Biopsy muscle percutaneous needle at Providence Little Company of Mary Med Center Torrance
4101 Torrance Blvd, Torrance, CA · Providence · · NPI 1003084211
$1,216.25
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.
$3,475.00
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.
$1,142.00 with Blue Shield vs $10,978.00 with Cigna — 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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| Blue Shield | Medicare Managed Care Plan | $1,142.00 | ↓ -6% |
| Aetna | Medicare Managed Care Plan | $2,124.23 | ↑ +75% |
| Humana | Medicare Managed Care Plan | $2,166.71 | ↑ +78% |
| Blue Cross | Anthem Vivity City Of La Other Commercial Plan | $2,225.51 | ↑ +83% |
| Caremore | Medicare Managed Care Plan | $2,336.65 | ↑ +92% |
| Blue Cross | Anthem Vivity Non City Of La Other Commercial Plan | $2,506.56 | ↑ +106% |
| Blue Cross | All Commercial Plans | $2,559.00 | ↑ +110% |
| Blue Shield | Epn/Ifp Benefit Exchange | $2,628.00 | ↑ +116% |
| Unitedhealthcare | Select/Navigate Hmo | $2,674.00 | ↑ +120% |
| La Care Health Plan | Covered Ca Exchange | $2,761.50 | ↑ +127% |
| Blue Shield | Tandem Ppo/Blue High Performance Ppo/Epo | $2,866.00 | ↑ +136% |
| Blue Shield | Hmo | $2,949.00 | ↑ +142% |
| Unitedhealthcare | All Commercial Plans | $3,028.00 | ↑ +149% |
| Blue Shield | Ppo/Epo | $3,180.00 | ↑ +161% |
| Healthnet | Ambetter Hmo | $3,929.83 | ↑ +223% |
| Healthnet | Blue And Gold Other Commercial Plan | $4,449.00 | ↑ +266% |
| Healthnet | Ambetter Ppo | $4,545.85 | ↑ +274% |
| Cigna | Oa/Oap Hmo/Pos | $5,106.00 | ↑ +320% |
| Healthnet | All Commercial Plans | $7,176.00 | ↑ +490% |
| Cigna | Ppo | $10,978.00 | ↑ +803% |
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Biopsy muscle percutaneous needle at other California hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| St. John's Camarillo Hospital | Camarillo | $833.52 | $93.01 – $3,763.88 |
| Banner Lassen Medical Center | Susanville | $1,014.25 | $108.73 – $1,884.71 |
| Petaluma Valley Hospital | Petaluma | $3,014.10 | $1,921.00 – $4,657.00 |
| Arroyo Grande Hospital | Santa Maria | $2,163.12 | $75.62 – $2,822.40 |
| Mark Twain Medical Center | San Andreas | $1,374.63 | $75.62 – $884.94 |
| French Hospital | San Luis Obispo | $1,901.60 | $75.62 – $2,723.42 |
| Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield | Bakersfield | $1,719.22 | $75.62 – $3,707.20 |
| Bakersfield Memorial Hospital | Bakersfield | $1,700.68 | $75.62 – $3,660.86 |