Dch glucoscan at Providence Little Company of Mary Med Center Torrance
4101 Torrance Blvd, Torrance, CA · Providence · · NPI 1003084211
$24.85
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.
$71.00
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.
$5.04 with Aetna vs $30.21 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 | $5.04 | ↓ -80% |
| Humana | Medicare Managed Care Plan | $5.14 | ↓ -79% |
| Caremore | Medicare Managed Care Plan | $5.54 | ↓ -78% |
| La Care Health Plan | Covered Ca Exchange | $6.55 | ↓ -74% |
| Blue Cross | Anthem Vivity City Of La Other Commercial Plan | $7.15 | ↓ -71% |
| Blue Cross | Anthem Vivity Non City Of La Other Commercial Plan | $8.05 | ↓ -68% |
| Aetna | All Commercial Plans | $8.70 | ↓ -65% |
| Cigna | Oa/Oap Hmo/Pos | $9.12 | ↓ -63% |
| Healthnet | Ambetter Hmo | $9.32 | ↓ -62% |
| Unitedhealthcare | All Commercial Plans | $10.08 | ↓ -59% |
| Unitedhealthcare | Select/Navigate Hmo | $10.08 | ↓ -59% |
| First Health/Coventry | Coventry All Commercial Plans | $10.08 | ↓ -59% |
| Healthnet | Ambetter Ppo | $10.79 | ↓ -57% |
| Cigna | Ppo | $12.79 | ↓ -49% |
| Blue Cross | All Commercial Plans | $15.60 | ↓ -37% |
| Blue Shield | Epn/Ifp Benefit Exchange | $18.43 | ↓ -26% |
| Blue Shield | Hmo | $19.71 | ↓ -21% |
| Blue Shield | Tandem Ppo/Blue High Performance Ppo/Epo | $19.98 | ↓ -20% |
| Blue Shield | Ppo/Epo | $22.24 | ↓ -11% |
| Blue Shield | Medicare Managed Care Plan | $30.21 | ↑ +22% |
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Dch glucoscan at other California hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Providence Cedars-Sinai Tarzana Medical Center | Tarzana | $27.30 | $5.04 – $10.08 |
| Providence Saint Joseph Medical Center | Burbank | $17.85 | $5.04 – $18.56 |
| St Jude Medical Center | Fullerton | $17.28 | $4.28 – $10.08 |
| St. Elizabeth Community Hospital | Red Bluff | $5.26 | $2.71 – $8.82 |
| Providence Holy Cross Medical Center | Mission Hills | $29.75 | $5.04 – $10.08 |
| Providence Little Co of Mary Med Center San Pedro | San Pedro | $24.85 | $5.04 – $10.08 |
| Providence Saint John's Health Center | Santa Monica | $36.75 | $5.04 – $12.53 |
| Petaluma Valley Hospital | Petaluma | not published | $4.94 – $25.77 |