Natriuretic peptide at Providence Little Co of Mary Med Center San Pedro
1300 W 7th St, San Pedro, CA · Providence · · NPI 1942247291
$62.65
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.
$179.00
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.
$39.26 with Aetna vs $323.47 with Blue Shield — 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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| Aetna | Medicare Managed Care Plan | $39.26 | ↓ -37% |
| Humana | Medicare Managed Care Plan | $40.05 | ↓ -36% |
| Caremore | Medicare Managed Care Plan | $43.19 | ↓ -31% |
| La Care Health Plan | Covered Ca Exchange | $51.04 | ↓ -19% |
| Blue Cross | Anthem Vivity City Of La Other Commercial Plan | $55.69 | ↓ -11% |
| Blue Cross | Anthem Vivity Non City Of La Other Commercial Plan | $62.71 | ↑ +0% |
| Healthnet | Ambetter Hmo | $72.63 | ↑ +16% |
| Cigna | Oa/Oap Hmo/Pos | $74.52 | ↑ +19% |
| Unitedhealthcare | All Commercial Plans | $78.52 | ↑ +25% |
| Unitedhealthcare | Select/Navigate Hmo | $78.52 | ↑ +25% |
| First Health/Coventry | Coventry All Commercial Plans | $78.52 | ↑ +25% |
| Healthnet | Ambetter Ppo | $84.02 | ↑ +34% |
| Aetna | All Commercial Plans | $90.58 | ↑ +45% |
| Blue Shield | Epn/Ifp Benefit Exchange | $90.59 | ↑ +45% |
| Cigna | Ppo | $99.27 | ↑ +58% |
| Blue Shield | Tandem Ppo/Blue High Performance Ppo/Epo | $99.60 | ↑ +59% |
| Blue Shield | Ppo/Epo | $110.04 | ↑ +76% |
| Blue Shield | Hmo | $110.04 | ↑ +76% |
| Blue Cross | All Commercial Plans | $174.65 | ↑ +179% |
| Blue Shield | Medicare Managed Care Plan | $323.47 | ↑ +416% |
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Natriuretic peptide at other California hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| St. John's Camarillo Hospital | Camarillo | $164.69 | $39.26 – $122.50 |
| Banner Lassen Medical Center | Susanville | $73.87 | $7.85 – $94.09 |
| Petaluma Valley Hospital | Petaluma | $300.90 | $38.47 – $277.15 |
| Arroyo Grande Hospital | Santa Maria | $231.98 | $17.50 – $101.16 |
| Mark Twain Medical Center | San Andreas | $323.01 | $18.95 – $35.00 |
| French Hospital | San Luis Obispo | $212.47 | $9.45 – $118.92 |
| Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield | Bakersfield | $111.68 | $17.50 – $112.82 |
| Bakersfield Memorial Hospital | Bakersfield | $110.47 | $17.50 – $112.82 |