Aspirate bladder/sprapubic cath 51102 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

$1,547.35

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$4,421.00

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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.

$1,142.00 with Blue Shield vs $14,692.00 with Cigna — 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.

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Negotiated rate vs. cash
Blue Shield Medicare Managed Care Plan $1,142.00 ↓ -26%
Blue Cross All Commercial Plans $2,559.00 ↑ +65%
Blue Shield Epn/Ifp Benefit Exchange $2,628.00 ↑ +70%
Aetna Medicare Managed Care Plan $2,688.58 ↑ +74%
Humana Medicare Managed Care Plan $2,742.35 ↑ +77%
Blue Cross Anthem Vivity City Of La Other Commercial Plan $2,816.77 ↑ +82%
Blue Shield Tandem Ppo/Blue High Performance Ppo/Epo $2,866.00 ↑ +85%
Blue Shield Hmo $2,949.00 ↑ +91%
Caremore Medicare Managed Care Plan $2,957.44 ↑ +91%
Blue Cross Anthem Vivity Non City Of La Other Commercial Plan $3,172.48 ↑ +105%
Blue Shield Ppo/Epo $3,180.00 ↑ +106%
La Care Health Plan Covered Ca Exchange $3,495.16 ↑ +126%
Healthnet Blue And Gold Other Commercial Plan $4,449.00 ↑ +188%
Healthnet Ambetter Hmo $4,973.88 ↑ +221%
Unitedhealthcare Select/Navigate Hmo $5,214.00 ↑ +237%
Healthnet Ambetter Ppo $5,753.57 ↑ +272%
Unitedhealthcare All Commercial Plans $5,905.00 ↑ +282%
Cigna Oa/Oap Hmo/Pos $6,832.00 ↑ +342%
Healthnet All Commercial Plans $7,176.00 ↑ +364%
Cigna Ppo $14,692.00 ↑ +849%

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Aspirate bladder/sprapubic cath 51102 at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
St. John's Camarillo Hospital Camarillo $1,536.95 $388.85 – $4,655.74
Banner Lassen Medical Center Susanville $1,638.56 $409.70 – $3,044.83
Petaluma Valley Hospital Petaluma $3,836.22 $1,921.00 – $6,619.00
Arroyo Grande Hospital Santa Maria $3,530.58 $316.14 – $7,539.14
Mark Twain Medical Center San Andreas $275.73 $101.93 – $386.12
French Hospital San Luis Obispo $3,016.05 $316.14 – $5,907.44
Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield Bakersfield $2,360.31 $316.14 – $3,877.60
Bakersfield Memorial Hospital Bakersfield $2,334.86 $316.14 – $3,829.13

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