Assay dir meas fr estradiol 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

$103.60

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.

$296.00

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.

$27.94 with Aetna vs $190.55 with Blue Shield — 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
Aetna Medicare Managed Care Plan $27.94 ↓ -73%
Humana Medicare Managed Care Plan $28.50 ↓ -72%
Caremore Medicare Managed Care Plan $30.73 ↓ -70%
La Care Health Plan Covered Ca Exchange $36.32 ↓ -65%
Blue Cross Anthem Vivity City Of La Other Commercial Plan $39.63 ↓ -62%
Blue Cross Anthem Vivity Non City Of La Other Commercial Plan $44.63 ↓ -57%
Blue Cross All Commercial Plans $49.93 ↓ -52%
Cigna Oa/Oap Hmo/Pos $50.48 ↓ -51%
Healthnet Ambetter Hmo $51.69 ↓ -50%
Aetna All Commercial Plans $54.67 ↓ -47%
Unitedhealthcare All Commercial Plans $55.88 ↓ -46%
Unitedhealthcare Select/Navigate Hmo $55.88 ↓ -46%
First Health/Coventry Coventry All Commercial Plans $55.88 ↓ -46%
Healthnet Ambetter Ppo $59.79 ↓ -42%
Cigna Ppo $70.82 ↓ -32%
Blue Shield Epn/Ifp Benefit Exchange $116.23 ↑ +12%
Blue Shield Hmo $124.33 ↑ +20%
Blue Shield Tandem Ppo/Blue High Performance Ppo/Epo $126.01 ↑ +22%
Blue Shield Ppo/Epo $140.26 ↑ +35%
Blue Shield Medicare Managed Care Plan $190.55 ↑ +84%

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Assay dir meas fr estradiol at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Banner Lassen Medical Center Susanville $8.76 $5.59 – $36.88
Petaluma Valley Hospital Petaluma $47.97 $27.38 – $77.38
Arroyo Grande Hospital Santa Maria $52.65 $22.35 – $120.54
Mark Twain Medical Center San Andreas $81.92 $22.35 – $120.54
French Hospital San Luis Obispo $48.22 $22.35 – $120.54
Queen of The Valley Medical Center Napa $47.97 $27.94 – $97.79
Providence St Joseph Hospital Eureka Eureka $47.97 $27.94 – $184.77
Redwood Memorial Hospital Fortuna $47.97 $185.20 – $185.20

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