Warde bile acids 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

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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.

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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.

$17.12 with Aetna vs $163.27 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.

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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
Aetna Medicare Managed Care Plan $17.12
Humana Medicare Managed Care Plan $17.46
Caremore Medicare Managed Care Plan $18.83
La Care Health Plan Covered Ca Exchange $22.26
Blue Cross Anthem Vivity City Of La Other Commercial Plan $24.28
Blue Cross Anthem Vivity Non City Of La Other Commercial Plan $27.35
Healthnet Ambetter Hmo $31.67
Cigna Oa/Oap Hmo/Pos $32.50
Unitedhealthcare All Commercial Plans $34.24
First Health/Coventry Coventry All Commercial Plans $34.24
Unitedhealthcare Select/Navigate Hmo $34.24
Healthnet Ambetter Ppo $36.64
Cigna Ppo $43.30
Aetna All Commercial Plans $45.71
Blue Shield Epn/Ifp Benefit Exchange $45.73
Blue Shield Tandem Ppo/Blue High Performance Ppo/Epo $50.27
Blue Shield Ppo/Epo $55.54
Blue Shield Hmo $55.54
Blue Cross All Commercial Plans $88.97
Blue Shield Medicare Managed Care Plan $163.27

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Warde bile acids at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
St. John's Camarillo Hospital Camarillo $3.51 $2.16 – $45.43
Banner Lassen Medical Center Susanville $8.14 $3.42 – $24.02
Petaluma Valley Hospital Petaluma $28.82 $16.78 – $141.18
Arroyo Grande Hospital Santa Maria $3.43 $4.00 – $44.12
Mark Twain Medical Center San Andreas $5.33 $4.34 – $8.00
Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield Bakersfield $7.42 $4.00 – $49.21
Bakersfield Memorial Hospital Bakersfield $7.34 $4.00 – $49.21
Queen of The Valley Medical Center Napa $28.82 $17.12 – $178.42

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