Fl exam g/colon tube w contrast at Providence Little Company of Mary Med Center Torrance
4101 Torrance Blvd, Torrance, CA · Providence · · NPI 1003084211
$308.00
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.
$880.00
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.
$306.88 with Aetna vs $3,180.00 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 | Medicare Managed Care Plan | $306.88 | ↓ -0% |
| Humana | Medicare Managed Care Plan | $313.02 | ↑ +2% |
| Blue Cross | Anthem Vivity City Of La Other Commercial Plan | $321.51 | ↑ +4% |
| Caremore | Medicare Managed Care Plan | $337.57 | ↑ +10% |
| Blue Cross | Anthem Vivity Non City Of La Other Commercial Plan | $362.12 | ↑ +18% |
| La Care Health Plan | Covered Ca Exchange | $398.95 | ↑ +30% |
| Cigna | Oa/Oap Hmo/Pos | $399.00 | ↑ +30% |
| Healthnet | Ambetter Hmo | $567.73 | ↑ +84% |
| Healthnet | Blue And Gold Other Commercial Plan | $601.00 | ↑ +95% |
| Healthnet | Ambetter Ppo | $656.73 | ↑ +113% |
| Cigna | Ppo | $857.00 | ↑ +178% |
| Healthnet | All Commercial Plans | $970.00 | ↑ +215% |
| Blue Shield | Medicare Managed Care Plan | $1,142.00 | ↑ +271% |
| Unitedhealthcare | Select/Navigate Hmo | $1,321.00 | ↑ +329% |
| Unitedhealthcare | All Commercial Plans | $1,495.00 | ↑ +385% |
| Blue Cross | All Commercial Plans | $2,559.00 | ↑ +731% |
| Blue Shield | Epn/Ifp Benefit Exchange | $2,628.00 | ↑ +753% |
| Blue Shield | Tandem Ppo/Blue High Performance Ppo/Epo | $2,866.00 | ↑ +831% |
| Blue Shield | Hmo | $2,949.00 | ↑ +857% |
| Blue Shield | Ppo/Epo | $3,180.00 | ↑ +932% |
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Fl exam g/colon tube w contrast at other California hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| St. John's Camarillo Hospital | Camarillo | $191.41 | $117.99 – $586.14 |
| Petaluma Valley Hospital | Petaluma | $573.75 | $321.54 – $1,921.00 |
| Arroyo Grande Hospital | Santa Maria | $319.72 | $141.10 – $496.86 |
| Mark Twain Medical Center | San Andreas | $718.62 | $121.85 – $461.58 |
| French Hospital | San Luis Obispo | $339.08 | $104.49 – $379.26 |
| Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield | Bakersfield | $241.15 | $141.10 – $520.00 |
| Bakersfield Memorial Hospital | Bakersfield | $238.55 | $141.10 – $513.50 |
| Queen of The Valley Medical Center | Napa | $512.55 | $338.78 – $6,200.00 |