Borrelia burgdorferi (lyme disease) antibody nonspecific 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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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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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.

$17.03 with Aetna vs $162.32 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 $17.03
Humana Medicare Managed Care Plan $17.37
Caremore Medicare Managed Care Plan $18.73
La Care Health Plan Covered Ca Exchange $22.14
Blue Cross Anthem Vivity City Of La Other Commercial Plan $24.16
Blue Cross Anthem Vivity Non City Of La Other Commercial Plan $27.20
Cigna Oa/Oap Hmo/Pos $30.77
Healthnet Ambetter Hmo $31.51
Unitedhealthcare All Commercial Plans $34.06
First Health/Coventry Coventry All Commercial Plans $34.06
Unitedhealthcare Select/Navigate Hmo $34.06
Healthnet Ambetter Ppo $36.44
Cigna Ppo $43.17
Aetna All Commercial Plans $46.89
Blue Cross All Commercial Plans $79.61
Blue Shield Epn/Ifp Benefit Exchange $99.01
Blue Shield Hmo $105.91
Blue Shield Tandem Ppo/Blue High Performance Ppo/Epo $107.34
Blue Shield Ppo/Epo $119.48
Blue Shield Medicare Managed Care Plan $162.32

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Borrelia burgdorferi (lyme disease) antibody nonspecific at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
St. John's Camarillo Hospital Camarillo $21.90 $4.09 – $45.19
Banner Lassen Medical Center Susanville $9.55 $3.41 – $24.98
Petaluma Valley Hospital Petaluma $64.90 $16.69 – $131.51
Arroyo Grande Hospital Santa Maria $21.40 $11.22 – $43.88
Mark Twain Medical Center San Andreas $63.94 $8.59 – $15.86
French Hospital San Luis Obispo $19.60 $6.06 – $51.59
Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield Bakersfield $18.55 $7.93 – $48.94
Bakersfield Memorial Hospital Bakersfield $18.35 $7.93 – $48.94

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