Drain bladder by trocar/cath 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

$466.20

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$1,332.00

Gross charge

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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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The hospital's undiscounted list price — almost no one pays this.

$399.00 with Cigna vs $4,385.00 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.

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Negotiated rate vs. cash
Cigna Oa/Oap Hmo/Pos $399.00 ↓ -14%
Cigna Ppo $857.00 ↑ +84%
Aetna Medicare Managed Care Plan $1,104.48 ↑ +137%
Humana Medicare Managed Care Plan $1,126.57 ↑ +142%
Blue Shield Medicare Managed Care Plan $1,142.00 ↑ +145%
Blue Cross Anthem Vivity City Of La Other Commercial Plan $1,157.14 ↑ +148%
Caremore Medicare Managed Care Plan $1,214.93 ↑ +161%
Blue Cross Anthem Vivity Non City Of La Other Commercial Plan $1,303.27 ↑ +180%
La Care Health Plan Covered Ca Exchange $1,435.83 ↑ +208%
Healthnet Ambetter Hmo $2,043.29 ↑ +338%
Healthnet Ambetter Ppo $2,363.59 ↑ +407%
Blue Cross All Commercial Plans $2,559.00 ↑ +449%
Blue Shield Epn/Ifp Benefit Exchange $2,628.00 ↑ +464%
Unitedhealthcare Select/Navigate Hmo $2,674.00 ↑ +474%
Healthnet Blue And Gold Other Commercial Plan $2,719.00 ↑ +483%
Blue Shield Tandem Ppo/Blue High Performance Ppo/Epo $2,866.00 ↑ +515%
Blue Shield Hmo $2,949.00 ↑ +533%
Unitedhealthcare All Commercial Plans $3,028.00 ↑ +550%
Blue Shield Ppo/Epo $3,180.00 ↑ +582%
Healthnet All Commercial Plans $4,385.00 ↑ +841%

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Drain bladder by trocar/cath at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
St. John's Camarillo Hospital Camarillo $558.45 $150.29 – $2,345.30
Petaluma Valley Hospital Petaluma $1,891.59 $1,157.25 – $4,657.00
Queen of The Valley Medical Center Napa $2,103.75 $1,219.29 – $7,455.00
Providence St Joseph Hospital Eureka Eureka $2,115.99 $1,104.48 – $8,018.00
Healdsburg Hospital Healdsburg $1,148.52 $1,157.02 – $3,982.87
Redwood Memorial Hospital Fortuna $1,249.50 $5,981.00 – $20,799.00
Santa Rosa Memorial Hospital Santa Rosa $2,024.19 $1,194.91 – $4,737.00
Providence Mission Hospital - Mission Viejo Mission Viejo $601.92 $938.81 – $5,171.00

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