Brachytx isodose complex at Providence Little Company of Mary Med Center Torrance
4101 Torrance Blvd, Torrance, CA · Providence · · NPI 1003084211
$638.40
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.
$1,824.00
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.
$458.86 with Aetna vs $1,747.38 with Blue Cross — 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 | $458.86 | ↓ -28% |
| Aetna | Medicare Managed Care Plan | $481.58 | ↓ -25% |
| Humana | Medicare Managed Care Plan | $491.21 | ↓ -23% |
| Blue Cross | Anthem Vivity City Of La Other Commercial Plan | $504.54 | ↓ -21% |
| Caremore | Medicare Managed Care Plan | $529.74 | ↓ -17% |
| Blue Cross | Anthem Vivity Non City Of La Other Commercial Plan | $568.26 | ↓ -11% |
| La Care Health Plan | Covered Ca Exchange | $626.05 | ↓ -2% |
| Blue Shield | Hmo | $774.88 | ↑ +21% |
| Healthnet | Ambetter Hmo | $890.92 | ↑ +40% |
| Blue Shield | Medicare Managed Care Plan | $918.38 | ↑ +44% |
| Blue Shield | Epn/Ifp Benefit Exchange | $957.51 | ↑ +50% |
| Healthnet | Ambetter Ppo | $1,030.58 | ↑ +61% |
| Blue Shield | Tandem Ppo/Blue High Performance Ppo/Epo | $1,038.39 | ↑ +63% |
| Blue Shield | Ppo/Epo | $1,158.41 | ↑ +81% |
| Blue Cross | All Commercial Plans | $1,747.38 | ↑ +174% |
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Brachytx isodose complex at other California hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| St. John's Camarillo Hospital | Camarillo | $509.40 | $314.01 – $1,011.81 |
| Providence St Joseph Hospital Eureka | Eureka | $2,619.36 | $481.58 – $2,229.67 |
| St. Joseph's Medical Center Stockton | Stockton | $1,413.85 | $313.39 – $4,809.00 |
| Santa Rosa Memorial Hospital | Santa Rosa | $5,224.44 | $521.01 – $1,672.75 |
| Providence Mission Hospital - Mission Viejo | Mission Viejo | $6,884.64 | $409.34 – $890.92 |
| Northridge Hospital Medical Center | Northridge | $1,860.10 | $313.39 – $6,667.00 |
| Providence Cedars-Sinai Tarzana Medical Center | Tarzana | $1,104.60 | $436.73 – $890.92 |
| St. Mary Medical Center | Long Beach | $500.09 | $282.05 – $1,566.95 |