88334 ap bill cytologic exam each additional site at Providence Little Company of Mary Med Center Torrance
4101 Torrance Blvd, Torrance, CA · Providence · · NPI 1003084211
$40.25
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.
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What you pay up front if you don't use insurance.
$115.00
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.
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The hospital's undiscounted list price — almost no one pays this.
$33.89 with Cigna vs $73.43 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.
Full explanation →
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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.
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 |
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| Cigna | Oa/Oap Hmo/Pos | $33.89 | ↓ -16% |
| Unitedhealthcare | Select/Navigate Hmo | $36.08 | ↓ -10% |
| Unitedhealthcare | All Commercial Plans | $36.08 | ↓ -10% |
| Cigna | Ppo | $47.54 | ↑ +18% |
| Blue Shield | Hmo | $49.12 | ↑ +22% |
| Blue Cross | All Commercial Plans | $49.60 | ↑ +23% |
| Aetna | All Commercial Plans | $52.39 | ↑ +30% |
| Blue Shield | Medicare Managed Care Plan | $58.21 | ↑ +45% |
| Blue Shield | Epn/Ifp Benefit Exchange | $60.69 | ↑ +51% |
| Blue Shield | Tandem Ppo/Blue High Performance Ppo/Epo | $65.82 | ↑ +64% |
| Blue Shield | Ppo/Epo | $73.43 | ↑ +82% |
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88334 ap bill cytologic exam each additional site at other California hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| Petaluma Valley Hospital | Petaluma | $92.82 | $36.08 – $117.15 |
| Arroyo Grande Hospital | Santa Maria | $9.07 | $10.59 – $49.95 |
| Mark Twain Medical Center | San Andreas | $16.65 | $5.31 – $20.51 |
| French Hospital | San Luis Obispo | $8.30 | $5.72 – $58.72 |
| Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield | Bakersfield | $66.78 | $13.72 – $55.70 |
| Bakersfield Memorial Hospital | Bakersfield | $66.06 | $13.72 – $55.70 |
| Queen of The Valley Medical Center | Napa | $98.43 | $36.08 – $164.73 |
| Providence St Joseph Hospital Eureka | Eureka | $142.29 | $36.08 – $117.43 |