Pq vrtbrplst 1 bdy inj lmb-scr w/img ini 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

$4,508.35

Cash price

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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.

$12,881.00

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.

$2,455.00 with Blue Shield vs $43,766.00 with Cigna — 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.

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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
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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
Blue Shield Medicare Managed Care Plan $2,455.00 ↓ -46%
Blue Cross All Commercial Plans $2,623.00 ↓ -42%
Aetna Medicare Managed Care Plan $4,208.34 ↓ -7%
Humana Medicare Managed Care Plan $4,292.51 ↓ -5%
Blue Cross Anthem Vivity City Of La Other Commercial Plan $4,408.99 ↓ -2%
Caremore Medicare Managed Care Plan $4,629.17 ↑ +3%
Blue Cross Anthem Vivity Non City Of La Other Commercial Plan $4,965.77 ↑ +10%
La Care Health Plan Covered Ca Exchange $5,470.84 ↑ +21%
Blue Shield Epn/Ifp Benefit Exchange $5,641.00 ↑ +25%
Blue Shield Tandem Ppo/Blue High Performance Ppo/Epo $6,146.00 ↑ +36%
Unitedhealthcare Select/Navigate Hmo $6,580.00 ↑ +46%
Blue Shield Hmo $6,620.00 ↑ +47%
Blue Shield Ppo/Epo $6,823.00 ↑ +51%
Healthnet Blue And Gold Other Commercial Plan $7,332.00 ↑ +63%
Unitedhealthcare All Commercial Plans $7,451.00 ↑ +65%
Healthnet Ambetter Hmo $7,785.43 ↑ +73%
Healthnet Ambetter Ppo $9,005.85 ↑ +100%
Healthnet All Commercial Plans $11,827.00 ↑ +162%
Cigna Oa/Oap Hmo/Pos $20,358.00 ↑ +352%
Cigna Ppo $43,766.00 ↑ +871%

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Pq vrtbrplst 1 bdy inj lmb-scr w/img ini at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
St. John's Camarillo Hospital Camarillo $4,908.67 $559.88 – $7,471.42
Petaluma Valley Hospital Petaluma $6,059.82 $4,129.00 – $11,185.00
Arroyo Grande Hospital Santa Maria $5,105.19 $370.07 – $11,239.62
French Hospital San Luis Obispo $4,675.78 $370.07 – $10,584.98
Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield Bakersfield $3,917.39 $370.07 – $8,447.20
Bakersfield Memorial Hospital Bakersfield $3,875.16 $370.07 – $8,341.61
Queen of The Valley Medical Center Napa $6,559.11 $4,645.79 – $17,909.00
Providence St Joseph Hospital Eureka Eureka $5,857.86 $4,208.34 – $17,611.00

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