Bone marrow imaging mult 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

$857.50

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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.

$2,450.00

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.

$436.18 with Aetna vs $2,072.91 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.

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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 All Commercial Plans $436.18 ↓ -49%
Blue Cross All Commercial Plans $448.04 ↓ -48%
Blue Shield Hmo $457.43 ↓ -47%
Aetna Medicare Managed Care Plan $514.17 ↓ -40%
Humana Medicare Managed Care Plan $524.46 ↓ -39%
Blue Cross Anthem Vivity City Of La Other Commercial Plan $538.69 ↓ -37%
Blue Shield Medicare Managed Care Plan $542.13 ↓ -37%
Blue Shield Epn/Ifp Benefit Exchange $565.24 ↓ -34%
Caremore Medicare Managed Care Plan $565.59 ↓ -34%
Unitedhealthcare All Commercial Plans $589.01 ↓ -31%
Unitedhealthcare Select/Navigate Hmo $589.01 ↓ -31%
Blue Cross Anthem Vivity Non City Of La Other Commercial Plan $606.72 ↓ -29%
Blue Shield Tandem Ppo/Blue High Performance Ppo/Epo $612.98 ↓ -29%
La Care Health Plan Covered Ca Exchange $668.42 ↓ -22%
Blue Shield Ppo/Epo $683.83 ↓ -20%
Healthnet Ambetter Hmo $951.22 ↑ +11%
Healthnet Ambetter Ppo $1,100.33 ↑ +28%
Cigna Oa/Oap Hmo/Pos $1,572.56 ↑ +83%
Cigna Ppo $2,072.91 ↑ +142%

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Bone marrow imaging mult at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Banner Lassen Medical Center Susanville $1,256.78 $80.37 – $1,816.81
Providence Mission Hospital - Mission Viejo Mission Viejo $695.52 $437.05 – $951.22
Dominican Hospital Santa Cruz $1,057.05 $552.06 – $6,158.70
Northridge Hospital Medical Center Northridge $790.69 $181.49 – $2,834.00
Providence Cedars-Sinai Tarzana Medical Center Tarzana $620.20 $280.31 – $1,439.81
St Jude Medical Center Fullerton $1,426.56 $437.05 – $951.22
Providence St Joseph Hospital Orange Orange $820.80 $437.05 – $951.22
Providence Saint John's Health Center Santa Monica $841.40 $460.25 – $1,950.38

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