Cytopathology fna adequacy evaluation first episode each site 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

$109.55

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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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$313.00

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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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$38.59 with Cigna vs $468.93 with Healthnet — 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

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
Cigna Oa/Oap Hmo/Pos $38.59 ↓ -65%
Aetna All Commercial Plans $49.15 ↓ -55%
Blue Cross All Commercial Plans $51.40 ↓ -53%
Cigna Ppo $54.13 ↓ -51%
Blue Shield Hmo $56.00 ↓ -49%
Blue Shield Medicare Managed Care Plan $66.37 ↓ -39%
Blue Shield Epn/Ifp Benefit Exchange $69.20 ↓ -37%
Blue Shield Tandem Ppo/Blue High Performance Ppo/Epo $75.05 ↓ -31%
Blue Shield Ppo/Epo $83.72 ↓ -24%
Aetna Medicare Managed Care Plan $219.12 ↑ +100%
Humana Medicare Managed Care Plan $223.51 ↑ +104%
Blue Cross Anthem Vivity City Of La Other Commercial Plan $229.57 ↑ +110%
Caremore Medicare Managed Care Plan $241.04 ↑ +120%
Blue Cross Anthem Vivity Non City Of La Other Commercial Plan $258.56 ↑ +136%
La Care Health Plan Covered Ca Exchange $284.86 ↑ +160%
Unitedhealthcare All Commercial Plans $287.00 ↑ +162%
Unitedhealthcare Select/Navigate Hmo $287.00 ↑ +162%
Healthnet Ambetter Hmo $405.38 ↑ +270%
Healthnet Ambetter Ppo $468.93 ↑ +328%

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Cytopathology fna adequacy evaluation first episode each site at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
St. John's Camarillo Hospital Camarillo $84.10 $51.84 – $384.00
Petaluma Valley Hospital Petaluma $290.19 $84.91 – $287.00
Arroyo Grande Hospital Santa Maria $674.10 $40.58 – $509.60
Mark Twain Medical Center San Andreas $164.51 $6.00 – $23.16
French Hospital San Luis Obispo $617.40 $40.58 – $509.60
Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield Bakersfield $77.91 $15.26 – $56.68
Bakersfield Memorial Hospital Bakersfield $77.07 $15.26 – $56.68
Queen of The Valley Medical Center Napa $321.81 $107.30 – $287.00

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