External pretreatment of serum for use in antibody identification by dilution at Providence Little Company of Mary Med Center Torrance
4101 Torrance Blvd, Torrance, CA · Providence · · NPI 1003084211
$13.57
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.
$38.76
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.
$1.83 with Cigna vs $79.61 with Healthnet — 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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| Cigna | Oa/Oap Hmo/Pos | $1.83 | ↓ -87% |
| Cigna | Ppo | $2.57 | ↓ -81% |
| Blue Shield | Hmo | $26.16 | ↑ +93% |
| Blue Shield | Medicare Managed Care Plan | $31.00 | ↑ +128% |
| Blue Shield | Epn/Ifp Benefit Exchange | $32.32 | ↑ +138% |
| Blue Shield | Tandem Ppo/Blue High Performance Ppo/Epo | $35.05 | ↑ +158% |
| Aetna | Medicare Managed Care Plan | $37.20 | ↑ +174% |
| Humana | Medicare Managed Care Plan | $37.94 | ↑ +180% |
| Blue Cross | Anthem Vivity City Of La Other Commercial Plan | $38.97 | ↑ +187% |
| Blue Shield | Ppo/Epo | $39.10 | ↑ +188% |
| Caremore | Medicare Managed Care Plan | $40.92 | ↑ +202% |
| Blue Cross | Anthem Vivity Non City Of La Other Commercial Plan | $43.90 | ↑ +224% |
| Unitedhealthcare | All Commercial Plans | $45.98 | ↑ +239% |
| Unitedhealthcare | Select/Navigate Hmo | $45.98 | ↑ +239% |
| La Care Health Plan | Covered Ca Exchange | $48.36 | ↑ +256% |
| Aetna | All Commercial Plans | $55.96 | ↑ +312% |
| Healthnet | Ambetter Hmo | $68.82 | ↑ +407% |
| Blue Cross | All Commercial Plans | $71.16 | ↑ +424% |
| Healthnet | Ambetter Ppo | $79.61 | ↑ +487% |
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External pretreatment of serum for use in antibody identification by dilution at other California hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Banner Lassen Medical Center | Susanville | $76.44 | $4.90 – $116.40 |
| Arroyo Grande Hospital | Santa Maria | $47.19 | $23.88 – $108.05 |
| Mark Twain Medical Center | San Andreas | $73.43 | $23.88 – $108.05 |
| French Hospital | San Luis Obispo | $43.22 | $23.88 – $108.05 |
| Providence Mission Hospital - Mission Viejo | Mission Viejo | $14.40 | $31.62 – $68.82 |
| Mercy Medical Center Mt. Shasta | Mt Shasta | $81.69 | $16.65 – $102.90 |
| Providence Cedars-Sinai Tarzana Medical Center | Tarzana | $13.57 | $1.79 – $68.82 |
| Sequoia Hospital | Redwood City | $49.21 | $23.10 – $122.87 |