Cytopathology concentration technique smears & interpretation at Providence Little Co of Mary Med Center San Pedro
1300 W 7th St, San Pedro, CA · Providence · · NPI 1942247291
$134.75
Cash price 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.
$385.00
Gross charge 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.
$33.90 with Blue Cross vs $118.61 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.
Full explanation →
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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.
Full explanation →Payer ?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. Full explanation → |
Plan ?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. Full explanation → |
Negotiated rate | vs. cash |
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| Blue Cross | All Commercial Plans | $33.90 | ↓ -75% |
| Aetna | Medicare Managed Care Plan | $48.04 | ↓ -64% |
| Blue Shield | Epn/Ifp Benefit Exchange | $48.66 | ↓ -64% |
| Humana | Medicare Managed Care Plan | $49.00 | ↓ -64% |
| Blue Cross | Anthem Vivity City Of La Other Commercial Plan | $50.33 | ↓ -63% |
| Blue Shield | Tandem Ppo/Blue High Performance Ppo/Epo | $52.67 | ↓ -61% |
| Caremore | Medicare Managed Care Plan | $52.84 | ↓ -61% |
| Blue Cross | Anthem Vivity Non City Of La Other Commercial Plan | $56.69 | ↓ -58% |
| Blue Shield | Ppo/Epo | $58.82 | ↓ -56% |
| Blue Shield | Hmo | $58.82 | ↓ -56% |
| La Care Health Plan | Covered Ca Exchange | $62.45 | ↓ -54% |
| Unitedhealthcare | All Commercial Plans | $66.86 | ↓ -50% |
| Unitedhealthcare | Select/Navigate Hmo | $66.86 | ↓ -50% |
| Healthnet | Ambetter Hmo | $88.87 | ↓ -34% |
| Cigna | Oa/Oap Hmo/Pos | $89.03 | ↓ -34% |
| Blue Shield | Medicare Managed Care Plan | $94.11 | ↓ -30% |
| Healthnet | Ambetter Ppo | $102.80 | ↓ -24% |
| Aetna | All Commercial Plans | $111.30 | ↓ -17% |
| Cigna | Ppo | $118.61 | ↓ -12% |
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Cytopathology concentration technique smears & interpretation at other California hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| St. John's Camarillo Hospital | Camarillo | $78.84 | $40.61 – $140.40 |
| Petaluma Valley Hospital | Petaluma | $108.63 | $50.33 – $66.86 |
| Arroyo Grande Hospital | Santa Maria | $132.68 | $24.03 – $110.56 |
| Mark Twain Medical Center | San Andreas | $34.03 | $13.22 – $50.07 |
| French Hospital | San Luis Obispo | $121.52 | $12.98 – $129.97 |
| Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield | Bakersfield | $45.64 | $33.23 – $123.30 |
| Bakersfield Memorial Hospital | Bakersfield | $45.15 | $33.23 – $123.30 |
| Queen of The Valley Medical Center | Napa | $113.73 | $53.03 – $67.99 |