Afamelanotide implant, 1 mg at Providence Little Company of Mary Med Center Torrance
4101 Torrance Blvd, Torrance, CA · Providence · · NPI 1003084211
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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.
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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.
$2,943.42 with Aetna vs $12,329.96 with Blue Cross — 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 | $2,943.42 | — |
| Humana | Medicare Managed Care Plan | $3,002.29 | — |
| Blue Cross | Anthem Vivity City Of La Other Commercial Plan | $3,083.76 | — |
| Blue Shield | Medicare Managed Care Plan | $3,213.59 | — |
| Caremore | Medicare Managed Care Plan | $3,237.76 | — |
| Blue Cross | Anthem Vivity Non City Of La Other Commercial Plan | $3,473.19 | — |
| Blue Shield | Epn/Ifp Benefit Exchange | $3,591.66 | — |
| Blue Shield | Ppo/Epo | $3,591.66 | — |
| Blue Shield | Tandem Ppo/Blue High Performance Ppo/Epo | $3,591.66 | — |
| Blue Shield | Hmo | $3,591.66 | — |
| La Care Health Plan | Covered Ca Exchange | $3,826.45 | — |
| Healthnet | Ambetter Hmo | $5,445.33 | — |
| Unitedhealthcare | All Commercial Plans | $6,177.66 | — |
| Unitedhealthcare | Select/Navigate Hmo | $6,177.66 | — |
| Healthnet | Ambetter Ppo | $6,298.92 | — |
| Cigna | Oa/Oap Hmo/Pos | $6,395.04 | — |
| Cigna | Ppo | $6,395.04 | — |
| Blue Cross | All Commercial Plans | $12,329.96 | — |
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Afamelanotide implant, 1 mg at other California hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Petaluma Valley Hospital | Petaluma | not published | $2,884.55 – $6,177.66 |
| Queen of The Valley Medical Center | Napa | not published | $2,943.42 – $6,177.66 |
| Providence St Joseph Hospital Eureka | Eureka | not published | $2,943.42 – $6,177.66 |
| Healdsburg Hospital | Healdsburg | not published | $2,943.42 – $9,580.86 |
| Redwood Memorial Hospital | Fortuna | not published | $4,863.62 – $4,863.62 |
| Santa Rosa Memorial Hospital | Santa Rosa | not published | $2,884.55 – $6,177.66 |
| Providence Mission Hospital - Mission Viejo | Mission Viejo | not published | $2,501.91 – $6,177.66 |
| Providence Cedars-Sinai Tarzana Medical Center | Tarzana | not published | $2,943.42 – $6,395.04 |