Inf agt nucleic acid human papillomavirus separately reported high-risk types pooled result(s) 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

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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.

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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.

$59.78 with Blue Cross vs $478.76 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
Blue Cross All Commercial Plans $59.78
Aetna Medicare Managed Care Plan $70.20
Humana Medicare Managed Care Plan $71.60
Caremore Medicare Managed Care Plan $77.22
La Care Health Plan Covered Ca Exchange $91.26
Blue Cross Anthem Vivity City Of La Other Commercial Plan $99.57
Blue Cross Anthem Vivity Non City Of La Other Commercial Plan $112.13
Cigna Oa/Oap Hmo/Pos $126.85
Healthnet Ambetter Hmo $129.87
Aetna All Commercial Plans $137.36
Unitedhealthcare All Commercial Plans $140.40
Unitedhealthcare Select/Navigate Hmo $140.40
First Health/Coventry Coventry All Commercial Plans $140.40
Healthnet Ambetter Ppo $150.23
Cigna Ppo $177.96
Blue Shield Epn/Ifp Benefit Exchange $292.03
Blue Shield Hmo $312.39
Blue Shield Tandem Ppo/Blue High Performance Ppo/Epo $316.60
Blue Shield Ppo/Epo $352.40
Blue Shield Medicare Managed Care Plan $478.76

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Inf agt nucleic acid human papillomavirus separately reported high-risk types pooled result(s) at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Arroyo Grande Hospital Santa Maria $20.72 $24.20 – $47.44
French Hospital San Luis Obispo $18.98 $13.07 – $47.44
Mercy Medical Center Mt. Shasta Mt Shasta $37.66 $11.62 – $47.44
Mercy Medical Center Redding Redding $24.54 $19.36 – $47.44
St. Elizabeth Community Hospital Red Bluff $28.27 $27.11 – $47.44
Petaluma Valley Hospital Petaluma not published $68.80 – $140.40
Queen of The Valley Medical Center Napa not published $70.20 – $140.40
Providence St Joseph Hospital Eureka Eureka not published $70.20 – $221.16

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