ER Visit (level 5, high severity) 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

$1,809.85

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.

$5,171.00

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.

$765.95 with Aetna vs $1,639.14 with Healthnet — 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 $765.95 ↓ -58%
Humana Medicare Managed Care Plan $781.27 ↓ -57%
Blue Cross Anthem Vivity City Of La Other Commercial Plan $802.47 ↓ -56%
Caremore Medicare Managed Care Plan $842.55 ↓ -53%
Blue Cross Anthem Vivity Non City Of La Other Commercial Plan $903.81 ↓ -50%
La Care Health Plan Covered Ca Exchange $995.74 ↓ -45%
Healthnet Ambetter Hmo $1,417.01 ↓ -22%
Healthnet Ambetter Ppo $1,639.14 ↓ -9%

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ER Visit (level 5, high severity) at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
St. John's Camarillo Hospital Camarillo $2,060.79 $226.60 – $3,279.18
Banner Lassen Medical Center Susanville $3,441.94 $122.62 – $2,525.88
Petaluma Valley Hospital Petaluma $4,458.42 $802.54 – $818.92
Arroyo Grande Hospital Santa Maria $1,593.02 $155.03 – $3,316.32
Mark Twain Medical Center San Andreas $1,886.78 $138.93 – $526.26
French Hospital San Luis Obispo $1,459.03 $155.03 – $3,392.76
Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield Bakersfield $2,521.69 $155.03 – $5,573.54
Bakersfield Memorial Hospital Bakersfield $2,494.50 $155.03 – $5,573.54

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