Arthrodesis pantalar 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

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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.

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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.

$2,160.00 with Blue Shield vs $69,099.00 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 Medicare Managed Care Plan $2,160.00
Blue Shield Epn/Ifp Benefit Exchange $4,969.00
Blue Shield Tandem Ppo/Blue High Performance Ppo/Epo $5,420.00
Blue Shield Hmo $5,577.00
Blue Shield Ppo/Epo $6,015.00
Blue Cross All Commercial Plans $6,041.00
Cigna Oa/Oap Hmo/Pos $9,648.00
Unitedhealthcare Select/Navigate Hmo $10,781.00
Unitedhealthcare All Commercial Plans $12,210.00
Cigna Ppo $20,742.00
Aetna Medicare Managed Care Plan $22,551.42
Humana Medicare Managed Care Plan $23,002.45
Blue Cross Anthem Vivity City Of La Other Commercial Plan $23,626.63
Caremore Medicare Managed Care Plan $24,806.56
Blue Cross Anthem Vivity Non City Of La Other Commercial Plan $26,610.32
La Care Health Plan Covered Ca Exchange $29,316.84
Healthnet Ambetter Hmo $41,720.12
Healthnet Blue And Gold Other Commercial Plan $42,841.00
Healthnet Ambetter Ppo $48,260.04
Healthnet All Commercial Plans $69,099.00

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Arthrodesis pantalar at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
St. John's Camarillo Hospital Camarillo not published $1,086.16 – $46,732.80
Petaluma Valley Hospital Petaluma not published $3,632.00 – $23,628.76
Arroyo Grande Hospital Santa Maria not published $883.06 – $23,366.40
Mark Twain Medical Center San Andreas not published $883.06 – $883.06
French Hospital San Luis Obispo not published $883.06 – $23,366.40
Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield Bakersfield not published $883.06 – $23,366.40
Bakersfield Memorial Hospital Bakersfield not published $883.06 – $23,366.40
Queen of The Valley Medical Center Napa not published $9,256.00 – $89,248.00

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