Nm imaging pulmonary ventilation/perfusion 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

$1,378.30

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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.

$3,938.00

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.

$594.16 with Aetna vs $2,769.92 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
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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
Aetna All Commercial Plans $594.16 ↓ -57%
Blue Shield Epn/Ifp Benefit Exchange $672.83 ↓ -51%
Aetna Medicare Managed Care Plan $698.35 ↓ -49%
Humana Medicare Managed Care Plan $712.32 ↓ -48%
Blue Shield Tandem Ppo/Blue High Performance Ppo/Epo $728.28 ↓ -47%
Blue Cross Anthem Vivity City Of La Other Commercial Plan $731.65 ↓ -47%
Unitedhealthcare Select/Navigate Hmo $755.17 ↓ -45%
Unitedhealthcare All Commercial Plans $755.17 ↓ -45%
Caremore Medicare Managed Care Plan $768.18 ↓ -44%
Blue Shield Hmo $813.31 ↓ -41%
Blue Shield Ppo/Epo $813.31 ↓ -41%
Blue Cross Anthem Vivity Non City Of La Other Commercial Plan $824.04 ↓ -40%
La Care Health Plan Covered Ca Exchange $907.85 ↓ -34%
Healthnet Ambetter Hmo $1,291.95 ↓ -6%
Blue Shield Medicare Managed Care Plan $1,301.30 ↓ -6%
Healthnet Ambetter Ppo $1,494.47 ↑ +8%
Blue Cross All Commercial Plans $2,041.72 ↑ +48%
Cigna Oa/Oap Hmo/Pos $2,079.15 ↑ +51%
Cigna Ppo $2,769.92 ↑ +101%

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Nm imaging pulmonary ventilation/perfusion at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
St. John's Camarillo Hospital Camarillo $1,607.46 $440.14 – $2,862.60
Banner Lassen Medical Center Susanville $728.71 $107.65 – $1,053.42
Petaluma Valley Hospital Petaluma $2,117.01 $731.71 – $1,746.48
Arroyo Grande Hospital Santa Maria $1,938.84 $290.92 – $3,860.22
Mark Twain Medical Center San Andreas $5,373.29 $290.93 – $4,394.32
French Hospital San Luis Obispo $1,544.09 $290.92 – $2,704.43
Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield Bakersfield $562.07 $290.93 – $2,565.73
Bakersfield Memorial Hospital Bakersfield $556.01 $290.93 – $2,565.73

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