Ligation major artery neck 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

$2,008.65

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$5,739.00

Gross charge

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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.

$1,818.00 with Unitedhealthcare vs $20,717.00 with Cigna — same scan, same building. Share

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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

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

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
Unitedhealthcare Select/Navigate Hmo $1,818.00 ↓ -9%
Unitedhealthcare All Commercial Plans $2,060.00 ↑ +3%
Healthnet Blue And Gold Other Commercial Plan $2,719.00 ↑ +35%
Blue Shield Medicare Managed Care Plan $2,822.00 ↑ +40%
Aetna Medicare Managed Care Plan $4,061.05 ↑ +102%
Humana Medicare Managed Care Plan $4,142.27 ↑ +106%
Blue Cross Anthem Vivity City Of La Other Commercial Plan $4,254.67 ↑ +112%
Healthnet All Commercial Plans $4,385.00 ↑ +118%
Caremore Medicare Managed Care Plan $4,467.15 ↑ +122%
Blue Cross All Commercial Plans $4,712.00 ↑ +135%
Blue Cross Anthem Vivity Non City Of La Other Commercial Plan $4,791.97 ↑ +139%
La Care Health Plan Covered Ca Exchange $5,279.36 ↑ +163%
Blue Shield Epn/Ifp Benefit Exchange $6,483.00 ↑ +223%
Blue Shield Tandem Ppo/Blue High Performance Ppo/Epo $7,063.00 ↑ +252%
Healthnet Ambetter Hmo $7,512.94 ↑ +274%
Blue Shield Hmo $7,608.00 ↑ +279%
Blue Shield Ppo/Epo $7,840.00 ↑ +290%
Healthnet Ambetter Ppo $8,690.64 ↑ +333%
Cigna Oa/Oap Hmo/Pos $9,636.00 ↑ +380%
Cigna Ppo $20,717.00 ↑ +931%

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Ligation major artery neck at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Petaluma Valley Hospital Petaluma $6,031.26 $2,695.00 – $4,745.00
Queen of The Valley Medical Center Napa $5,780.85 $4,316.00 – $13,814.00
Providence St Joseph Hospital Eureka Eureka $4,544.61 $4,061.05 – $14,417.00
Healdsburg Hospital Healdsburg $3,038.58 $4,254.21 – $5,770.00
Redwood Memorial Hospital Fortuna $4,558.38 $6,127.00 – $14,778.00
Santa Rosa Memorial Hospital Santa Rosa $5,780.85 $2,741.00 – $5,530.00
Providence Mission Hospital - Mission Viejo Mission Viejo $2,011.68 $1,894.00 – $12,775.00
Providence Cedars-Sinai Tarzana Medical Center Tarzana $2,394.00 $1,775.00 – $5,279.36

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