Incise/drain eyelid lining 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

$1,383.20

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.

$3,952.00

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.

$1,282.15 with Aetna vs $20,742.00 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 $1,282.15 ↓ -7%
Humana Medicare Managed Care Plan $1,307.79 ↓ -5%
Blue Cross Anthem Vivity City Of La Other Commercial Plan $1,343.28 ↓ -3%
Caremore Medicare Managed Care Plan $1,410.37 ↑ +2%
Blue Cross Anthem Vivity Non City Of La Other Commercial Plan $1,512.92 ↑ +9%
Blue Shield Medicare Managed Care Plan $1,528.00 ↑ +10%
La Care Health Plan Covered Ca Exchange $1,666.80 ↑ +21%
Healthnet Ambetter Hmo $2,371.98 ↑ +71%
Blue Cross All Commercial Plans $2,559.00 ↑ +85%
Unitedhealthcare Select/Navigate Hmo $2,674.00 ↑ +93%
Healthnet Blue And Gold Other Commercial Plan $2,719.00 ↑ +97%
Healthnet Ambetter Ppo $2,743.81 ↑ +98%
Unitedhealthcare All Commercial Plans $3,028.00 ↑ +119%
Blue Shield Epn/Ifp Benefit Exchange $3,516.00 ↑ +154%
Blue Shield Tandem Ppo/Blue High Performance Ppo/Epo $3,835.00 ↑ +177%
Blue Shield Hmo $3,947.00 ↑ +185%
Blue Shield Ppo/Epo $4,256.00 ↑ +208%
Healthnet All Commercial Plans $4,385.00 ↑ +217%
Cigna Oa/Oap Hmo/Pos $9,648.00 ↑ +598%
Cigna Ppo $20,742.00 ↑ +1400%

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Incise/drain eyelid lining at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Petaluma Valley Hospital Petaluma $1,750.83 $1,343.40 – $4,657.00
Queen of The Valley Medical Center Napa $2,296.02 $1,415.43 – $7,483.00
Healdsburg Hospital Healdsburg $1,599.36 $1,343.14 – $5,198.77
Redwood Memorial Hospital Fortuna $1,230.12 $6,127.00 – $25,998.00
Providence Mission Hospital - Mission Viejo Mission Viejo $1,821.60 $1,089.83 – $6,920.00
Providence Cedars-Sinai Tarzana Medical Center Tarzana $1,936.90 $1,282.15 – $4,776.00
Providence Saint Joseph Medical Center Burbank $1,859.20 $1,282.15 – $4,751.00
St Jude Medical Center Fullerton $1,745.28 $1,089.83 – $5,605.00

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