Acetone qualitative at Providence Little Company of Mary Med Center Torrance
4101 Torrance Blvd, Torrance, CA · Providence · · NPI 1003084211
$30.80
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.
$88.00
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.
$4.52 with Aetna vs $43.03 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 | $4.52 | ↓ -85% |
| Humana | Medicare Managed Care Plan | $4.61 | ↓ -85% |
| Caremore | Medicare Managed Care Plan | $4.97 | ↓ -84% |
| La Care Health Plan | Covered Ca Exchange | $5.88 | ↓ -81% |
| Blue Cross | Anthem Vivity City Of La Other Commercial Plan | $6.41 | ↓ -79% |
| Blue Cross | Anthem Vivity Non City Of La Other Commercial Plan | $7.22 | ↓ -77% |
| Cigna | Oa/Oap Hmo/Pos | $8.17 | ↓ -73% |
| Healthnet | Ambetter Hmo | $8.36 | ↓ -73% |
| Unitedhealthcare | All Commercial Plans | $9.04 | ↓ -71% |
| First Health/Coventry | Coventry All Commercial Plans | $9.04 | ↓ -71% |
| Unitedhealthcare | Select/Navigate Hmo | $9.04 | ↓ -71% |
| Healthnet | Ambetter Ppo | $9.67 | ↓ -69% |
| Cigna | Ppo | $11.47 | ↓ -63% |
| Aetna | All Commercial Plans | $12.45 | ↓ -60% |
| Blue Cross | All Commercial Plans | $22.36 | ↓ -27% |
| Blue Shield | Epn/Ifp Benefit Exchange | $26.25 | ↓ -15% |
| Blue Shield | Hmo | $28.08 | ↓ -9% |
| Blue Shield | Tandem Ppo/Blue High Performance Ppo/Epo | $28.46 | ↓ -8% |
| Blue Shield | Ppo/Epo | $31.68 | ↑ +3% |
| Blue Shield | Medicare Managed Care Plan | $43.03 | ↑ +40% |
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Acetone qualitative at other California hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| Petaluma Valley Hospital | Petaluma | $143.82 | $4.43 – $36.93 |
| Mark Twain Medical Center | San Andreas | $135.87 | $4.52 – $183.26 |
| Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield | Bakersfield | $129.85 | $4.52 – $86.40 |
| Bakersfield Memorial Hospital | Bakersfield | $128.45 | $4.52 – $85.32 |
| St. Joseph's Behavioral Health Center | Stockton | $106.78 | $4.52 – $149.60 |
| St. Joseph's Medical Center Stockton | Stockton | $79.97 | $3.84 – $223.04 |
| Santa Rosa Memorial Hospital | Santa Rosa | $84.66 | $4.43 – $39.71 |
| Mercy Medical Center Mt. Shasta | Mt Shasta | $52.13 | $2.36 – $4.52 |