Abdominal CT scan (with and without contrast) at Providence Little Company of Mary Med Center Torrance
4101 Torrance Blvd, Torrance, CA · Providence · · NPI 1003084211
$1,920.10
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.
$5,486.00
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.
$225.59 with Aetna vs $1,827.75 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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| Aetna | Medicare Managed Care Plan | $225.59 | ↓ -88% |
| Humana | Medicare Managed Care Plan | $230.11 | ↓ -88% |
| Blue Cross | Anthem Vivity City Of La Other Commercial Plan | $236.35 | ↓ -88% |
| Caremore | Medicare Managed Care Plan | $248.15 | ↓ -87% |
| Blue Cross | Anthem Vivity Non City Of La Other Commercial Plan | $266.20 | ↓ -86% |
| Unitedhealthcare | All Commercial Plans | $291.55 | ↓ -85% |
| Unitedhealthcare | Select/Navigate Hmo | $291.55 | ↓ -85% |
| La Care Health Plan | Covered Ca Exchange | $293.27 | ↓ -85% |
| Healthnet | Ambetter Hmo | $417.35 | ↓ -78% |
| Healthnet | Ambetter Ppo | $482.77 | ↓ -75% |
| Aetna | All Commercial Plans | $797.76 | ↓ -58% |
| Blue Cross | All Commercial Plans | $1,186.80 | ↓ -38% |
| Blue Shield | Hmo | $1,222.62 | ↓ -36% |
| Blue Shield | Medicare Managed Care Plan | $1,449.03 | ↓ -25% |
| Blue Shield | Epn/Ifp Benefit Exchange | $1,510.78 | ↓ -21% |
| Blue Shield | Tandem Ppo/Blue High Performance Ppo/Epo | $1,638.39 | ↓ -15% |
| Blue Shield | Ppo/Epo | $1,827.75 | ↓ -5% |
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Abdominal CT scan (with and without contrast) at other California hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| St. John's Camarillo Hospital | Camarillo | $1,410.80 | $226.19 – $2,512.38 |
| Banner Lassen Medical Center | Susanville | $2,266.90 | $35.60 – $3,864.48 |
| Petaluma Valley Hospital | Petaluma | $6,557.07 | $236.37 – $1,960.59 |
| Arroyo Grande Hospital | Santa Maria | $2,657.88 | $226.19 – $5,049.94 |
| Mark Twain Medical Center | San Andreas | $9,055.61 | $340.87 – $2,890.02 |
| French Hospital | San Luis Obispo | $2,141.89 | $226.19 – $1,768.00 |
| Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield | Bakersfield | $2,402.60 | $226.19 – $5,180.80 |
| Bakersfield Memorial Hospital | Bakersfield | $2,376.70 | $226.19 – $5,116.04 |