C-reactive protein, quantitative at Providence Little Company of Mary Med Center Torrance
4101 Torrance Blvd, Torrance, CA · Providence · · NPI 1003084211
$105.00
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.
$300.00
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.
$10.64 with Aetna vs $101.41 with Blue Shield — 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 | $10.64 | ↓ -90% |
| Humana | Medicare Managed Care Plan | $10.85 | ↓ -90% |
| Caremore | Medicare Managed Care Plan | $11.70 | ↓ -89% |
| La Care Health Plan | Covered Ca Exchange | $13.83 | ↓ -87% |
| Blue Cross | Anthem Vivity City Of La Other Commercial Plan | $15.09 | ↓ -86% |
| Blue Cross | Anthem Vivity Non City Of La Other Commercial Plan | $17.00 | ↓ -84% |
| Cigna | Oa/Oap Hmo/Pos | $19.24 | ↓ -82% |
| Healthnet | Ambetter Hmo | $19.68 | ↓ -81% |
| Unitedhealthcare | All Commercial Plans | $21.28 | ↓ -80% |
| First Health/Coventry | Coventry All Commercial Plans | $21.28 | ↓ -80% |
| Unitedhealthcare | Select/Navigate Hmo | $21.28 | ↓ -80% |
| Healthnet | Ambetter Ppo | $22.77 | ↓ -78% |
| Cigna | Ppo | $26.99 | ↓ -74% |
| Aetna | All Commercial Plans | $29.28 | ↓ -72% |
| Blue Shield | Epn/Ifp Benefit Exchange | $61.86 | ↓ -41% |
| Blue Shield | Hmo | $66.17 | ↓ -37% |
| Blue Shield | Tandem Ppo/Blue High Performance Ppo/Epo | $67.06 | ↓ -36% |
| Blue Shield | Ppo/Epo | $74.65 | ↓ -29% |
| Blue Cross | All Commercial Plans | $80.04 | ↓ -24% |
| Blue Shield | Medicare Managed Care Plan | $101.41 | ↓ -3% |
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C-reactive protein, quantitative at other California hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Banner Lassen Medical Center | Susanville | $19.11 | $2.13 – $29.10 |
| Petaluma Valley Hospital | Petaluma | $36.21 | $10.43 – $132.23 |
| Arroyo Grande Hospital | Santa Maria | $59.28 | $10.64 – $135.73 |
| French Hospital | San Luis Obispo | $54.30 | $10.64 – $135.73 |
| Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield | Bakersfield | $68.27 | $10.64 – $62.40 |
| Bakersfield Memorial Hospital | Bakersfield | $67.53 | $10.64 – $61.62 |
| Queen of The Valley Medical Center | Napa | $36.21 | $10.64 – $167.10 |
| Providence St Joseph Hospital Eureka | Eureka | $36.21 | $10.64 – $189.49 |