Atropine 0.1 mg/ml injection syringe 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

$33.97

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.

$97.06

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.

$0.22 with Cigna vs $1.13 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.

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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
Cigna Oa/Oap Hmo/Pos $0.22 ↓ -99%
Cigna Ppo $0.22 ↓ -99%
Aetna All Commercial Plans $0.22 ↓ -99%
Unitedhealthcare All Commercial Plans $0.24 ↓ -99%
Unitedhealthcare Select/Navigate Hmo $0.24 ↓ -99%
Blue Shield Medicare Managed Care Plan $0.24 ↓ -99%
Blue Shield Hmo $0.27 ↓ -99%
Blue Shield Ppo/Epo $0.27 ↓ -99%
Blue Shield Epn/Ifp Benefit Exchange $0.27 ↓ -99%
Blue Shield Tandem Ppo/Blue High Performance Ppo/Epo $0.27 ↓ -99%
Blue Cross All Commercial Plans $1.13 ↓ -97%

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Atropine 0.1 mg/ml injection syringe at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
St. John's Camarillo Hospital Camarillo $29.35 $0.15 – $20.10
Petaluma Valley Hospital Petaluma $84.15 $0.22 – $0.35
Arroyo Grande Hospital Santa Maria $46.23 $0.13 – $94.08
Mark Twain Medical Center San Andreas $60.24 $23.40 – $88.65
French Hospital San Luis Obispo $165.43 $0.15 – $67.62
Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield Bakersfield $33.39 $0.13 – $20.80
Bakersfield Memorial Hospital Bakersfield $33.03 $0.15 – $20.54
Queen of The Valley Medical Center Napa $84.15 $0.22 – $0.37

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