Infectious agent nucleic acid respiratory virus multiplex amplified probe 3-5 targets 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.

$142.63 with Aetna vs $1,202.64 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 $142.63
Humana Medicare Managed Care Plan $145.48
Caremore Medicare Managed Care Plan $156.89
La Care Health Plan Covered Ca Exchange $185.42
Blue Cross Anthem Vivity City Of La Other Commercial Plan $202.31
Blue Cross Anthem Vivity Non City Of La Other Commercial Plan $227.82
Cigna Oa/Oap Hmo/Pos $257.73
Healthnet Ambetter Hmo $263.87
Unitedhealthcare All Commercial Plans $285.26
Unitedhealthcare Select/Navigate Hmo $285.26
First Health/Coventry Coventry All Commercial Plans $285.26
Healthnet Ambetter Ppo $305.23
Aetna All Commercial Plans $345.05
Cigna Ppo $361.57
Blue Cross All Commercial Plans $512.48
Blue Shield Epn/Ifp Benefit Exchange $733.57
Blue Shield Hmo $784.71
Blue Shield Tandem Ppo/Blue High Performance Ppo/Epo $795.29
Blue Shield Ppo/Epo $885.23
Blue Shield Medicare Managed Care Plan $1,202.64

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Infectious agent nucleic acid respiratory virus multiplex amplified probe 3-5 targets at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
St. John's Camarillo Hospital Camarillo $65.70 $40.50 – $378.44
Banner Lassen Medical Center Susanville $238.82 $28.53 – $100.77
Petaluma Valley Hospital Petaluma $806.31 $139.78 – $793.69
Arroyo Grande Hospital Santa Maria $361.24 $61.07 – $367.50
Mark Twain Medical Center San Andreas $99.90 $61.07 – $147.00
French Hospital San Luis Obispo $330.85 $40.50 – $432.03
Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield Bakersfield $187.36 $61.07 – $409.87
Bakersfield Memorial Hospital Bakersfield $185.34 $61.07 – $409.87

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