Cytomegalovirus (cmv) antibody igg 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

$19.25

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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.

$55.00

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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.

$14.39 with Aetna vs $137.15 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

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 $14.39 ↓ -25%
Humana Medicare Managed Care Plan $14.68 ↓ -24%
Caremore Medicare Managed Care Plan $15.83 ↓ -18%
La Care Health Plan Covered Ca Exchange $18.71 ↓ -3%
Blue Cross Anthem Vivity City Of La Other Commercial Plan $20.41 ↑ +6%
Blue Cross Anthem Vivity Non City Of La Other Commercial Plan $22.99 ↑ +19%
Cigna Oa/Oap Hmo/Pos $25.99 ↑ +35%
Healthnet Ambetter Hmo $26.62 ↑ +38%
Unitedhealthcare All Commercial Plans $28.78 ↑ +50%
First Health/Coventry Coventry All Commercial Plans $28.78 ↑ +50%
Unitedhealthcare Select/Navigate Hmo $28.78 ↑ +50%
Healthnet Ambetter Ppo $30.79 ↑ +60%
Cigna Ppo $36.47 ↑ +89%
Aetna All Commercial Plans $39.62 ↑ +106%
Blue Cross All Commercial Plans $70.89 ↑ +268%
Blue Shield Epn/Ifp Benefit Exchange $83.66 ↑ +335%
Blue Shield Hmo $89.49 ↑ +365%
Blue Shield Tandem Ppo/Blue High Performance Ppo/Epo $90.70 ↑ +371%
Blue Shield Ppo/Epo $100.95 ↑ +424%
Blue Shield Medicare Managed Care Plan $137.15 ↑ +612%

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Cytomegalovirus (cmv) antibody igg at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
St. John's Camarillo Hospital Camarillo $92.42 $2.70 – $38.17
Petaluma Valley Hospital Petaluma $197.88 $14.10 – $117.11
Arroyo Grande Hospital Santa Maria $34.24 $4.37 – $37.06
Mark Twain Medical Center San Andreas $382.29 $5.42 – $10.00
French Hospital San Luis Obispo $31.36 $2.36 – $43.57
Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield Bakersfield $19.78 $4.37 – $41.34
Bakersfield Memorial Hospital Bakersfield $19.57 $4.37 – $41.34
Queen of The Valley Medical Center Napa $251.94 $14.39 – $148.00

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