Bronchoscopy w/biopsy(s) 31625 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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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.

$1,528.00 with Blue Shield vs $14,692.00 with Cigna — same scan, same building. Share

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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

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
Blue Shield Medicare Managed Care Plan $1,528.00
Aetna Medicare Managed Care Plan $2,289.25
Humana Medicare Managed Care Plan $2,335.03
Blue Cross Anthem Vivity City Of La Other Commercial Plan $2,398.39
Caremore Medicare Managed Care Plan $2,518.17
Unitedhealthcare Select/Navigate Hmo $2,674.00
Blue Cross Anthem Vivity Non City Of La Other Commercial Plan $2,701.27
La Care Health Plan Covered Ca Exchange $2,976.02
Unitedhealthcare All Commercial Plans $3,028.00
Blue Shield Epn/Ifp Benefit Exchange $3,516.00
Blue Cross All Commercial Plans $3,816.00
Blue Shield Tandem Ppo/Blue High Performance Ppo/Epo $3,835.00
Blue Shield Hmo $3,947.00
Healthnet Ambetter Hmo $4,235.11
Blue Shield Ppo/Epo $4,256.00
Healthnet Blue And Gold Other Commercial Plan $4,449.00
Healthnet Ambetter Ppo $4,898.99
Cigna Oa/Oap Hmo/Pos $6,832.00
Healthnet All Commercial Plans $7,176.00
Cigna Ppo $14,692.00

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Bronchoscopy w/biopsy(s) 31625 at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
St. John's Camarillo Hospital Camarillo $1,171.22 $284.28 – $4,012.38
Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield Bakersfield $658.16 $231.12 – $1,774.00
Bakersfield Memorial Hospital Bakersfield $651.06 $231.12 – $1,774.00
Queen of The Valley Medical Center Napa $5,223.42 $2,527.21 – $9,858.00
St. Joseph's Behavioral Health Center Stockton $991.83 $173.70 – $1,737.00
St. Joseph's Medical Center Stockton Stockton $485.40 $231.12 – $1,651.00
Providence Mission Hospital - Mission Viejo Mission Viejo $2,631.84 $1,945.86 – $6,920.00
Mercy Medical Center Mt. Shasta Mt Shasta $1,565.34 $392.90 – $1,971.76

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