Mayo fbl culture fungi blood 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

$420.00

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.

$1,200.00

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.

$20.46 with Aetna vs $85.93 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 $20.46 ↓ -95%
Humana Medicare Managed Care Plan $20.87 ↓ -95%
Caremore Medicare Managed Care Plan $22.51 ↓ -95%
Aetna All Commercial Plans $24.84 ↓ -94%
La Care Health Plan Covered Ca Exchange $26.60 ↓ -94%
Blue Cross Anthem Vivity City Of La Other Commercial Plan $29.02 ↓ -93%
Blue Cross Anthem Vivity Non City Of La Other Commercial Plan $32.68 ↓ -92%
Cigna Oa/Oap Hmo/Pos $36.97 ↓ -91%
Healthnet Ambetter Hmo $37.85 ↓ -91%
Unitedhealthcare All Commercial Plans $40.92 ↓ -90%
Unitedhealthcare Select/Navigate Hmo $40.92 ↓ -90%
First Health/Coventry Coventry All Commercial Plans $40.92 ↓ -90%
Healthnet Ambetter Ppo $43.78 ↓ -90%
Blue Cross All Commercial Plans $44.54 ↓ -89%
Cigna Ppo $51.87 ↓ -88%
Blue Shield Epn/Ifp Benefit Exchange $52.42 ↓ -88%
Blue Shield Hmo $56.07 ↓ -87%
Blue Shield Tandem Ppo/Blue High Performance Ppo/Epo $56.83 ↓ -86%
Blue Shield Ppo/Epo $63.25 ↓ -85%
Blue Shield Medicare Managed Care Plan $85.93 ↓ -80%

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Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
St. John's Camarillo Hospital Camarillo $113.88 $4.18 – $54.29
Banner Lassen Medical Center Susanville $42.97 $4.09 – $74.69
Arroyo Grande Hospital Santa Maria $13.23 $11.49 – $52.72
Mark Twain Medical Center San Andreas $105.90 $11.49 – $50.13
French Hospital San Luis Obispo $12.12 $8.35 – $61.98
Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield Bakersfield $130.97 $7.73 – $58.80
Bakersfield Memorial Hospital Bakersfield $129.56 $7.73 – $58.80
St. Joseph's Behavioral Health Center Stockton $236.40 $1.55 – $12.36

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