Fna bx w/ct gdn 1st les 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

$1,588.65

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.

$4,539.00

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.

$353.00 with Blue Shield vs $10,964.00 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.

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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
Blue Shield Medicare Managed Care Plan $353.00 ↓ -78%
Blue Shield Epn/Ifp Benefit Exchange $810.00 ↓ -49%
Blue Shield Tandem Ppo/Blue High Performance Ppo/Epo $883.00 ↓ -44%
Aetna Medicare Managed Care Plan $910.78 ↓ -43%
Humana Medicare Managed Care Plan $928.99 ↓ -42%
Blue Shield Hmo $951.00 ↓ -40%
Blue Cross Anthem Vivity City Of La Other Commercial Plan $954.20 ↓ -40%
Blue Shield Ppo/Epo $980.00 ↓ -38%
Caremore Medicare Managed Care Plan $1,001.85 ↓ -37%
Blue Cross Anthem Vivity Non City Of La Other Commercial Plan $1,074.70 ↓ -32%
La Care Health Plan Covered Ca Exchange $1,184.01 ↓ -25%
Healthnet Blue And Gold Other Commercial Plan $1,484.00 ↓ -7%
Healthnet Ambetter Hmo $1,684.94 ↑ +6%
Unitedhealthcare Select/Navigate Hmo $1,818.00 ↑ +14%
Healthnet Ambetter Ppo $1,949.06 ↑ +23%
Unitedhealthcare All Commercial Plans $2,060.00 ↑ +30%
Healthnet All Commercial Plans $2,391.00 ↑ +51%
Blue Cross All Commercial Plans $2,623.00 ↑ +65%
Cigna Oa/Oap Hmo/Pos $5,100.00 ↑ +221%
Cigna Ppo $10,964.00 ↑ +590%

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Fna bx w/ct gdn 1st les at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
St. John's Camarillo Hospital Camarillo $969.30 $597.51 – $1,726.14
Banner Lassen Medical Center Susanville $911.93 $140.72 – $1,694.59
Arroyo Grande Hospital Santa Maria $1,016.50 $428.52 – $2,327.50
French Hospital San Luis Obispo $2,299.48 $428.52 – $2,235.38
Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield Bakersfield $924.91 $428.52 – $1,913.60
Bakersfield Memorial Hospital Bakersfield $914.94 $428.52 – $1,969.47
Queen of The Valley Medical Center Napa $3,269.10 $1,005.45 – $6,200.00
Providence St Joseph Hospital Eureka Eureka $2,601.00 $910.78 – $8,018.00

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