Ins/rplc spi npg/rcvr pocket 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

$26,089.00

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.

$74,540.00

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.

$1,528.00 with Blue Shield vs $126,240.00 with Healthnet — 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 Shield Medicare Managed Care Plan $1,528.00 ↓ -94%
Blue Shield Epn/Ifp Benefit Exchange $3,516.00 ↓ -87%
Blue Cross All Commercial Plans $3,816.00 ↓ -85%
Blue Shield Tandem Ppo/Blue High Performance Ppo/Epo $3,835.00 ↓ -85%
Blue Shield Hmo $3,947.00 ↓ -85%
Blue Shield Ppo/Epo $4,256.00 ↓ -84%
Cigna Oa/Oap Hmo/Pos $6,832.00 ↓ -74%
Cigna Ppo $14,692.00 ↓ -44%
Unitedhealthcare Select/Navigate Hmo $28,138.00 ↑ +8%
Unitedhealthcare All Commercial Plans $31,863.00 ↑ +22%
Aetna Medicare Managed Care Plan $39,688.16 ↑ +52%
Humana Medicare Managed Care Plan $40,481.92 ↑ +55%
Blue Cross Anthem Vivity City Of La Other Commercial Plan $41,580.42 ↑ +59%
Caremore Medicare Managed Care Plan $43,656.97 ↑ +67%
Blue Cross Anthem Vivity Non City Of La Other Commercial Plan $46,831.40 ↑ +80%
La Care Health Plan Covered Ca Exchange $51,594.60 ↑ +98%
Healthnet Ambetter Hmo $73,423.09 ↑ +181%
Healthnet Blue And Gold Other Commercial Plan $78,268.00 ↑ +200%
Healthnet Ambetter Ppo $84,932.66 ↑ +226%
Healthnet All Commercial Plans $126,240.00 ↑ +384%

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Ins/rplc spi npg/rcvr pocket at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Arroyo Grande Hospital Santa Maria $37,794.12 $434.06 – $86,537.92
French Hospital San Luis Obispo $34,615.17 $434.06 – $86,537.92
Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield Bakersfield $35,160.79 $434.06 – $75,818.40
St. Joseph's Medical Center Stockton Stockton $21,097.15 $434.06 – $60,277.56
Santa Rosa Memorial Hospital Santa Rosa $96,592.47 $2,995.00 – $42,937.38
St. John's Camarillo Hospital Camarillo not published $533.89 – $73,689.78
Petaluma Valley Hospital Petaluma not published $2,570.00 – $41,584.16
Bakersfield Memorial Hospital Bakersfield not published $434.06 – $38,719.74

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