Bronch ebus samplng 3/> node at Providence Little Company of Mary Med Center Torrance
4101 Torrance Blvd, Torrance, CA · Providence · · NPI 1003084211
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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.
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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.
$1,528.00 with Blue Shield vs $43,822.00 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 | Medicare Managed Care Plan | $1,528.00 | — |
| Blue Cross | All Commercial Plans | $2,559.00 | — |
| Blue Shield | Epn/Ifp Benefit Exchange | $3,516.00 | — |
| Blue Shield | Tandem Ppo/Blue High Performance Ppo/Epo | $3,835.00 | — |
| Blue Shield | Hmo | $3,947.00 | — |
| Blue Shield | Ppo/Epo | $4,256.00 | — |
| Aetna | Medicare Managed Care Plan | $4,795.28 | — |
| Humana | Medicare Managed Care Plan | $4,891.18 | — |
| Blue Cross | Anthem Vivity City Of La Other Commercial Plan | $5,023.91 | — |
| Unitedhealthcare | Select/Navigate Hmo | $5,214.00 | — |
| Caremore | Medicare Managed Care Plan | $5,274.80 | — |
| Blue Cross | Anthem Vivity Non City Of La Other Commercial Plan | $5,658.35 | — |
| Unitedhealthcare | All Commercial Plans | $5,905.00 | — |
| La Care Health Plan | Covered Ca Exchange | $6,233.86 | — |
| Healthnet | Blue And Gold Other Commercial Plan | $7,332.00 | — |
| Healthnet | Ambetter Hmo | $8,871.26 | — |
| Healthnet | Ambetter Ppo | $10,261.89 | — |
| Healthnet | All Commercial Plans | $11,827.00 | — |
| Cigna | Oa/Oap Hmo/Pos | $20,383.00 | — |
| Cigna | Ppo | $43,822.00 | — |
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| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Arroyo Grande Hospital | Santa Maria | $4,265.88 | $878.26 – $9,767.66 |
| French Hospital | San Luis Obispo | $3,907.07 | $878.26 – $9,767.66 |
| Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield | Bakersfield | $4,477.97 | $878.26 – $9,656.00 |
| Bakersfield Memorial Hospital | Bakersfield | $4,429.69 | $878.26 – $9,535.30 |
| St. Joseph's Behavioral Health Center | Stockton | $7,517.79 | $1,316.60 – $10,532.80 |
| St. Joseph's Medical Center Stockton | Stockton | $3,398.64 | $878.26 – $9,710.40 |
| Mercy Medical Center Merced | Merced | $6,251.59 | $878.26 – $12,017.61 |
| Providence Saint Joseph Medical Center | Burbank | $5,125.05 | $1,528.00 – $10,302.00 |