Of La Other Commercial Plan $538.69 ↓ -48%
Aetna All Commercial Plans $553.20 ↓ -46%
Caremore Medicare Managed Care Plan $565.59 ↓ -45%
Unitedhealthcare All Commercial Plans $589.01 ↓ -43%
Unitedhealthcare Select/Navigate Hmo $589.01 ↓ -43%
Blue Cross Anthem Vivity Non City Of La Other Commercial Plan $606.72 ↓ -41%
La Care Health Plan Covered Ca Exchange $668.42 ↓ -35%
Healthnet Ambetter Hmo $951.22 ↓ -8%
Healthnet Ambetter Ppo $1,100.33 ↑ +7%
Cigna Oa/Oap Hmo/Pos $1,552.13 ↑ +51%
Cigna Ppo $2,067.81 ↑ +101%

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Bowel imaging at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
St. John's Camarillo Hospital Camarillo $795.85 $234.68 – $1,824.90
Banner Lassen Medical Center Susanville $1,136.67 $80.37 – $1,643.18
Petaluma Valley Hospital Petaluma $2,253.18 $538.74 – $710.37
Arroyo Grande Hospital Santa Maria $1,536.10 $155.12 – $3,378.06
Mark Twain Medical Center San Andreas $5,682.98 $155.12 – $3,938.62
French Hospital San Luis Obispo $1,226.18 $155.12 – $2,083.30
Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield Bakersfield $751.28 $155.12 – $1,976.45
Bakersfield Memorial Hospital Bakersfield $743.18 $155.12 – $1,976.45

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