Ablate pulm tumor perq crybl at Providence Little Company of Mary Med Center Torrance

4101 Torrance Blvd, Torrance, CA · Providence · · NPI 1003084211

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.

$1,528.00 with Blue Shield vs $29,257.53 with Healthnet — 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
Blue Shield Medicare Managed Care Plan $1,528.00
Blue Shield Epn/Ifp Benefit Exchange $3,516.00
Blue Shield Tandem Ppo/Blue High Performance Ppo/Epo $3,835.00
Blue Shield Hmo $3,947.00
Blue Shield Ppo/Epo $4,256.00
Blue Cross All Commercial Plans $7,047.00
Cigna Oa/Oap Hmo/Pos $9,648.00
Unitedhealthcare Select/Navigate Hmo $10,781.00
Healthnet Blue And Gold Other Commercial Plan $12,111.00
Unitedhealthcare All Commercial Plans $12,210.00
Aetna Medicare Managed Care Plan $13,671.74
Humana Medicare Managed Care Plan $13,945.18
Blue Cross Anthem Vivity City Of La Other Commercial Plan $14,323.59
Caremore Medicare Managed Care Plan $15,038.92
Blue Cross Anthem Vivity Non City Of La Other Commercial Plan $16,132.44
La Care Health Plan Covered Ca Exchange $17,773.26
Healthnet All Commercial Plans $19,534.00
Cigna Ppo $20,742.00
Healthnet Ambetter Hmo $25,292.72
Healthnet Ambetter Ppo $29,257.53

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Ablate pulm tumor perq crybl at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
St. John's Camarillo Hospital Camarillo $4,898.16 $3,019.41 – $13,082.50
Arroyo Grande Hospital Santa Maria $8,291.65 $5,758.36 – $18,985.54
French Hospital San Luis Obispo $7,594.22 $5,230.71 – $18,985.54
Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield Bakersfield $6,286.60 $5,758.36 – $13,877.65
Bakersfield Memorial Hospital Bakersfield $6,218.82 $5,758.36 – $13,877.65
St. Joseph's Medical Center Stockton Stockton $4,738.70 $1,643.25 – $7,825.00
Santa Rosa Memorial Hospital Santa Rosa $7,270.56 $2,995.00 – $15,575.00
Providence Mission Hospital - Mission Viejo Mission Viejo $10,138.08 $6,920.00 – $16,652.00

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