Adrenal cortex & medulla img 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

$1,426.95

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.

$4,077.00

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.

$767.50 with Blue Cross vs $6,734.48 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.

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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 Cross All Commercial Plans $767.50 ↓ -46%
Blue Shield Hmo $783.80 ↓ -45%
Blue Shield Medicare Managed Care Plan $928.95 ↓ -35%
Aetna All Commercial Plans $929.80 ↓ -35%
Blue Shield Epn/Ifp Benefit Exchange $968.53 ↓ -32%
Blue Shield Tandem Ppo/Blue High Performance Ppo/Epo $1,050.34 ↓ -26%
Blue Shield Ppo/Epo $1,171.74 ↓ -18%
Aetna Medicare Managed Care Plan $1,665.13 ↑ +17%
Humana Medicare Managed Care Plan $1,698.44 ↑ +19%
Blue Cross Anthem Vivity City Of La Other Commercial Plan $1,744.53 ↑ +22%
Caremore Medicare Managed Care Plan $1,831.65 ↑ +28%
Blue Cross Anthem Vivity Non City Of La Other Commercial Plan $1,964.83 ↑ +38%
Unitedhealthcare All Commercial Plans $2,035.50 ↑ +43%
Unitedhealthcare Select/Navigate Hmo $2,035.50 ↑ +43%
La Care Health Plan Covered Ca Exchange $2,164.67 ↑ +52%
Healthnet Ambetter Hmo $3,080.50 ↑ +116%
Healthnet Ambetter Ppo $3,563.39 ↑ +150%
Cigna Oa/Oap Hmo/Pos $5,108.92 ↑ +258%
Cigna Ppo $6,734.48 ↑ +372%

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Adrenal cortex & medulla img at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
St. John's Camarillo Hospital Camarillo $2,015.68 $472.69 – $6,326.24
Arroyo Grande Hospital Santa Maria $5,120.60 $312.44 – $11,166.12
Mark Twain Medical Center San Andreas $7,377.95 $312.44 – $5,114.62
French Hospital San Luis Obispo $4,086.21 $312.44 – $7,222.02
Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield Bakersfield $1,248.05 $312.44 – $6,851.62
Bakersfield Memorial Hospital Bakersfield $1,234.59 $312.44 – $6,851.62
St. Joseph's Medical Center Stockton Stockton $959.62 $312.44 – $1,826.00
Providence Mission Hospital - Mission Viejo Mission Viejo $2,327.52 $1,415.36 – $3,080.50

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