Ghs immun0electrophoresis at Providence Little Company of Mary Med Center Torrance

4101 Torrance Blvd, Torrance, CA · Providence · · NPI 1003084211

Source: hospital's published price file ↗ · Published Apr 1, 2026 · Ingested Sep 11, 2026

$271.25

Cash price

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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.

$775.00

Gross charge

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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.

$29.92 with Aetna vs $213.60 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.

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Payer
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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.

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Plan
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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.

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Negotiated rate vs. cash
Aetna Medicare Managed Care Plan $29.92 ↓ -89%
Humana Medicare Managed Care Plan $30.52 ↓ -89%
Caremore Medicare Managed Care Plan $32.91 ↓ -88%
La Care Health Plan Covered Ca Exchange $38.90 ↓ -86%
Blue Cross Anthem Vivity City Of La Other Commercial Plan $42.44 ↓ -84%
Blue Cross Anthem Vivity Non City Of La Other Commercial Plan $47.79 ↓ -82%
Cigna Oa/Oap Hmo/Pos $54.07 ↓ -80%
Healthnet Ambetter Hmo $55.35 ↓ -80%
Unitedhealthcare All Commercial Plans $59.84 ↓ -78%
Unitedhealthcare Select/Navigate Hmo $59.84 ↓ -78%
First Health/Coventry Coventry All Commercial Plans $59.84 ↓ -78%
Aetna All Commercial Plans $61.72 ↓ -77%
Healthnet Ambetter Ppo $64.03 ↓ -76%
Cigna Ppo $75.86 ↓ -72%
Blue Cross All Commercial Plans $110.75 ↓ -59%
Blue Shield Epn/Ifp Benefit Exchange $130.29 ↓ -52%
Blue Shield Hmo $139.37 ↓ -49%
Blue Shield Tandem Ppo/Blue High Performance Ppo/Epo $141.25 ↓ -48%
Blue Shield Ppo/Epo $157.23 ↓ -42%
Blue Shield Medicare Managed Care Plan $213.60 ↓ -21%

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Ghs immun0electrophoresis at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
St. John's Camarillo Hospital Camarillo $277.26 $29.92 – $493.74
Banner Lassen Medical Center Susanville $5.73 $3.69 – $39.48
Northridge Hospital Medical Center Northridge $183.03 $29.92 – $656.00
Providence Little Co of Mary Med Center San Pedro San Pedro $271.25 $29.92 – $59.84
Petaluma Valley Hospital Petaluma not published $29.32 – $182.95
Queen of The Valley Medical Center Napa not published $29.92 – $231.21
Providence St Joseph Hospital Eureka Eureka not published $29.92 – $262.19
Healdsburg Hospital Healdsburg not published $29.92 – $104.59

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