Dhea-s (dehydroepiand sulfate) 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

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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.

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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.

$22.23 with Aetna vs $211.90 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 $22.23
Humana Medicare Managed Care Plan $22.67
Caremore Medicare Managed Care Plan $24.45
La Care Health Plan Covered Ca Exchange $28.90
Blue Cross Anthem Vivity City Of La Other Commercial Plan $31.53
Blue Cross Anthem Vivity Non City Of La Other Commercial Plan $35.51
Healthnet Ambetter Hmo $41.13
Cigna Oa/Oap Hmo/Pos $42.19
Unitedhealthcare All Commercial Plans $44.46
First Health/Coventry Coventry All Commercial Plans $44.46
Unitedhealthcare Select/Navigate Hmo $44.46
Healthnet Ambetter Ppo $47.57
Cigna Ppo $56.21
Aetna All Commercial Plans $59.34
Blue Shield Epn/Ifp Benefit Exchange $59.34
Blue Shield Tandem Ppo/Blue High Performance Ppo/Epo $65.25
Blue Shield Ppo/Epo $72.08
Blue Shield Hmo $72.08
Blue Cross All Commercial Plans $114.35
Blue Shield Medicare Managed Care Plan $211.90

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Dhea-s (dehydroepiand sulfate) at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Petaluma Valley Hospital Petaluma $76.50 $21.79 – $181.47
Mark Twain Medical Center San Andreas $37.02 $3.25 – $6.00
Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield Bakersfield $10.76 $3.00 – $63.88
Queen of The Valley Medical Center Napa $76.50 $22.23 – $229.33
Providence St Joseph Hospital Eureka Eureka $76.50 $22.23 – $260.06
Redwood Memorial Hospital Fortuna $76.50 $260.67 – $260.67
Santa Rosa Memorial Hospital Santa Rosa $76.50 $21.79 – $195.11
Providence Mission Hospital - Mission Viejo Mission Viejo $72.00 $5.52 – $44.46

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