Cta lower extremity without & w/contrast (both sides) at Providence Little Company of Mary Med Center Torrance
4101 Torrance Blvd, Torrance, CA · Providence · · NPI 1003084211
$1,288.35
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.
$3,681.00
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.
$225.59 with Aetna vs $2,331.27 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 | $225.59 | ↓ -82% |
| Humana | Medicare Managed Care Plan | $230.11 | ↓ -82% |
| Blue Cross | Anthem Vivity City Of La Other Commercial Plan | $236.35 | ↓ -82% |
| Caremore | Medicare Managed Care Plan | $248.15 | ↓ -81% |
| Blue Cross | Anthem Vivity Non City Of La Other Commercial Plan | $266.20 | ↓ -79% |
| Unitedhealthcare | All Commercial Plans | $291.55 | ↓ -77% |
| Unitedhealthcare | Select/Navigate Hmo | $291.55 | ↓ -77% |
| La Care Health Plan | Covered Ca Exchange | $293.27 | ↓ -77% |
| Healthnet | Ambetter Hmo | $417.35 | ↓ -68% |
| Healthnet | Ambetter Ppo | $482.77 | ↓ -63% |
| Aetna | All Commercial Plans | $807.50 | ↓ -37% |
| Blue Cross | All Commercial Plans | $1,065.21 | ↓ -17% |
| Blue Shield | Hmo | $1,559.43 | ↑ +21% |
| Blue Shield | Medicare Managed Care Plan | $1,848.21 | ↑ +43% |
| Blue Shield | Epn/Ifp Benefit Exchange | $1,926.97 | ↑ +50% |
| Blue Shield | Tandem Ppo/Blue High Performance Ppo/Epo | $2,089.74 | ↑ +62% |
| Blue Shield | Ppo/Epo | $2,331.27 | ↑ +81% |
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Cta lower extremity without & w/contrast (both sides) at other California hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| St. John's Camarillo Hospital | Camarillo | $772.20 | $226.19 – $1,566.00 |
| Banner Lassen Medical Center | Susanville | $1,281.96 | $521.45 – $2,185.41 |
| Petaluma Valley Hospital | Petaluma | $11,077.71 | $236.37 – $1,759.72 |
| Queen of The Valley Medical Center | Napa | $3,057.96 | $249.04 – $2,223.85 |
| Providence St Joseph Hospital Eureka | Eureka | $3,870.39 | $225.59 – $2,521.86 |
| Healdsburg Hospital | Healdsburg | $2,026.74 | $236.33 – $1,063.06 |
| Redwood Memorial Hospital | Fortuna | $3,026.34 | $2,527.75 – $2,527.75 |
| Santa Rosa Memorial Hospital | Santa Rosa | $9,732.33 | $244.06 – $1,891.97 |