#flow interp 9 - 15 markers at Providence Little Co of Mary Med Center San Pedro
1300 W 7th St, San Pedro, CA · Providence · · NPI 1942247291
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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.
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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.
$48.80 with Blue Shield vs $318.86 with Blue Cross — 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 Shield | Epn/Ifp Benefit Exchange | $48.80 | — |
| Blue Shield | Tandem Ppo/Blue High Performance Ppo/Epo | $52.82 | — |
| Blue Shield | Hmo | $58.98 | — |
| Blue Shield | Ppo/Epo | $58.98 | — |
| Blue Shield | Medicare Managed Care Plan | $94.37 | — |
| Cigna | Oa/Oap Hmo/Pos | $110.52 | — |
| Unitedhealthcare | All Commercial Plans | $132.08 | — |
| Unitedhealthcare | Select/Navigate Hmo | $132.08 | — |
| Cigna | Ppo | $147.24 | — |
| Aetna | All Commercial Plans | $171.23 | — |
| Blue Cross | All Commercial Plans | $318.86 | — |
Visitor-reported prices
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#flow interp 9 - 15 markers at other California hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Petaluma Valley Hospital | Petaluma | not published | $132.08 – $505.99 |
| Queen of The Valley Medical Center | Napa | not published | $132.08 – $639.44 |
| Providence St Joseph Hospital Eureka | Eureka | not published | $132.08 – $725.13 |
| Healdsburg Hospital | Healdsburg | not published | $242.26 – $289.27 |
| Redwood Memorial Hospital | Fortuna | not published | $726.83 – $726.83 |
| Santa Rosa Memorial Hospital | Santa Rosa | not published | $132.08 – $544.01 |
| Providence Mission Hospital - Mission Viejo | Mission Viejo | not published | $132.08 – $811.95 |
| Providence Cedars-Sinai Tarzana Medical Center | Tarzana | not published | $48.80 – $389.47 |