Hip X-ray at Providence Little Company of Mary Med Center Torrance
4101 Torrance Blvd, Torrance, CA · Providence · · NPI 1003084211
$310.45
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.
$887.00
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.
$68.14 with Aetna vs $436.33 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.
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 | All Commercial Plans | $68.14 | ↓ -78% |
| Aetna | Medicare Managed Care Plan | $111.93 | ↓ -64% |
| Humana | Medicare Managed Care Plan | $114.17 | ↓ -63% |
| Blue Shield | Hmo | $115.42 | ↓ -63% |
| Blue Cross | Anthem Vivity City Of La Other Commercial Plan | $117.27 | ↓ -62% |
| Caremore | Medicare Managed Care Plan | $123.12 | ↓ -60% |
| Unitedhealthcare | Select/Navigate Hmo | $127.70 | ↓ -59% |
| Unitedhealthcare | All Commercial Plans | $127.70 | ↓ -59% |
| Blue Cross | Anthem Vivity Non City Of La Other Commercial Plan | $132.07 | ↓ -57% |
| Blue Shield | Medicare Managed Care Plan | $136.80 | ↓ -56% |
| Blue Shield | Epn/Ifp Benefit Exchange | $142.63 | ↓ -54% |
| La Care Health Plan | Covered Ca Exchange | $145.51 | ↓ -53% |
| Blue Shield | Tandem Ppo/Blue High Performance Ppo/Epo | $154.68 | ↓ -50% |
| Blue Shield | Ppo/Epo | $172.55 | ↓ -44% |
| Blue Cross | All Commercial Plans | $176.78 | ↓ -43% |
| Healthnet | Ambetter Hmo | $207.07 | ↓ -33% |
| Healthnet | Ambetter Ppo | $239.53 | ↓ -23% |
| Cigna | Oa/Oap Hmo/Pos | $311.03 | ↑ +0% |
| Cigna | Ppo | $436.33 | ↑ +41% |
Visitor-reported prices
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Hip X-ray at other California hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| St. John's Camarillo Hospital | Camarillo | $428.37 | $56.40 – $762.84 |
| Banner Lassen Medical Center | Susanville | $410.00 | $61.51 – $606.25 |
| Petaluma Valley Hospital | Petaluma | $638.01 | $117.28 – $270.06 |
| Queen of The Valley Medical Center | Napa | $682.38 | $123.56 – $353.93 |
| Providence St Joseph Hospital Eureka | Eureka | $786.93 | $111.93 – $387.02 |
| Healdsburg Hospital | Healdsburg | $379.95 | $94.53 – $154.39 |
| Redwood Memorial Hospital | Fortuna | $647.70 | $387.93 – $387.93 |
| Santa Rosa Memorial Hospital | Santa Rosa | $558.96 | $121.09 – $290.35 |