Apply intrcav radiat simple 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

$893.20

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.

$2,552.00

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.

$363.10 with Blue Shield vs $1,520.82 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 Hmo $363.10 ↓ -59%
Aetna All Commercial Plans $418.80 ↓ -53%
Blue Shield Medicare Managed Care Plan $430.34 ↓ -52%
Blue Shield Epn/Ifp Benefit Exchange $448.68 ↓ -50%
Blue Shield Tandem Ppo/Blue High Performance Ppo/Epo $486.58 ↓ -46%
Blue Shield Ppo/Epo $542.81 ↓ -39%
Blue Cross All Commercial Plans $623.82 ↓ -30%
Aetna Medicare Managed Care Plan $710.66 ↓ -20%
Humana Medicare Managed Care Plan $724.87 ↓ -19%
Blue Cross Anthem Vivity City Of La Other Commercial Plan $744.54 ↓ -17%
Caremore Medicare Managed Care Plan $781.73 ↓ -12%
Blue Cross Anthem Vivity Non City Of La Other Commercial Plan $838.57 ↓ -6%
La Care Health Plan Covered Ca Exchange $923.86 ↑ +3%
Healthnet Ambetter Hmo $1,314.72 ↑ +47%
Healthnet Ambetter Ppo $1,520.82 ↑ +70%

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