Cytopathology cellular enhancement technique non-gyn at Providence Little Company of Mary Med Center Torrance
4101 Torrance Blvd, Torrance, CA · Providence · · NPI 1003084211
$121.80
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.
$348.00
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.
$67.02 with Aetna vs $306.00 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 | $67.02 | ↓ -45% |
| Humana | Medicare Managed Care Plan | $68.36 | ↓ -44% |
| Blue Cross | Anthem Vivity City Of La Other Commercial Plan | $70.22 | ↓ -42% |
| Cigna | Oa/Oap Hmo/Pos | $71.89 | ↓ -41% |
| Caremore | Medicare Managed Care Plan | $73.73 | ↓ -39% |
| Blue Cross | Anthem Vivity Non City Of La Other Commercial Plan | $79.09 | ↓ -35% |
| La Care Health Plan | Covered Ca Exchange | $87.13 | ↓ -28% |
| Unitedhealthcare | Select/Navigate Hmo | $98.94 | ↓ -19% |
| Unitedhealthcare | All Commercial Plans | $98.94 | ↓ -19% |
| Cigna | Ppo | $100.85 | ↓ -17% |
| Aetna | All Commercial Plans | $109.97 | ↓ -10% |
| Healthnet | Ambetter Hmo | $123.99 | ↑ +2% |
| Healthnet | Ambetter Ppo | $143.43 | ↑ +18% |
| Blue Shield | Hmo | $204.69 | ↑ +68% |
| Blue Cross | All Commercial Plans | $218.46 | ↑ +79% |
| Blue Shield | Medicare Managed Care Plan | $242.59 | ↑ +99% |
| Blue Shield | Epn/Ifp Benefit Exchange | $252.93 | ↑ +108% |
| Blue Shield | Tandem Ppo/Blue High Performance Ppo/Epo | $274.30 | ↑ +125% |
| Blue Shield | Ppo/Epo | $306.00 | ↑ +151% |
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Cytopathology cellular enhancement technique non-gyn at other California hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Banner Lassen Medical Center | Susanville | $27.96 | $10.69 – $100.52 |
| Petaluma Valley Hospital | Petaluma | $282.54 | $70.23 – $360.90 |
| Arroyo Grande Hospital | Santa Maria | $18.03 | $21.06 – $102.55 |
| Mark Twain Medical Center | San Andreas | $35.97 | $11.21 – $43.31 |
| French Hospital | San Luis Obispo | $16.52 | $11.38 – $120.55 |
| Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield | Bakersfield | $43.41 | $29.21 – $114.37 |
| Bakersfield Memorial Hospital | Bakersfield | $42.94 | $29.21 – $114.37 |
| Queen of The Valley Medical Center | Napa | $436.56 | $73.99 – $456.09 |