Biotinidase - quest 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

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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.

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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.

$16.87 with Aetna vs $160.75 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 $16.87
Humana Medicare Managed Care Plan $17.21
Caremore Medicare Managed Care Plan $18.56
La Care Health Plan Covered Ca Exchange $21.93
Blue Cross Anthem Vivity City Of La Other Commercial Plan $23.93
Blue Cross Anthem Vivity Non City Of La Other Commercial Plan $26.95
Cigna Oa/Oap Hmo/Pos $30.50
Healthnet Ambetter Hmo $31.21
Unitedhealthcare All Commercial Plans $33.74
First Health/Coventry Coventry All Commercial Plans $33.74
Unitedhealthcare Select/Navigate Hmo $33.74
Healthnet Ambetter Ppo $36.10
Cigna Ppo $42.78
Aetna All Commercial Plans $46.45
Blue Cross All Commercial Plans $82.97
Blue Shield Epn/Ifp Benefit Exchange $98.05
Blue Shield Hmo $104.89
Blue Shield Tandem Ppo/Blue High Performance Ppo/Epo $106.30
Blue Shield Ppo/Epo $118.32
Blue Shield Medicare Managed Care Plan $160.75

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Biotinidase - quest at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Banner Lassen Medical Center Susanville $11.27 $3.37 – $22.87
Arroyo Grande Hospital Santa Maria $12.58 $14.69 – $43.49
French Hospital San Luis Obispo $11.52 $7.93 – $51.12
Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield Bakersfield $8.17 $11.00 – $48.50
Bakersfield Memorial Hospital Bakersfield $8.08 $11.00 – $48.50
St. Joseph's Behavioral Health Center Stockton $10.85 $1.90 – $15.20
St. Joseph's Medical Center Stockton Stockton $6.18 $3.84 – $18.25
Mercy Medical Center Mt. Shasta Mt Shasta $22.85 $13.86 – $28.79

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