Ins picad w subq port 5yr> at Providence Little Company of Mary Med Center Torrance
4101 Torrance Blvd, Torrance, CA · Providence · · NPI 1003084211
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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.
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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.
$1,142.00 with Blue Shield vs $16,802.00 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.
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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| Blue Shield | Medicare Managed Care Plan | $1,142.00 | — |
| Blue Shield | Epn/Ifp Benefit Exchange | $2,628.00 | — |
| Blue Shield | Tandem Ppo/Blue High Performance Ppo/Epo | $2,866.00 | — |
| Blue Shield | Hmo | $2,949.00 | — |
| Blue Shield | Ppo/Epo | $3,180.00 | — |
| Aetna | Medicare Managed Care Plan | $4,061.05 | — |
| Humana | Medicare Managed Care Plan | $4,142.27 | — |
| Blue Cross | Anthem Vivity City Of La Other Commercial Plan | $4,254.67 | — |
| Caremore | Medicare Managed Care Plan | $4,467.15 | — |
| Blue Cross | Anthem Vivity Non City Of La Other Commercial Plan | $4,791.97 | — |
| Blue Cross | All Commercial Plans | $4,818.00 | — |
| La Care Health Plan | Covered Ca Exchange | $5,279.36 | — |
| Unitedhealthcare | Select/Navigate Hmo | $6,592.00 | — |
| Healthnet | Blue And Gold Other Commercial Plan | $7,332.00 | — |
| Unitedhealthcare | All Commercial Plans | $7,464.00 | — |
| Healthnet | Ambetter Hmo | $7,512.94 | — |
| Cigna | Oa/Oap Hmo/Pos | $7,815.00 | — |
| Healthnet | Ambetter Ppo | $8,690.64 | — |
| Healthnet | All Commercial Plans | $11,827.00 | — |
| Cigna | Ppo | $16,802.00 | — |
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Ins picad w subq port 5yr> at other California hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| St. John's Camarillo Hospital | Camarillo | $2,289.87 | $428.65 – $7,477.22 |
| Arroyo Grande Hospital | Santa Maria | $4,467.90 | $348.50 – $10,230.22 |
| Mark Twain Medical Center | San Andreas | $574.76 | $223.26 – $845.74 |
| French Hospital | San Luis Obispo | $4,092.09 | $348.50 – $10,230.22 |
| Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield | Bakersfield | $4,891.64 | $348.50 – $10,548.00 |
| Bakersfield Memorial Hospital | Bakersfield | $4,838.90 | $348.50 – $10,416.15 |
| Queen of The Valley Medical Center | Napa | $6,205.68 | $4,483.19 – $17,909.00 |
| St. Joseph's Medical Center Stockton | Stockton | $5,499.86 | $303.70 – $15,713.88 |