Burr hole skull & remove clot 61154 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

$1,954.40

Cash price

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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.

$5,584.00

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.

$1,142.00 with Blue Shield vs $20,742.00 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.

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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
Blue Shield Medicare Managed Care Plan $1,142.00 ↓ -42%
Unitedhealthcare Select/Navigate Hmo $1,821.00 ↓ -7%
Unitedhealthcare All Commercial Plans $2,064.00 ↑ +6%
Blue Shield Epn/Ifp Benefit Exchange $2,628.00 ↑ +34%
Blue Shield Tandem Ppo/Blue High Performance Ppo/Epo $2,866.00 ↑ +47%
Blue Shield Hmo $2,949.00 ↑ +51%
Blue Shield Ppo/Epo $3,180.00 ↑ +63%
Blue Cross All Commercial Plans $6,543.00 ↑ +235%
Cigna Oa/Oap Hmo/Pos $9,648.00 ↑ +394%
Cigna Ppo $20,742.00 ↑ +961%

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Burr hole skull & remove clot 61154 at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Petaluma Valley Hospital Petaluma $3,623.55 $1,921.00 – $6,619.00
Queen of The Valley Medical Center Napa $3,720.45 $5,592.00 – $10,593.00
Providence St Joseph Hospital Eureka Eureka $4,225.86 $5,835.00 – $11,046.00
Healdsburg Hospital Healdsburg $10,755.39 $2,335.00 – $2,335.00
Redwood Memorial Hospital Fortuna $8,189.58 $5,981.00 – $11,059.00
Santa Rosa Memorial Hospital Santa Rosa $3,678.12 $2,238.00 – $9,773.00
Providence Mission Hospital - Mission Viejo Mission Viejo $2,400.00 $4,666.00 – $13,634.00
Providence Cedars-Sinai Tarzana Medical Center Tarzana $2,374.75 $1,142.00 – $8,480.00

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