Egd Ultrasound fine needle bx/aspir at Providence Little Company of Mary Med Center Torrance
4101 Torrance Blvd, Torrance, CA · Providence · · NPI 1003084211
$1,019.55
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.
$2,913.00
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 | ↑ +50% |
| Aetna | Medicare Managed Care Plan | $2,468.04 | ↑ +142% |
| Humana | Medicare Managed Care Plan | $2,517.40 | ↑ +147% |
| Blue Cross | All Commercial Plans | $2,559.00 | ↑ +151% |
| Blue Cross | Anthem Vivity City Of La Other Commercial Plan | $2,585.71 | ↑ +154% |
| Unitedhealthcare | Select/Navigate Hmo | $2,674.00 | ↑ +162% |
| Caremore | Medicare Managed Care Plan | $2,714.84 | ↑ +166% |
| Blue Cross | Anthem Vivity Non City Of La Other Commercial Plan | $2,912.24 | ↑ +186% |
| Unitedhealthcare | All Commercial Plans | $3,028.00 | ↑ +197% |
| La Care Health Plan | Covered Ca Exchange | $3,208.45 | ↑ +215% |
| Blue Shield | Epn/Ifp Benefit Exchange | $3,516.00 | ↑ +245% |
| Blue Shield | Tandem Ppo/Blue High Performance Ppo/Epo | $3,835.00 | ↑ +276% |
| Blue Shield | Hmo | $3,947.00 | ↑ +287% |
| Blue Shield | Ppo/Epo | $4,256.00 | ↑ +317% |
| Healthnet | Blue And Gold Other Commercial Plan | $4,449.00 | ↑ +336% |
| Healthnet | Ambetter Hmo | $4,565.87 | ↑ +348% |
| Healthnet | Ambetter Ppo | $5,281.60 | ↑ +418% |
| Cigna | Oa/Oap Hmo/Pos | $6,832.00 | ↑ +570% |
| Healthnet | All Commercial Plans | $7,176.00 | ↑ +604% |
| Cigna | Ppo | $14,692.00 | ↑ +1341% |
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Egd Ultrasound fine needle bx/aspir at other California hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Petaluma Valley Hospital | Petaluma | $3,205.35 | $2,570.00 – $4,657.00 |
| Mark Twain Medical Center | San Andreas | $480.19 | $186.53 – $706.58 |
| Queen of The Valley Medical Center | Napa | $3,379.77 | $2,724.58 – $9,858.00 |
| Providence St Joseph Hospital Eureka | Eureka | $2,657.10 | $2,468.04 – $9,858.00 |
| Healdsburg Hospital | Healdsburg | $1,776.33 | $2,585.43 – $5,198.77 |
| Redwood Memorial Hospital | Fortuna | $2,664.75 | $8,005.00 – $25,998.00 |
| Santa Rosa Memorial Hospital | Santa Rosa | $3,379.77 | $2,670.09 – $4,737.00 |
| Providence Mission Hospital - Mission Viejo | Mission Viejo | $1,691.52 | $2,097.83 – $6,920.00 |