Cytopath smear oth prep screen & interp at Providence Little Company of Mary Med Center Torrance
4101 Torrance Blvd, Torrance, CA · Providence · · NPI 1003084211
$30.80
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.
$88.00
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.
$25.62 with Blue Cross vs $145.94 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 Cross | All Commercial Plans | $25.62 | ↓ -17% |
| Aetna | Medicare Managed Care Plan | $37.20 | ↑ +21% |
| Humana | Medicare Managed Care Plan | $37.94 | ↑ +23% |
| Blue Cross | Anthem Vivity City Of La Other Commercial Plan | $38.97 | ↑ +27% |
| Caremore | Medicare Managed Care Plan | $40.92 | ↑ +33% |
| Blue Cross | Anthem Vivity Non City Of La Other Commercial Plan | $43.90 | ↑ +43% |
| Unitedhealthcare | Select/Navigate Hmo | $45.98 | ↑ +49% |
| Unitedhealthcare | All Commercial Plans | $45.98 | ↑ +49% |
| La Care Health Plan | Covered Ca Exchange | $48.36 | ↑ +57% |
| Healthnet | Ambetter Hmo | $68.82 | ↑ +123% |
| Aetna | All Commercial Plans | $72.67 | ↑ +136% |
| Healthnet | Ambetter Ppo | $79.61 | ↑ +158% |
| Blue Shield | Hmo | $93.17 | ↑ +203% |
| Cigna | Oa/Oap Hmo/Pos | $104.03 | ↑ +238% |
| Blue Shield | Medicare Managed Care Plan | $110.43 | ↑ +259% |
| Blue Shield | Epn/Ifp Benefit Exchange | $115.13 | ↑ +274% |
| Blue Shield | Tandem Ppo/Blue High Performance Ppo/Epo | $124.86 | ↑ +305% |
| Blue Shield | Ppo/Epo | $139.29 | ↑ +352% |
| Cigna | Ppo | $145.94 | ↑ +374% |
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Cytopath smear oth prep screen & interp at other California hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Petaluma Valley Hospital | Petaluma | $51.00 | $38.98 – $45.98 |
| Mark Twain Medical Center | San Andreas | $41.69 | $11.65 – $44.10 |
| Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield | Bakersfield | $36.73 | $24.00 – $142.22 |
| Bakersfield Memorial Hospital | Bakersfield | $36.34 | $24.00 – $142.22 |
| Queen of The Valley Medical Center | Napa | $105.06 | $41.07 – $53.48 |
| Providence St Joseph Hospital Eureka | Eureka | $185.13 | $37.20 – $60.64 |
| St. Joseph's Behavioral Health Center | Stockton | $45.92 | $8.05 – $64.34 |
| Redwood Memorial Hospital | Fortuna | $115.26 | $60.79 – $60.79 |