Ins tun intraperit dia cath 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

$6,717.20

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.

$19,192.00

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.

$1,142.00 with Blue Shield vs $11,827.00 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 $1,142.00 ↓ -83%
Blue Cross All Commercial Plans $2,559.00 ↓ -62%
Blue Shield Epn/Ifp Benefit Exchange $2,628.00 ↓ -61%
Blue Shield Tandem Ppo/Blue High Performance Ppo/Epo $2,866.00 ↓ -57%
Blue Shield Hmo $2,949.00 ↓ -56%
Blue Shield Ppo/Epo $3,180.00 ↓ -53%
Aetna Medicare Managed Care Plan $4,604.99 ↓ -31%
Humana Medicare Managed Care Plan $4,697.09 ↓ -30%
Blue Cross Anthem Vivity City Of La Other Commercial Plan $4,824.55 ↓ -28%
Caremore Medicare Managed Care Plan $5,065.49 ↓ -25%
Cigna Oa/Oap Hmo/Pos $5,106.00 ↓ -24%
Blue Cross Anthem Vivity Non City Of La Other Commercial Plan $5,433.82 ↓ -19%
La Care Health Plan Covered Ca Exchange $5,986.49 ↓ -11%
Unitedhealthcare Select/Navigate Hmo $6,592.00 ↓ -2%
Healthnet Blue And Gold Other Commercial Plan $7,332.00 ↑ +9%
Unitedhealthcare All Commercial Plans $7,464.00 ↑ +11%
Healthnet Ambetter Hmo $8,519.24 ↑ +27%
Healthnet Ambetter Ppo $9,854.69 ↑ +47%
Cigna Ppo $10,978.00 ↑ +63%
Healthnet All Commercial Plans $11,827.00 ↑ +76%

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Ins tun intraperit dia cath at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
St. John's Camarillo Hospital Camarillo $1,801.06 $369.42 – $8,224.00
Petaluma Valley Hospital Petaluma $7,210.38 $1,921.00 – $11,185.00
Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield Bakersfield $3,784.95 $300.34 – $8,161.60
Queen of The Valley Medical Center Napa $7,805.04 $5,083.67 – $17,909.00
Providence St Joseph Hospital Eureka Eureka $6,970.68 $4,604.99 – $17,611.00
Healdsburg Hospital Healdsburg $3,612.84 $2,335.00 – $5,198.77
Redwood Memorial Hospital Fortuna $4,516.05 $5,981.00 – $25,998.00
St. Joseph's Medical Center Stockton Stockton $5,989.37 $300.34 – $17,112.48

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