Ghs st - re-eval for alt comm at Providence Little Company of Mary Med Center Torrance
4101 Torrance Blvd, Torrance, CA · Providence · · NPI 1003084211
$270.20
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.
$772.00
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.
$77.39 with Aetna vs $353.00 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 | $77.39 | ↓ -71% |
| Humana | Medicare Managed Care Plan | $78.94 | ↓ -71% |
| Caremore | Medicare Managed Care Plan | $85.13 | ↓ -68% |
| La Care Health Plan | Covered Ca Exchange | $100.61 | ↓ -63% |
| Healthnet | Ambetter Hmo | $143.17 | ↓ -47% |
| Healthnet | Ambetter Ppo | $165.61 | ↓ -39% |
| Blue Shield | Hmo | $236.13 | ↓ -13% |
| Blue Shield | Medicare Managed Care Plan | $279.86 | ↑ +4% |
| Blue Shield | Epn/Ifp Benefit Exchange | $291.79 | ↑ +8% |
| Blue Shield | Tandem Ppo/Blue High Performance Ppo/Epo | $316.43 | ↑ +17% |
| Blue Shield | Ppo/Epo | $353.00 | ↑ +31% |
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Ghs st - re-eval for alt comm at other California hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Queen of The Valley Medical Center | Napa | $953.19 | $74.35 – $74.35 |
| Providence St Joseph Hospital Eureka | Eureka | $372.30 | $74.35 – $74.35 |
| Santa Rosa Memorial Hospital | Santa Rosa | $294.27 | $72.86 – $74.35 |
| Providence Mission Hospital - Mission Viejo | Mission Viejo | $305.76 | $65.78 – $143.17 |
| Providence Cedars-Sinai Tarzana Medical Center | Tarzana | $250.60 | $77.39 – $144.70 |
| Providence Saint Joseph Medical Center | Burbank | $419.65 | $77.39 – $279.86 |
| St Jude Medical Center | Fullerton | $379.68 | $65.78 – $143.17 |
| Providence St Joseph Hospital Orange | Orange | $203.04 | $65.78 – $143.17 |