Bacterial meningitis antigen at Providence Little Company of Mary Med Center Torrance
4101 Torrance Blvd, Torrance, CA · Providence · · NPI 1003084211
$105.00
Cash price 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.
$300.00
Gross charge 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.
$11.54 with Aetna vs $97.12 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.
Full explanation →
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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.
Full explanation →Payer ?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. Full explanation → |
Plan ?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. Full explanation → |
Negotiated rate | vs. cash |
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| Aetna | Medicare Managed Care Plan | $11.54 | ↓ -89% |
| Humana | Medicare Managed Care Plan | $11.77 | ↓ -89% |
| Caremore | Medicare Managed Care Plan | $12.69 | ↓ -88% |
| La Care Health Plan | Covered Ca Exchange | $15.00 | ↓ -86% |
| Blue Cross | Anthem Vivity City Of La Other Commercial Plan | $16.37 | ↓ -84% |
| Blue Cross | Anthem Vivity Non City Of La Other Commercial Plan | $18.43 | ↓ -82% |
| Cigna | Oa/Oap Hmo/Pos | $20.85 | ↓ -80% |
| Healthnet | Ambetter Hmo | $21.35 | ↓ -80% |
| Unitedhealthcare | All Commercial Plans | $23.08 | ↓ -78% |
| Unitedhealthcare | Select/Navigate Hmo | $23.08 | ↓ -78% |
| First Health/Coventry | Coventry All Commercial Plans | $23.08 | ↓ -78% |
| Healthnet | Ambetter Ppo | $24.70 | ↓ -76% |
| Aetna | All Commercial Plans | $28.06 | ↓ -73% |
| Cigna | Ppo | $29.25 | ↓ -72% |
| Blue Cross | All Commercial Plans | $48.90 | ↓ -53% |
| Blue Shield | Epn/Ifp Benefit Exchange | $59.24 | ↓ -44% |
| Blue Shield | Hmo | $63.37 | ↓ -40% |
| Blue Shield | Tandem Ppo/Blue High Performance Ppo/Epo | $64.22 | ↓ -39% |
| Blue Shield | Ppo/Epo | $71.48 | ↓ -32% |
| Blue Shield | Medicare Managed Care Plan | $97.12 | ↓ -8% |
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Bacterial meningitis antigen at other California hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| St. John's Camarillo Hospital | Camarillo | $403.84 | $11.54 – $719.16 |
| Banner Lassen Medical Center | Susanville | $19.75 | $0.82 – $15.23 |
| Petaluma Valley Hospital | Petaluma | $47.46 | $11.31 – $80.79 |
| Arroyo Grande Hospital | Santa Maria | $23.97 | $4.79 – $29.73 |
| Mark Twain Medical Center | San Andreas | $45.07 | $11.54 – $28.28 |
| French Hospital | San Luis Obispo | $21.96 | $2.59 – $34.95 |
| Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield | Bakersfield | $95.35 | $11.54 – $33.16 |
| Bakersfield Memorial Hospital | Bakersfield | $94.32 | $11.54 – $33.16 |