Blood gases o2 saturation direct measurement at Providence Little Company of Mary Med Center Torrance
4101 Torrance Blvd, Torrance, CA · Providence · · NPI 1003084211
$349.65
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.
$999.00
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.
$78.15 with Aetna vs $270.41 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 | All Commercial Plans | $78.15 | ↓ -78% |
| Aetna | Medicare Managed Care Plan | $78.77 | ↓ -77% |
| Humana | Medicare Managed Care Plan | $80.35 | ↓ -77% |
| Caremore | Medicare Managed Care Plan | $86.65 | ↓ -75% |
| La Care Health Plan | Covered Ca Exchange | $102.40 | ↓ -71% |
| Blue Cross | Anthem Vivity City Of La Other Commercial Plan | $111.73 | ↓ -68% |
| Blue Cross | Anthem Vivity Non City Of La Other Commercial Plan | $125.82 | ↓ -64% |
| Blue Cross | All Commercial Plans | $138.92 | ↓ -60% |
| Cigna | Oa/Oap Hmo/Pos | $142.34 | ↓ -59% |
| Healthnet | Ambetter Hmo | $145.72 | ↓ -58% |
| Unitedhealthcare | Select/Navigate Hmo | $157.54 | ↓ -55% |
| First Health/Coventry | Coventry All Commercial Plans | $157.54 | ↓ -55% |
| Unitedhealthcare | All Commercial Plans | $157.54 | ↓ -55% |
| Blue Shield | Epn/Ifp Benefit Exchange | $164.94 | ↓ -53% |
| Healthnet | Ambetter Ppo | $168.57 | ↓ -52% |
| Blue Shield | Hmo | $176.44 | ↓ -50% |
| Blue Shield | Tandem Ppo/Blue High Performance Ppo/Epo | $178.82 | ↓ -49% |
| Blue Shield | Ppo/Epo | $199.04 | ↓ -43% |
| Cigna | Ppo | $199.68 | ↓ -43% |
| Blue Shield | Medicare Managed Care Plan | $270.41 | ↓ -23% |
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Blood gases o2 saturation direct measurement at other California hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| St. John's Camarillo Hospital | Camarillo | $530.42 | $52.74 – $944.58 |
| Banner Lassen Medical Center | Susanville | $148.36 | $15.75 – $229.89 |
| Petaluma Valley Hospital | Petaluma | $684.93 | $77.19 – $229.50 |
| Arroyo Grande Hospital | Santa Maria | $237.12 | $34.86 – $542.92 |
| French Hospital | San Luis Obispo | $402.59 | $34.86 – $1,006.46 |
| Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield | Bakersfield | $233.73 | $34.14 – $372.80 |
| Bakersfield Memorial Hospital | Bakersfield | $231.21 | $34.14 – $368.14 |
| Queen of The Valley Medical Center | Napa | $788.46 | $78.77 – $290.03 |