Administration chemotherapy IV infusion up to 1 hour single/initial substance/drug 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

$676.55

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$1,933.00

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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.

$424.83 with Aetna vs $909.13 with Healthnet — same scan, same building. Share

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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

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

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
Aetna Medicare Managed Care Plan $424.83 ↓ -37%
Humana Medicare Managed Care Plan $433.32 ↓ -36%
Blue Cross Anthem Vivity City Of La Other Commercial Plan $445.08 ↓ -34%
Caremore Medicare Managed Care Plan $467.31 ↓ -31%
Blue Cross Anthem Vivity Non City Of La Other Commercial Plan $501.29 ↓ -26%
Blue Shield Hmo $506.24 ↓ -25%
Aetna All Commercial Plans $520.24 ↓ -23%
La Care Health Plan Covered Ca Exchange $552.28 ↓ -18%
Blue Shield Medicare Managed Care Plan $599.98 ↓ -11%
Blue Shield Epn/Ifp Benefit Exchange $625.55 ↓ -8%
Blue Shield Tandem Ppo/Blue High Performance Ppo/Epo $678.39 ↑ +0%
Blue Shield Ppo/Epo $756.80 ↑ +12%
Healthnet Ambetter Hmo $785.93 ↑ +16%
Healthnet Ambetter Ppo $909.13 ↑ +34%

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Administration chemotherapy IV infusion up to 1 hour single/initial substance/drug at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
St. John's Camarillo Hospital Camarillo $589.99 $40.36 – $834.88
Banner Lassen Medical Center Susanville $225.65 $47.17 – $498.58
Arroyo Grande Hospital Santa Maria $736.16 $32.81 – $11,311.00
Mark Twain Medical Center San Andreas $1,154.85 $32.81 – $1,699.32
French Hospital San Luis Obispo $706.00 $32.81 – $9,050.00
Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield Bakersfield $383.62 $32.81 – $19,249.00
Bakersfield Memorial Hospital Bakersfield $727.40 $32.81 – $985.52
Queen of The Valley Medical Center Napa $1,988.49 $468.99 – $468.99

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