Cell count w differential body fluid 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

$161.00

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.

$460.00

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.

$5.60 with Aetna vs $52.51 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 $5.60 ↓ -97%
Humana Medicare Managed Care Plan $5.71 ↓ -96%
Caremore Medicare Managed Care Plan $6.16 ↓ -96%
La Care Health Plan Covered Ca Exchange $7.28 ↓ -95%
Blue Cross Anthem Vivity City Of La Other Commercial Plan $7.94 ↓ -95%
Blue Cross Anthem Vivity Non City Of La Other Commercial Plan $8.94 ↓ -94%
Healthnet Ambetter Hmo $10.36 ↓ -94%
Cigna Oa/Oap Hmo/Pos $10.63 ↓ -93%
Unitedhealthcare All Commercial Plans $11.20 ↓ -93%
First Health/Coventry Coventry All Commercial Plans $11.20 ↓ -93%
Unitedhealthcare Select/Navigate Hmo $11.20 ↓ -93%
Healthnet Ambetter Ppo $11.98 ↓ -93%
Cigna Ppo $14.16 ↓ -91%
Aetna All Commercial Plans $14.70 ↓ -91%
Blue Shield Epn/Ifp Benefit Exchange $14.71 ↓ -91%
Blue Shield Tandem Ppo/Blue High Performance Ppo/Epo $16.17 ↓ -90%
Blue Shield Ppo/Epo $17.86 ↓ -89%
Blue Shield Hmo $17.86 ↓ -89%
Blue Cross All Commercial Plans $28.36 ↓ -82%
Blue Shield Medicare Managed Care Plan $52.51 ↓ -67%

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Cell count w differential body fluid at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
St. John's Camarillo Hospital Camarillo $99.87 $5.60 – $17.48
Banner Lassen Medical Center Susanville $11.76 $0.82 – $8.02
Petaluma Valley Hospital Petaluma $218.28 $5.49 – $45.01
Arroyo Grande Hospital Santa Maria $141.24 $5.60 – $15.68
Mark Twain Medical Center San Andreas $97.24 $5.60 – $143.08
French Hospital San Luis Obispo $129.36 $4.32 – $16.96
Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield Bakersfield $230.40 $5.60 – $68.80
Bakersfield Memorial Hospital Bakersfield $227.91 $5.60 – $67.94

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