Lymph vessel x-ray arms/legs at Providence Little Company of Mary Med Center Torrance
4101 Torrance Blvd, Torrance, CA · Providence · · NPI 1003084211
$1,541.75
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.
$4,405.00
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.
$766.11 with Blue Cross vs $7,697.82 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 Cross | All Commercial Plans | $766.11 | ↓ -50% |
| Blue Shield | Hmo | $782.42 | ↓ -49% |
| Blue Shield | Medicare Managed Care Plan | $927.31 | ↓ -40% |
| Blue Shield | Epn/Ifp Benefit Exchange | $966.83 | ↓ -37% |
| Aetna | All Commercial Plans | $971.33 | ↓ -37% |
| Blue Shield | Tandem Ppo/Blue High Performance Ppo/Epo | $1,048.50 | ↓ -32% |
| Blue Shield | Ppo/Epo | $1,169.68 | ↓ -24% |
| Aetna | Medicare Managed Care Plan | $2,024.63 | ↑ +31% |
| Humana | Medicare Managed Care Plan | $2,065.12 | ↑ +34% |
| Blue Cross | Anthem Vivity City Of La Other Commercial Plan | $2,121.16 | ↑ +38% |
| Caremore | Medicare Managed Care Plan | $2,227.09 | ↑ +44% |
| Blue Cross | Anthem Vivity Non City Of La Other Commercial Plan | $2,389.03 | ↑ +55% |
| Unitedhealthcare | All Commercial Plans | $2,609.81 | ↑ +69% |
| Unitedhealthcare | Select/Navigate Hmo | $2,609.81 | ↑ +69% |
| La Care Health Plan | Covered Ca Exchange | $2,632.01 | ↑ +71% |
| Healthnet | Ambetter Hmo | $3,745.56 | ↑ +143% |
| Healthnet | Ambetter Ppo | $4,332.70 | ↑ +181% |
| Cigna | Oa/Oap Hmo/Pos | $5,487.16 | ↑ +256% |
| Cigna | Ppo | $7,697.82 | ↑ +399% |
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Lymph vessel x-ray arms/legs at other California hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| St. John's Camarillo Hospital | Camarillo | $563.27 | $281.68 – $6,807.55 |
| Arroyo Grande Hospital | Santa Maria | $2,964.33 | $186.19 – $6,787.48 |
| French Hospital | San Luis Obispo | $2,715.00 | $186.19 – $7,771.48 |
| Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield | Bakersfield | $1,453.95 | $186.19 – $7,372.90 |
| Bakersfield Memorial Hospital | Bakersfield | $1,438.28 | $186.19 – $7,372.90 |
| St. Joseph's Medical Center Stockton | Stockton | $652.39 | $186.19 – $1,110.00 |
| Providence Mission Hospital - Mission Viejo | Mission Viejo | $2,512.32 | $1,720.93 – $3,745.56 |
| Mercy Medical Center Merced | Merced | $1,119.61 | $186.19 – $1,087.00 |