Cta abdomen without & /or w/contrast 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

$1,920.10

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.

$5,486.00

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.

$225.59 with Aetna vs $2,551.49 with Blue Shield — 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
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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
Aetna Medicare Managed Care Plan $225.59 ↓ -88%
Humana Medicare Managed Care Plan $230.11 ↓ -88%
Blue Cross Anthem Vivity City Of La Other Commercial Plan $236.35 ↓ -88%
Caremore Medicare Managed Care Plan $248.15 ↓ -87%
Blue Cross Anthem Vivity Non City Of La Other Commercial Plan $266.20 ↓ -86%
Unitedhealthcare All Commercial Plans $291.55 ↓ -85%
Unitedhealthcare Select/Navigate Hmo $291.55 ↓ -85%
La Care Health Plan Covered Ca Exchange $293.27 ↓ -85%
Healthnet Ambetter Hmo $417.35 ↓ -78%
Healthnet Ambetter Ppo $482.77 ↓ -75%
Aetna All Commercial Plans $808.30 ↓ -58%
Blue Cross All Commercial Plans $1,213.48 ↓ -37%
Blue Shield Hmo $1,706.74 ↓ -11%
Blue Shield Medicare Managed Care Plan $2,022.80 ↑ +5%
Blue Shield Epn/Ifp Benefit Exchange $2,109.00 ↑ +10%
Blue Shield Tandem Ppo/Blue High Performance Ppo/Epo $2,287.15 ↑ +19%
Blue Shield Ppo/Epo $2,551.49 ↑ +33%

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Cta abdomen without & /or w/contrast at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
St. John's Camarillo Hospital Camarillo $1,495.77 $226.19 – $2,663.70
Banner Lassen Medical Center Susanville $2,380.70 $35.60 – $4,058.48
Petaluma Valley Hospital Petaluma $10,965.51 $236.37 – $2,004.67
Arroyo Grande Hospital Santa Maria $1,778.77 $226.19 – $3,420.20
Mark Twain Medical Center San Andreas $8,650.68 $277.18 – $2,793.98
French Hospital San Luis Obispo $1,552.72 $226.19 – $1,768.00
Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield Bakersfield $937.15 $226.19 – $2,020.80
Bakersfield Memorial Hospital Bakersfield $927.05 $226.19 – $1,995.54

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