Warde immunofixation electrophoresis urine 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

$345.80

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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.

$988.00

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.

$29.35 with Aetna vs $279.62 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 $29.35 ↓ -92%
Humana Medicare Managed Care Plan $29.94 ↓ -91%
Caremore Medicare Managed Care Plan $32.29 ↓ -91%
La Care Health Plan Covered Ca Exchange $38.16 ↓ -89%
Blue Cross Anthem Vivity City Of La Other Commercial Plan $41.63 ↓ -88%
Blue Cross Anthem Vivity Non City Of La Other Commercial Plan $46.88 ↓ -86%
Healthnet Ambetter Hmo $54.30 ↓ -84%
Cigna Oa/Oap Hmo/Pos $55.71 ↓ -84%
Unitedhealthcare Select/Navigate Hmo $58.70 ↓ -83%
Unitedhealthcare All Commercial Plans $58.70 ↓ -83%
First Health/Coventry Coventry All Commercial Plans $58.70 ↓ -83%
Healthnet Ambetter Ppo $62.81 ↓ -82%
Blue Cross All Commercial Plans $71.58 ↓ -79%
Cigna Ppo $74.22 ↓ -79%
Blue Shield Epn/Ifp Benefit Exchange $78.31 ↓ -77%
Aetna All Commercial Plans $78.33 ↓ -77%
Blue Shield Tandem Ppo/Blue High Performance Ppo/Epo $86.10 ↓ -75%
Blue Shield Ppo/Epo $95.12 ↓ -72%
Blue Shield Hmo $95.12 ↓ -72%
Blue Shield Medicare Managed Care Plan $279.62 ↓ -19%

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Warde immunofixation electrophoresis urine at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
St. John's Camarillo Hospital Camarillo $8.76 $4.51 – $77.88
Banner Lassen Medical Center Susanville $56.69 $5.87 – $43.05
Petaluma Valley Hospital Petaluma $181.25 $28.76 – $113.60
Arroyo Grande Hospital Santa Maria $29.96 $8.34 – $75.63
Mark Twain Medical Center San Andreas $48.88 $4.32 – $16.68
French Hospital San Luis Obispo $27.44 $4.51 – $88.91
Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield Bakersfield $25.97 $8.34 – $84.35
Bakersfield Memorial Hospital Bakersfield $25.69 $8.34 – $84.35

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