Parathyroid planar imaging at Providence Little Co of Mary Med Center San Pedro
1300 W 7th St, San Pedro, CA · Providence · · NPI 1942247291
$961.80
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.
?
What you pay up front if you don't use insurance.
$2,748.00
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.
?
The hospital's undiscounted list price — almost no one pays this.
$162.17 with Blue Shield vs $2,067.81 with Cigna — same scan, same building. Share
Negotiated rates by payer
?
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 →
?
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Blue Shield | Epn/Ifp Benefit Exchange | $162.17 | ↓ -83% |
| Blue Shield | Tandem Ppo/Blue High Performance Ppo/Epo | $175.54 | ↓ -82% |
| Blue Shield | Hmo | $196.03 | ↓ -80% |
| Blue Shield | Ppo/Epo | $196.03 | ↓ -80% |
| Blue Cross | All Commercial Plans | $266.49 | ↓ -72% |
| Aetna | All Commercial Plans | $289.09 | ↓ -70% |
| Blue Shield | Medicare Managed Care Plan | $313.65 | ↓ -67% |
| Aetna | Medicare Managed Care Plan | $514.17 | ↓ -47% |
| Humana | Medicare Managed Care Plan | $524.46 | ↓ -45% |
| Blue Cross | Anthem Vivity City Of La Other Commercial Plan | $538.69 | ↓ -44% |
| Caremore | Medicare Managed Care Plan | $565.59 | ↓ -41% |
| Unitedhealthcare | All Commercial Plans | $589.01 | ↓ -39% |
| Unitedhealthcare | Select/Navigate Hmo | $589.01 | ↓ -39% |
| Blue Cross | Anthem Vivity Non City Of La Other Commercial Plan | $606.72 | ↓ -37% |
| La Care Health Plan | Covered Ca Exchange | $668.42 | ↓ -31% |
| Healthnet | Ambetter Hmo | $951.22 | ↓ -1% |
| Healthnet | Ambetter Ppo | $1,100.33 | ↑ +14% |
| Cigna | Oa/Oap Hmo/Pos | $1,552.13 | ↑ +61% |
| Cigna | Ppo | $2,067.81 | ↑ +115% |
Visitor-reported prices
Comments
Parathyroid planar imaging at other California hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| St. John's Camarillo Hospital | Camarillo | $1,328.90 | $208.57 – $2,366.52 |
| Banner Lassen Medical Center | Susanville | $724.68 | $80.37 – $1,047.60 |
| Petaluma Valley Hospital | Petaluma | $1,961.46 | $422.89 – $589.01 |
| Arroyo Grande Hospital | Santa Maria | $1,454.78 | $137.86 – $2,897.86 |
| Mark Twain Medical Center | San Andreas | $2,111.89 | $137.86 – $1,464.12 |
| French Hospital | San Luis Obispo | $1,159.15 | $137.86 – $2,083.30 |
| Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield | Bakersfield | $548.34 | $137.86 – $1,976.45 |
| Bakersfield Memorial Hospital | Bakersfield | $542.43 | $137.86 – $1,976.45 |