Brace back pinnacle tlso 464 at Providence Little Company of Mary Med Center Torrance
4101 Torrance Blvd, Torrance, CA · Providence · · NPI 1003084211
$2,251.44
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.
$6,432.68
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.
$1,782.97 with Aetna vs $3,815.56 with Healthnet — 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 | Medicare Managed Care Plan | $1,782.97 | ↓ -21% |
| Humana | Medicare Managed Care Plan | $1,818.63 | ↓ -19% |
| Caremore | Medicare Managed Care Plan | $1,961.27 | ↓ -13% |
| La Care Health Plan | Covered Ca Exchange | $2,317.86 | ↑ +3% |
| Blue Cross | Anthem Vivity City Of La Other Commercial Plan | $2,479.38 | ↑ +10% |
| Blue Cross | Anthem Vivity Non City Of La Other Commercial Plan | $2,792.10 | ↑ +24% |
| Healthnet | Ambetter Hmo | $3,298.49 | ↑ +47% |
| Healthnet | Ambetter Ppo | $3,815.56 | ↑ +69% |
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Brace back pinnacle tlso 464 at other California hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| St. John's Camarillo Hospital | Camarillo | $2,151.46 | $242.40 – $1,607.13 |
| Petaluma Valley Hospital | Petaluma | $4,464.56 | not published |
| Arroyo Grande Hospital | Santa Maria | $2,103.20 | $934.38 – $4,815.72 |
| French Hospital | San Luis Obispo | $1,926.29 | $933.66 – $4,815.72 |
| Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield | Bakersfield | $2,025.66 | $281.25 – $1,012.50 |
| Bakersfield Memorial Hospital | Bakersfield | $2,003.82 | $281.25 – $1,091.25 |
| Queen of The Valley Medical Center | Napa | $4,464.56 | not published |
| Providence St Joseph Hospital Eureka | Eureka | $3,195.08 | not published |