Drainage of kidney lesion at Providence Little Company of Mary Med Center Torrance
4101 Torrance Blvd, Torrance, CA · Providence · · NPI 1003084211
$537.95
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.
$1,537.00
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.
$910.78 with Aetna vs $10,978.00 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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| Aetna | Medicare Managed Care Plan | $910.78 | ↑ +69% |
| Humana | Medicare Managed Care Plan | $928.99 | ↑ +73% |
| Blue Cross | Anthem Vivity City Of La Other Commercial Plan | $954.20 | ↑ +77% |
| Caremore | Medicare Managed Care Plan | $1,001.85 | ↑ +86% |
| Blue Cross | Anthem Vivity Non City Of La Other Commercial Plan | $1,074.70 | ↑ +100% |
| Blue Shield | Medicare Managed Care Plan | $1,142.00 | ↑ +112% |
| La Care Health Plan | Covered Ca Exchange | $1,184.01 | ↑ +120% |
| Healthnet | Blue And Gold Other Commercial Plan | $1,484.00 | ↑ +176% |
| Healthnet | Ambetter Hmo | $1,684.94 | ↑ +213% |
| Unitedhealthcare | Select/Navigate Hmo | $1,821.00 | ↑ +239% |
| Healthnet | Ambetter Ppo | $1,949.06 | ↑ +262% |
| Unitedhealthcare | All Commercial Plans | $2,064.00 | ↑ +284% |
| Healthnet | All Commercial Plans | $2,391.00 | ↑ +344% |
| Blue Cross | All Commercial Plans | $2,559.00 | ↑ +376% |
| Blue Shield | Epn/Ifp Benefit Exchange | $2,628.00 | ↑ +389% |
| Blue Shield | Tandem Ppo/Blue High Performance Ppo/Epo | $2,866.00 | ↑ +433% |
| Blue Shield | Hmo | $2,949.00 | ↑ +448% |
| Blue Shield | Ppo/Epo | $3,180.00 | ↑ +491% |
| Cigna | Oa/Oap Hmo/Pos | $5,106.00 | ↑ +849% |
| Cigna | Ppo | $10,978.00 | ↑ +1941% |
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Drainage of kidney lesion at other California hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| St. John's Camarillo Hospital | Camarillo | $754.68 | $99.85 – $1,628.92 |
| Banner Lassen Medical Center | Susanville | $1,440.20 | $116.72 – $1,783.83 |
| Arroyo Grande Hospital | Santa Maria | $2,095.06 | $81.18 – $2,986.06 |
| Mark Twain Medical Center | San Andreas | $3,136.86 | $81.18 – $1,466.08 |
| French Hospital | San Luis Obispo | $1,918.84 | $81.18 – $1,940.40 |
| Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield | Bakersfield | $1,576.38 | $81.18 – $1,044.80 |
| Bakersfield Memorial Hospital | Bakersfield | $1,559.39 | $81.18 – $1,031.74 |
| Queen of The Valley Medical Center | Napa | $2,637.72 | $1,005.45 – $6,200.00 |