Drug assay caffeine at Providence Little Company of Mary Med Center Torrance
4101 Torrance Blvd, Torrance, CA · Providence · · NPI 1003084211
$11.20
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.
$32.00
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.
$37.78 with Aetna vs $131.63 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 | All Commercial Plans | $37.78 | ↑ +237% |
| Aetna | Medicare Managed Care Plan | $38.57 | ↑ +244% |
| Humana | Medicare Managed Care Plan | $39.34 | ↑ +251% |
| Caremore | Medicare Managed Care Plan | $42.43 | ↑ +279% |
| Blue Cross | All Commercial Plans | $42.92 | ↑ +283% |
| La Care Health Plan | Covered Ca Exchange | $50.14 | ↑ +348% |
| Blue Cross | Anthem Vivity City Of La Other Commercial Plan | $54.71 | ↑ +388% |
| Blue Cross | Anthem Vivity Non City Of La Other Commercial Plan | $61.61 | ↑ +450% |
| Cigna | Oa/Oap Hmo/Pos | $69.69 | ↑ +522% |
| Healthnet | Ambetter Hmo | $71.35 | ↑ +537% |
| Unitedhealthcare | Select/Navigate Hmo | $77.14 | ↑ +589% |
| First Health/Coventry | Coventry All Commercial Plans | $77.14 | ↑ +589% |
| Unitedhealthcare | All Commercial Plans | $77.14 | ↑ +589% |
| Blue Shield | Epn/Ifp Benefit Exchange | $80.29 | ↑ +617% |
| Healthnet | Ambetter Ppo | $82.54 | ↑ +637% |
| Blue Shield | Hmo | $85.89 | ↑ +667% |
| Blue Shield | Tandem Ppo/Blue High Performance Ppo/Epo | $87.04 | ↑ +677% |
| Blue Shield | Ppo/Epo | $96.89 | ↑ +765% |
| Cigna | Ppo | $97.77 | ↑ +773% |
| Blue Shield | Medicare Managed Care Plan | $131.63 | ↑ +1075% |
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Drug assay caffeine at other California hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| Banner Lassen Medical Center | Susanville | $17.53 | $7.71 – $27.16 |
| Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield | Bakersfield | $13.15 | $15.40 – $110.83 |
| Bakersfield Memorial Hospital | Bakersfield | $13.00 | $15.40 – $110.83 |
| St. Joseph's Behavioral Health Center | Stockton | $20.23 | $3.55 – $28.34 |
| St. Joseph's Medical Center Stockton | Stockton | $10.42 | $7.44 – $35.42 |
| Mercy Medical Center Mt. Shasta | Mt Shasta | $27.56 | $15.40 – $35.42 |
| Mercy Medical Center Merced | Merced | $18.25 | $10.28 – $35.42 |
| Dominican Hospital | Santa Cruz | $15.94 | $15.40 – $345.36 |