Clotting assay whole blood 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.
$26.65 with Blue Shield vs $79.24 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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| Blue Shield | Hmo | $26.65 | — |
| Blue Shield | Medicare Managed Care Plan | $31.58 | — |
| Blue Shield | Epn/Ifp Benefit Exchange | $32.93 | — |
| Cigna | Oa/Oap Hmo/Pos | $33.30 | — |
| Blue Shield | Tandem Ppo/Blue High Performance Ppo/Epo | $35.71 | — |
| Blue Shield | Ppo/Epo | $39.83 | — |
| Aetna | All Commercial Plans | $39.99 | — |
| Unitedhealthcare | Select/Navigate Hmo | $41.86 | — |
| Unitedhealthcare | All Commercial Plans | $41.86 | — |
| Cigna | Ppo | $46.72 | — |
| Blue Cross | All Commercial Plans | $79.24 | — |
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Clotting assay whole blood at other California hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Arroyo Grande Hospital | Santa Maria | $43.66 | $17.73 – $67.00 |
| French Hospital | San Luis Obispo | $39.99 | $17.73 – $67.00 |
| Dominican Hospital | Santa Cruz | $144.90 | $17.73 – $273.70 |
| Sierra Nevada Memorial Hospital | Grass Valley | $275.23 | $17.73 – $494.90 |
| Mercy San Juan Medical Center | Carmichael | $165.50 | $17.73 – $501.32 |
| Mercy General Hospital | Sacramento | $131.68 | $17.73 – $483.20 |
| Mercy Hospital of Folsom | Folsom | $234.96 | $17.73 – $495.28 |
| Woodland Memorial Hospital | Woodland | $165.50 | $17.73 – $604.00 |