Culture fungi other (except blood) at Providence Little Company of Mary Med Center Torrance
4101 Torrance Blvd, Torrance, CA · Providence · · NPI 1003084211
$478.45
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.
$1,367.00
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.
$8.41 with Aetna vs $80.07 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 | $8.41 | ↓ -98% |
| Humana | Medicare Managed Care Plan | $8.58 | ↓ -98% |
| Caremore | Medicare Managed Care Plan | $9.25 | ↓ -98% |
| La Care Health Plan | Covered Ca Exchange | $10.93 | ↓ -98% |
| Blue Cross | Anthem Vivity City Of La Other Commercial Plan | $11.93 | ↓ -98% |
| Blue Cross | Anthem Vivity Non City Of La Other Commercial Plan | $13.43 | ↓ -97% |
| Cigna | Oa/Oap Hmo/Pos | $15.21 | ↓ -97% |
| Healthnet | Ambetter Hmo | $15.56 | ↓ -97% |
| Unitedhealthcare | All Commercial Plans | $16.82 | ↓ -96% |
| First Health/Coventry | Coventry All Commercial Plans | $16.82 | ↓ -96% |
| Unitedhealthcare | Select/Navigate Hmo | $16.82 | ↓ -96% |
| Healthnet | Ambetter Ppo | $18.00 | ↓ -96% |
| Cigna | Ppo | $21.33 | ↓ -96% |
| Aetna | All Commercial Plans | $23.16 | ↓ -95% |
| Blue Cross | All Commercial Plans | $41.52 | ↓ -91% |
| Blue Shield | Epn/Ifp Benefit Exchange | $48.84 | ↓ -90% |
| Blue Shield | Hmo | $52.24 | ↓ -89% |
| Blue Shield | Tandem Ppo/Blue High Performance Ppo/Epo | $52.95 | ↓ -89% |
| Blue Shield | Ppo/Epo | $58.93 | ↓ -88% |
| Blue Shield | Medicare Managed Care Plan | $80.07 | ↓ -83% |
Visitor-reported prices
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Culture fungi other (except blood) at other California hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| St. John's Camarillo Hospital | Camarillo | $195.35 | $6.75 – $22.33 |
| Banner Lassen Medical Center | Susanville | $21.20 | $1.68 – $36.86 |
| Petaluma Valley Hospital | Petaluma | $29.58 | $8.24 – $68.59 |
| Arroyo Grande Hospital | Santa Maria | $181.05 | $8.41 – $24.50 |
| Mark Twain Medical Center | San Andreas | $84.59 | $8.41 – $20.61 |
| French Hospital | San Luis Obispo | $165.82 | $6.75 – $25.49 |
| Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield | Bakersfield | $185.50 | $8.41 – $24.18 |
| Bakersfield Memorial Hospital | Bakersfield | $183.50 | $8.41 – $24.18 |