Methyldopate hcl injection 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.
$40.80 with Blue Shield vs $107.50 with Unitedhealthcare — 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 | Medicare Managed Care Plan | $40.80 | — |
| Blue Shield | Ppo/Epo | $45.60 | — |
| Blue Shield | Hmo | $45.60 | — |
| Blue Shield | Epn/Ifp Benefit Exchange | $45.60 | — |
| Blue Shield | Tandem Ppo/Blue High Performance Ppo/Epo | $45.60 | — |
| Blue Cross | All Commercial Plans | $47.43 | — |
| Cigna | Ppo | $84.38 | — |
| Cigna | Oa/Oap Hmo/Pos | $84.38 | — |
| Unitedhealthcare | All Commercial Plans | $107.50 | — |
| Unitedhealthcare | Select/Navigate Hmo | $107.50 | — |
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Methyldopate hcl injection at other California hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield | Bakersfield | $71.24 | $25.44 – $82.50 |
| St. Joseph's Medical Center Stockton | Stockton | $45.87 | $21.32 – $140.00 |
| Mercy Medical Center Merced | Merced | $96.82 | $15.94 – $98.00 |
| Dominican Hospital | Santa Cruz | $45.00 | $20.41 – $120.84 |
| Northridge Hospital Medical Center | Northridge | $13.68 | $9.80 – $204.07 |
| California Hospital Medical Center | Los Angeles | $33.47 | $17.25 – $222.30 |
| St. Mary Medical Center | Long Beach | $53.32 | $24.80 – $222.30 |
| St. Bernardine Medical Center | San Bernardino | $22.98 | $13.80 – $222.30 |