Infect ag na influenza r/amp 1st 2 types 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

$116.24

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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.

$332.12

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.

$95.80 with Aetna vs $816.70 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 $95.80 ↓ -18%
Humana Medicare Managed Care Plan $97.72 ↓ -16%
Caremore Medicare Managed Care Plan $105.38 ↓ -9%
La Care Health Plan Covered Ca Exchange $124.54 ↑ +7%
Blue Cross Anthem Vivity City Of La Other Commercial Plan $135.88 ↑ +17%
Blue Cross Anthem Vivity Non City Of La Other Commercial Plan $153.02 ↑ +32%
Cigna Oa/Oap Hmo/Pos $173.11 ↑ +49%
Healthnet Ambetter Hmo $177.23 ↑ +52%
Unitedhealthcare All Commercial Plans $191.60 ↑ +65%
Unitedhealthcare Select/Navigate Hmo $191.60 ↑ +65%
First Health/Coventry Coventry All Commercial Plans $191.60 ↑ +65%
Healthnet Ambetter Ppo $205.01 ↑ +76%
Aetna All Commercial Plans $234.32 ↑ +102%
Cigna Ppo $242.85 ↑ +109%
Blue Cross All Commercial Plans $340.51 ↑ +193%
Blue Shield Epn/Ifp Benefit Exchange $498.16 ↑ +329%
Blue Shield Hmo $532.89 ↑ +358%
Blue Shield Tandem Ppo/Blue High Performance Ppo/Epo $540.07 ↑ +365%
Blue Shield Ppo/Epo $601.15 ↑ +417%
Blue Shield Medicare Managed Care Plan $816.70 ↑ +603%

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Infect ag na influenza r/amp 1st 2 types at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
St. John's Camarillo Hospital Camarillo $167.85 $93.96 – $271.44
Banner Lassen Medical Center Susanville $71.98 $19.16 – $126.46
Petaluma Valley Hospital Petaluma $566.61 $93.88 – $527.37
Arroyo Grande Hospital Santa Maria $204.16 $76.64 – $294.98
Mark Twain Medical Center San Andreas $205.80 $76.64 – $234.71
French Hospital San Luis Obispo $186.99 $76.64 – $294.98
Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield Bakersfield $140.61 $23.00 – $275.30
Bakersfield Memorial Hospital Bakersfield $139.10 $23.00 – $275.30

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