Abd paracentesis/w/o image guide 49082 at Providence Little Company of Mary Med Center Torrance
4101 Torrance Blvd, Torrance, CA · Providence · · NPI 1003084211
$917.00
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.
$2,620.00
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.
$353.00 with Blue Shield vs $10,978.00 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.
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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| Blue Shield | Medicare Managed Care Plan | $353.00 | ↓ -62% |
| Blue Shield | Epn/Ifp Benefit Exchange | $811.00 | ↓ -12% |
| Blue Shield | Tandem Ppo/Blue High Performance Ppo/Epo | $885.00 | ↓ -3% |
| Blue Shield | Hmo | $911.00 | ↓ -1% |
| Blue Shield | Ppo/Epo | $982.00 | ↑ +7% |
| Aetna | Medicare Managed Care Plan | $1,166.53 | ↑ +27% |
| Humana | Medicare Managed Care Plan | $1,189.87 | ↑ +30% |
| Blue Cross | Anthem Vivity City Of La Other Commercial Plan | $1,222.15 | ↑ +33% |
| Caremore | Medicare Managed Care Plan | $1,283.19 | ↑ +40% |
| Blue Cross | Anthem Vivity Non City Of La Other Commercial Plan | $1,376.49 | ↑ +50% |
| La Care Health Plan | Covered Ca Exchange | $1,516.49 | ↑ +65% |
| Healthnet | Ambetter Hmo | $2,158.09 | ↑ +135% |
| Healthnet | Ambetter Ppo | $2,496.38 | ↑ +172% |
| Unitedhealthcare | Select/Navigate Hmo | $2,674.00 | ↑ +192% |
| Healthnet | Blue And Gold Other Commercial Plan | $2,719.00 | ↑ +197% |
| Unitedhealthcare | All Commercial Plans | $3,028.00 | ↑ +230% |
| Blue Cross | All Commercial Plans | $3,816.00 | ↑ +316% |
| Healthnet | All Commercial Plans | $4,385.00 | ↑ +378% |
| Cigna | Oa/Oap Hmo/Pos | $5,106.00 | ↑ +457% |
| Cigna | Ppo | $10,978.00 | ↑ +1097% |
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Abd paracentesis/w/o image guide 49082 at other California hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| St. John's Camarillo Hospital | Camarillo | $508.52 | $82.67 – $2,072.04 |
| Banner Lassen Medical Center | Susanville | $321.78 | $187.51 – $447.17 |
| Petaluma Valley Hospital | Petaluma | $1,660.05 | $593.00 – $4,657.00 |
| Arroyo Grande Hospital | Santa Maria | $861.14 | $67.21 – $1,971.76 |
| Mark Twain Medical Center | San Andreas | $2,215.12 | $50.97 – $193.06 |
| French Hospital | San Luis Obispo | $788.71 | $67.21 – $1,971.76 |
| Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield | Bakersfield | $700.45 | $67.21 – $1,510.40 |
| Queen of The Valley Medical Center | Napa | $2,660.16 | $1,287.79 – $7,455.00 |