Ghs sedimentation rate 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

$63.35

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.

$181.00

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.

$4.27 with Aetna vs $33.83 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 $4.27 ↓ -93%
Humana Medicare Managed Care Plan $4.36 ↓ -93%
Caremore Medicare Managed Care Plan $4.70 ↓ -93%
La Care Health Plan Covered Ca Exchange $5.55 ↓ -91%
Blue Cross Anthem Vivity City Of La Other Commercial Plan $6.06 ↓ -90%
Blue Cross Anthem Vivity Non City Of La Other Commercial Plan $6.82 ↓ -89%
Cigna Oa/Oap Hmo/Pos $7.73 ↓ -88%
Healthnet Ambetter Hmo $7.90 ↓ -88%
Unitedhealthcare All Commercial Plans $8.54 ↓ -87%
Unitedhealthcare Select/Navigate Hmo $8.54 ↓ -87%
First Health/Coventry Coventry All Commercial Plans $8.54 ↓ -87%
Healthnet Ambetter Ppo $9.14 ↓ -86%
Aetna All Commercial Plans $9.78 ↓ -85%
Cigna Ppo $10.84 ↓ -83%
Blue Cross All Commercial Plans $17.53 ↓ -72%
Blue Shield Epn/Ifp Benefit Exchange $20.63 ↓ -67%
Blue Shield Hmo $22.07 ↓ -65%
Blue Shield Tandem Ppo/Blue High Performance Ppo/Epo $22.37 ↓ -65%
Blue Shield Ppo/Epo $24.90 ↓ -61%
Blue Shield Medicare Managed Care Plan $33.83 ↓ -47%

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Ghs sedimentation rate at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
St. John's Camarillo Hospital Camarillo $82.35 $0.70 – $11.35
Banner Lassen Medical Center Susanville $7.75 $0.85 – $12.61
Petaluma Valley Hospital Petaluma $87.72 $4.18 – $28.96
Mark Twain Medical Center San Andreas $126.54 $3.40 – $186.20
Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield Bakersfield $77.17 $3.33 – $71.20
Bakersfield Memorial Hospital Bakersfield $76.34 $3.33 – $70.31
Queen of The Valley Medical Center Napa $149.43 $4.27 – $36.60
Providence St Joseph Hospital Eureka Eureka $99.96 $4.27 – $41.51

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