Incisn windpipe 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

$2,823.10

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.

$8,066.00

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.

$2,160.00 with Blue Shield vs $14,674.00 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 $2,160.00 ↓ -23%
Blue Cross All Commercial Plans $3,664.00 ↑ +30%
Aetna Medicare Managed Care Plan $4,264.23 ↑ +51%
Humana Medicare Managed Care Plan $4,349.52 ↑ +54%
Blue Cross Anthem Vivity City Of La Other Commercial Plan $4,467.55 ↑ +58%
Caremore Medicare Managed Care Plan $4,690.66 ↑ +66%
Blue Shield Epn/Ifp Benefit Exchange $4,962.00 ↑ +76%
Blue Cross Anthem Vivity Non City Of La Other Commercial Plan $5,031.73 ↑ +78%
Unitedhealthcare Select/Navigate Hmo $5,204.00 ↑ +84%
Blue Shield Tandem Ppo/Blue High Performance Ppo/Epo $5,407.00 ↑ +92%
La Care Health Plan Covered Ca Exchange $5,543.50 ↑ +96%
Blue Shield Hmo $5,823.00 ↑ +106%
Unitedhealthcare All Commercial Plans $5,894.00 ↑ +109%
Blue Shield Ppo/Epo $6,001.00 ↑ +113%
Cigna Oa/Oap Hmo/Pos $6,826.00 ↑ +142%
Healthnet Blue And Gold Other Commercial Plan $7,332.00 ↑ +160%
Healthnet Ambetter Hmo $7,888.83 ↑ +179%
Healthnet Ambetter Ppo $9,125.46 ↑ +223%
Healthnet All Commercial Plans $11,827.00 ↑ +319%
Cigna Ppo $14,674.00 ↑ +420%

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Incisn windpipe at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Petaluma Valley Hospital Petaluma $5,792.07 $3,632.00 – $6,619.00
Mark Twain Medical Center San Andreas $704.63 $230.70 – $1,036.84
Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield Bakersfield $3,280.39 $230.70 – $7,073.60
Bakersfield Memorial Hospital Bakersfield $3,245.02 $230.70 – $6,985.18
Queen of The Valley Medical Center Napa $6,268.92 $4,707.49 – $16,652.00
Providence St Joseph Hospital Eureka Eureka $5,598.78 $4,264.23 – $16,652.00
St. Joseph's Behavioral Health Center Stockton $6,726.38 $1,178.00 – $9,424.00
Healdsburg Hospital Healdsburg $2,901.90 $4,417.00 – $5,198.77

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