Mayo blastomyces antibody immunodiffusion 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

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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.

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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.

$12.90 with Aetna vs $122.96 with Blue Shield — 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
Aetna Medicare Managed Care Plan $12.90
Humana Medicare Managed Care Plan $13.16
Caremore Medicare Managed Care Plan $14.19
La Care Health Plan Covered Ca Exchange $16.77
Blue Cross Anthem Vivity City Of La Other Commercial Plan $18.30
Blue Cross Anthem Vivity Non City Of La Other Commercial Plan $20.61
Cigna Oa/Oap Hmo/Pos $23.32
Healthnet Ambetter Hmo $23.86
Unitedhealthcare All Commercial Plans $25.80
First Health/Coventry Coventry All Commercial Plans $25.80
Unitedhealthcare Select/Navigate Hmo $25.80
Healthnet Ambetter Ppo $27.61
Cigna Ppo $32.72
Aetna All Commercial Plans $35.54
Blue Cross All Commercial Plans $65.17
Blue Shield Epn/Ifp Benefit Exchange $75.00
Blue Shield Hmo $80.23
Blue Shield Tandem Ppo/Blue High Performance Ppo/Epo $81.32
Blue Shield Ppo/Epo $90.51
Blue Shield Medicare Managed Care Plan $122.96

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Mayo blastomyces antibody immunodiffusion at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Banner Lassen Medical Center Susanville $17.84 $2.58 – $27.16
Petaluma Valley Hospital Petaluma $10.71 $12.64 – $107.66
Arroyo Grande Hospital Santa Maria $4.66 $4.89 – $33.26
Mark Twain Medical Center San Andreas $45.07 $5.89 – $10.87
French Hospital San Luis Obispo $4.27 $2.64 – $39.10
Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield Bakersfield $4.48 $5.44 – $37.09
Bakersfield Memorial Hospital Bakersfield $4.43 $5.44 – $37.09
Queen of The Valley Medical Center Napa $10.71 $12.90 – $136.06

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