Cystogram >= 3 views supervision & interpretation 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

$406.35

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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.

$1,161.00

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.

$108.36 with Aetna vs $1,769.70 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.

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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 All Commercial Plans $108.36 ↓ -73%
Blue Cross All Commercial Plans $148.40 ↓ -63%
Blue Shield Hmo $152.86 ↓ -62%
Blue Shield Medicare Managed Care Plan $181.17 ↓ -55%
Blue Shield Epn/Ifp Benefit Exchange $188.89 ↓ -54%
Blue Shield Tandem Ppo/Blue High Performance Ppo/Epo $204.84 ↓ -50%
Blue Shield Ppo/Epo $228.52 ↓ -44%
Aetna Medicare Managed Care Plan $448.71 ↑ +10%
Humana Medicare Managed Care Plan $457.68 ↑ +13%
Blue Cross Anthem Vivity City Of La Other Commercial Plan $470.10 ↑ +16%
Caremore Medicare Managed Care Plan $493.58 ↑ +21%
Blue Cross Anthem Vivity Non City Of La Other Commercial Plan $529.47 ↑ +30%
La Care Health Plan Covered Ca Exchange $583.32 ↑ +44%
Unitedhealthcare All Commercial Plans $610.96 ↑ +50%
Unitedhealthcare Select/Navigate Hmo $610.96 ↑ +50%
Healthnet Ambetter Hmo $830.11 ↑ +104%
Healthnet Ambetter Ppo $960.24 ↑ +136%
Cigna Oa/Oap Hmo/Pos $1,261.48 ↑ +210%
Cigna Ppo $1,769.70 ↑ +336%

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Cystogram >= 3 views supervision & interpretation at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
St. John's Camarillo Hospital Camarillo $453.77 $71.95 – $1,782.69
Banner Lassen Medical Center Susanville $272.24 $54.71 – $402.55
Petaluma Valley Hospital Petaluma $1,339.77 $245.16 – $610.96
Arroyo Grande Hospital Santa Maria $927.05 $47.56 – $1,943.34
Mark Twain Medical Center San Andreas $478.19 $11.39 – $44.00
French Hospital San Luis Obispo $739.71 $47.56 – $2,035.12
Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield Bakersfield $507.53 $47.56 – $1,930.74
Bakersfield Memorial Hospital Bakersfield $502.06 $47.56 – $1,930.74

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