Carbon dioxide 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

$89.60

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.

$256.00

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.

$4.88 with Aetna vs $46.58 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 $4.88 ↓ -95%
Humana Medicare Managed Care Plan $4.98 ↓ -94%
Caremore Medicare Managed Care Plan $5.37 ↓ -94%
La Care Health Plan Covered Ca Exchange $6.34 ↓ -93%
Blue Cross Anthem Vivity City Of La Other Commercial Plan $6.92 ↓ -92%
Blue Cross Anthem Vivity Non City Of La Other Commercial Plan $7.79 ↓ -91%
Healthnet Ambetter Hmo $9.03 ↓ -90%
Cigna Oa/Oap Hmo/Pos $9.26 ↓ -90%
Unitedhealthcare All Commercial Plans $9.76 ↓ -89%
First Health/Coventry Coventry All Commercial Plans $9.76 ↓ -89%
Unitedhealthcare Select/Navigate Hmo $9.76 ↓ -89%
Healthnet Ambetter Ppo $10.44 ↓ -88%
Cigna Ppo $12.33 ↓ -86%
Aetna All Commercial Plans $13.05 ↓ -85%
Blue Shield Epn/Ifp Benefit Exchange $13.05 ↓ -85%
Blue Shield Tandem Ppo/Blue High Performance Ppo/Epo $14.34 ↓ -84%
Blue Shield Ppo/Epo $15.85 ↓ -82%
Blue Shield Hmo $15.85 ↓ -82%
Blue Cross All Commercial Plans $24.42 ↓ -73%
Blue Shield Medicare Managed Care Plan $46.58 ↓ -48%

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Carbon dioxide at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
St. John's Camarillo Hospital Camarillo $69.65 $2.95 – $124.02
Banner Lassen Medical Center Susanville $30.05 $0.98 – $46.56
Petaluma Valley Hospital Petaluma $95.37 $4.78 – $38.74
Arroyo Grande Hospital Santa Maria $3.41 $1.95 – $12.57
Mark Twain Medical Center San Andreas $47.29 $1.95 – $11.96
French Hospital San Luis Obispo $3.12 $1.95 – $14.77
Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield Bakersfield $57.51 $1.91 – $42.40
Bakersfield Memorial Hospital Bakersfield $56.89 $1.91 – $41.87

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