Insitu hybridization manual at Providence Little Company of Mary Med Center Torrance
4101 Torrance Blvd, Torrance, CA · Providence · · NPI 1003084211
$50.75
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.
$145.00
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.
$189.37 with Cigna vs $986.59 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.
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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| Cigna | Oa/Oap Hmo/Pos | $189.37 | ↑ +273% |
| Cigna | Ppo | $265.67 | ↑ +423% |
| Aetna | All Commercial Plans | $376.01 | ↑ +641% |
| Blue Shield | Hmo | $406.18 | ↑ +700% |
| Blue Cross | All Commercial Plans | $425.35 | ↑ +738% |
| Aetna | Medicare Managed Care Plan | $461.02 | ↑ +808% |
| Humana | Medicare Managed Care Plan | $470.24 | ↑ +827% |
| Blue Shield | Medicare Managed Care Plan | $481.40 | ↑ +849% |
| Blue Cross | Anthem Vivity City Of La Other Commercial Plan | $483.00 | ↑ +852% |
| Blue Shield | Epn/Ifp Benefit Exchange | $501.91 | ↑ +889% |
| Caremore | Medicare Managed Care Plan | $507.12 | ↑ +899% |
| Blue Cross | Anthem Vivity Non City Of La Other Commercial Plan | $544.00 | ↑ +972% |
| Blue Shield | Tandem Ppo/Blue High Performance Ppo/Epo | $544.31 | ↑ +973% |
| Unitedhealthcare | All Commercial Plans | $566.82 | ↑ +1017% |
| Unitedhealthcare | Select/Navigate Hmo | $566.82 | ↑ +1017% |
| La Care Health Plan | Covered Ca Exchange | $599.33 | ↑ +1081% |
| Blue Shield | Ppo/Epo | $607.22 | ↑ +1096% |
| Healthnet | Ambetter Hmo | $852.89 | ↑ +1581% |
| Healthnet | Ambetter Ppo | $986.59 | ↑ +1844% |
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| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| Banner Lassen Medical Center | Susanville | $321.56 | $71.94 – $388.00 |
| Petaluma Valley Hospital | Petaluma | $756.84 | $483.05 – $702.68 |
| Arroyo Grande Hospital | Santa Maria | $64.20 | $35.90 – $249.65 |
| Mark Twain Medical Center | San Andreas | $76.06 | $29.55 – $111.92 |
| French Hospital | San Luis Obispo | $58.80 | $19.39 – $293.49 |
| Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield | Bakersfield | $56.34 | $75.41 – $278.43 |
| Bakersfield Memorial Hospital | Bakersfield | $55.73 | $75.41 – $278.43 |
| Queen of The Valley Medical Center | Napa | $611.49 | $508.94 – $888.01 |