Ghs layer closure 7.6 - 12.5 cm - 12054 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

$540.75

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.

$1,545.00

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.

$522.85 with Aetna 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.

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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 $522.85 ↓ -3%
Humana Medicare Managed Care Plan $533.30 ↓ -1%
Blue Cross Anthem Vivity City Of La Other Commercial Plan $547.77 ↑ +1%
Caremore Medicare Managed Care Plan $575.13 ↑ +6%
Healthnet Blue And Gold Other Commercial Plan $601.00 ↑ +11%
Blue Cross Anthem Vivity Non City Of La Other Commercial Plan $616.95 ↑ +14%
La Care Health Plan Covered Ca Exchange $679.70 ↑ +26%
Healthnet Ambetter Hmo $967.27 ↑ +79%
Healthnet All Commercial Plans $970.00 ↑ +79%
Healthnet Ambetter Ppo $1,118.89 ↑ +107%
Unitedhealthcare Select/Navigate Hmo $1,321.00 ↑ +144%
Unitedhealthcare All Commercial Plans $1,495.00 ↑ +176%
Blue Shield Medicare Managed Care Plan $1,528.00 ↑ +183%
Blue Shield Epn/Ifp Benefit Exchange $3,516.00 ↑ +550%
Blue Cross All Commercial Plans $3,816.00 ↑ +606%
Blue Shield Tandem Ppo/Blue High Performance Ppo/Epo $3,835.00 ↑ +609%
Blue Shield Hmo $3,947.00 ↑ +630%
Blue Shield Ppo/Epo $4,256.00 ↑ +687%
Cigna Oa/Oap Hmo/Pos $6,832.00 ↑ +1163%
Cigna Ppo $14,692.00 ↑ +2617%

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Ghs layer closure 7.6 - 12.5 cm - 12054 at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Petaluma Valley Hospital Petaluma $2,754.51 $547.82 – $2,570.00
Mark Twain Medical Center San Andreas $338.33 $131.42 – $497.84
Queen of The Valley Medical Center Napa $1,826.82 $577.20 – $7,483.00
Providence St Joseph Hospital Eureka Eureka $2,077.23 $522.85 – $8,018.00
Healdsburg Hospital Healdsburg $1,661.58 $547.72 – $5,198.77
Redwood Memorial Hospital Fortuna $2,083.35 $1,333.00 – $25,998.00
Santa Rosa Memorial Hospital Santa Rosa $2,147.10 $565.65 – $4,042.00
Providence Mission Hospital - Mission Viejo Mission Viejo $1,375.20 $444.42 – $6,920.00

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