Bone Density Scan (DEXA) at Providence Little Company of Mary Med Center Torrance
4101 Torrance Blvd, Torrance, CA · Providence · · NPI 1003084211
$235.20
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.
$672.00
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.
$120.13 with Blue Shield vs $526.97 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 | Hmo | $120.13 | ↓ -49% |
| Aetna | Medicare Managed Care Plan | $134.46 | ↓ -43% |
| Humana | Medicare Managed Care Plan | $137.15 | ↓ -42% |
| Blue Cross | Anthem Vivity City Of La Other Commercial Plan | $140.87 | ↓ -40% |
| Blue Shield | Medicare Managed Care Plan | $142.37 | ↓ -39% |
| Caremore | Medicare Managed Care Plan | $147.91 | ↓ -37% |
| Blue Shield | Epn/Ifp Benefit Exchange | $148.44 | ↓ -37% |
| Blue Cross | Anthem Vivity Non City Of La Other Commercial Plan | $158.66 | ↓ -33% |
| Blue Shield | Tandem Ppo/Blue High Performance Ppo/Epo | $160.98 | ↓ -32% |
| La Care Health Plan | Covered Ca Exchange | $174.80 | ↓ -26% |
| Unitedhealthcare | All Commercial Plans | $179.33 | ↓ -24% |
| Unitedhealthcare | Select/Navigate Hmo | $179.33 | ↓ -24% |
| Blue Shield | Ppo/Epo | $179.58 | ↓ -24% |
| Aetna | All Commercial Plans | $202.53 | ↓ -14% |
| Healthnet | Ambetter Hmo | $248.76 | ↑ +6% |
| Healthnet | Ambetter Ppo | $287.75 | ↑ +22% |
| Cigna | Oa/Oap Hmo/Pos | $375.63 | ↑ +60% |
| Blue Cross | All Commercial Plans | $403.53 | ↑ +72% |
| Cigna | Ppo | $526.97 | ↑ +124% |
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Bone Density Scan (DEXA) at other California hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| St. John's Camarillo Hospital | Camarillo | $233.02 | $51.84 – $527.07 |
| Banner Lassen Medical Center | Susanville | $491.34 | $21.27 – $726.53 |
| Petaluma Valley Hospital | Petaluma | $503.88 | $140.89 – $666.63 |
| Arroyo Grande Hospital | Santa Maria | $469.09 | $34.27 – $628.18 |
| Mark Twain Medical Center | San Andreas | $1,341.99 | $6.73 – $26.00 |
| French Hospital | San Luis Obispo | $495.88 | $34.27 – $601.70 |
| Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield | Bakersfield | $156.20 | $34.27 – $570.84 |
| Bakersfield Memorial Hospital | Bakersfield | $154.51 | $34.27 – $570.84 |