Dx laryngoscopy w/oper scope at Providence Little Company of Mary Med Center Torrance
4101 Torrance Blvd, Torrance, CA · Providence · · NPI 1003084211
$1,467.20
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.
$4,192.00
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.
$1,528.00 with Blue Shield vs $14,692.00 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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| Blue Shield | Medicare Managed Care Plan | $1,528.00 | ↑ +4% |
| Aetna | Medicare Managed Care Plan | $2,289.25 | ↑ +56% |
| Humana | Medicare Managed Care Plan | $2,335.03 | ↑ +59% |
| Blue Cross | Anthem Vivity City Of La Other Commercial Plan | $2,398.39 | ↑ +63% |
| Caremore | Medicare Managed Care Plan | $2,518.17 | ↑ +72% |
| Unitedhealthcare | Select/Navigate Hmo | $2,674.00 | ↑ +82% |
| Blue Cross | Anthem Vivity Non City Of La Other Commercial Plan | $2,701.27 | ↑ +84% |
| La Care Health Plan | Covered Ca Exchange | $2,976.02 | ↑ +103% |
| Unitedhealthcare | All Commercial Plans | $3,028.00 | ↑ +106% |
| Blue Shield | Epn/Ifp Benefit Exchange | $3,516.00 | ↑ +140% |
| Blue Cross | All Commercial Plans | $3,816.00 | ↑ +160% |
| Blue Shield | Tandem Ppo/Blue High Performance Ppo/Epo | $3,835.00 | ↑ +161% |
| Blue Shield | Hmo | $3,947.00 | ↑ +169% |
| Healthnet | Ambetter Hmo | $4,235.11 | ↑ +189% |
| Blue Shield | Ppo/Epo | $4,256.00 | ↑ +190% |
| Healthnet | Blue And Gold Other Commercial Plan | $4,449.00 | ↑ +203% |
| Healthnet | Ambetter Ppo | $4,898.99 | ↑ +234% |
| Cigna | Oa/Oap Hmo/Pos | $6,832.00 | ↑ +366% |
| Healthnet | All Commercial Plans | $7,176.00 | ↑ +389% |
| Cigna | Ppo | $14,692.00 | ↑ +901% |
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Dx laryngoscopy w/oper scope at other California hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| Petaluma Valley Hospital | Petaluma | $3,706.68 | $2,398.61 – $4,657.00 |
| Queen of The Valley Medical Center | Napa | $4,653.75 | $2,527.21 – $9,858.00 |
| Providence St Joseph Hospital Eureka | Eureka | $2,438.82 | $2,289.25 – $9,858.00 |
| Healdsburg Hospital | Healdsburg | $2,755.53 | $2,398.14 – $5,198.77 |
| Redwood Memorial Hospital | Fortuna | $2,445.96 | $8,005.00 – $25,998.00 |
| Santa Rosa Memorial Hospital | Santa Rosa | $4,780.74 | $2,476.66 – $4,737.00 |
| Providence Mission Hospital - Mission Viejo | Mission Viejo | $2,574.72 | $1,945.86 – $6,920.00 |
| Providence Cedars-Sinai Tarzana Medical Center | Tarzana | $1,301.30 | $1,528.00 – $4,235.11 |