Curette/treat cornea at Providence Little Company of Mary Med Center Torrance
4101 Torrance Blvd, Torrance, CA · Providence · · NPI 1003084211
$503.65
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.
$1,439.00
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.
$1,142.00 with Blue Shield vs $10,978.00 with Cigna — 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 | Medicare Managed Care Plan | $1,142.00 | ↑ +127% |
| Aetna | Medicare Managed Care Plan | $1,282.15 | ↑ +155% |
| Humana | Medicare Managed Care Plan | $1,307.79 | ↑ +160% |
| Blue Cross | Anthem Vivity City Of La Other Commercial Plan | $1,343.28 | ↑ +167% |
| Caremore | Medicare Managed Care Plan | $1,410.37 | ↑ +180% |
| Blue Cross | Anthem Vivity Non City Of La Other Commercial Plan | $1,512.92 | ↑ +200% |
| La Care Health Plan | Covered Ca Exchange | $1,666.80 | ↑ +231% |
| Healthnet | Ambetter Hmo | $2,371.98 | ↑ +371% |
| Blue Cross | All Commercial Plans | $2,559.00 | ↑ +408% |
| Blue Shield | Epn/Ifp Benefit Exchange | $2,628.00 | ↑ +422% |
| Unitedhealthcare | Select/Navigate Hmo | $2,674.00 | ↑ +431% |
| Healthnet | Blue And Gold Other Commercial Plan | $2,719.00 | ↑ +440% |
| Healthnet | Ambetter Ppo | $2,743.81 | ↑ +445% |
| Blue Shield | Tandem Ppo/Blue High Performance Ppo/Epo | $2,866.00 | ↑ +469% |
| Blue Shield | Hmo | $2,949.00 | ↑ +486% |
| Unitedhealthcare | All Commercial Plans | $3,028.00 | ↑ +501% |
| Blue Shield | Ppo/Epo | $3,180.00 | ↑ +531% |
| Healthnet | All Commercial Plans | $4,385.00 | ↑ +771% |
| Cigna | Oa/Oap Hmo/Pos | $5,106.00 | ↑ +914% |
| Cigna | Ppo | $10,978.00 | ↑ +2080% |
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Curette/treat cornea at other California hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| Petaluma Valley Hospital | Petaluma | $1,687.08 | $1,343.40 – $4,657.00 |
| Queen of The Valley Medical Center | Napa | $2,205.24 | $1,415.43 – $7,455.00 |
| Providence St Joseph Hospital Eureka | Eureka | $1,331.61 | $1,282.15 – $8,018.00 |
| Healdsburg Hospital | Healdsburg | $1,156.68 | $1,343.14 – $3,982.87 |
| Redwood Memorial Hospital | Fortuna | $1,112.82 | $5,981.00 – $20,799.00 |
| Santa Rosa Memorial Hospital | Santa Rosa | $2,646.39 | $1,387.12 – $4,737.00 |
| Providence Mission Hospital - Mission Viejo | Mission Viejo | $2,042.40 | $1,089.83 – $5,171.00 |
| Providence Cedars-Sinai Tarzana Medical Center | Tarzana | $479.15 | $1,142.00 – $2,606.00 |