Mayo pregnenolone 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.

$20.67 with Aetna vs $197.03 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 $20.67
Humana Medicare Managed Care Plan $21.08
Caremore Medicare Managed Care Plan $22.74
La Care Health Plan Covered Ca Exchange $26.87
Blue Cross Anthem Vivity City Of La Other Commercial Plan $29.32
Blue Cross Anthem Vivity Non City Of La Other Commercial Plan $33.02
Cigna Oa/Oap Hmo/Pos $37.36
Healthnet Ambetter Hmo $38.24
Unitedhealthcare All Commercial Plans $41.34
First Health/Coventry Coventry All Commercial Plans $41.34
Unitedhealthcare Select/Navigate Hmo $41.34
Healthnet Ambetter Ppo $44.23
Cigna Ppo $52.42
Aetna All Commercial Plans $56.95
Blue Cross All Commercial Plans $99.97
Blue Shield Epn/Ifp Benefit Exchange $120.18
Blue Shield Hmo $128.56
Blue Shield Tandem Ppo/Blue High Performance Ppo/Epo $130.29
Blue Shield Ppo/Epo $145.03
Blue Shield Medicare Managed Care Plan $197.03

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Mayo pregnenolone at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
St. John's Camarillo Hospital Camarillo $115.64 $7.83 – $54.86
Banner Lassen Medical Center Susanville $8.14 $4.13 – $30.33
Petaluma Valley Hospital Petaluma $51.28 $20.26 – $165.15
Arroyo Grande Hospital Santa Maria $12.42 $13.25 – $53.28
Mark Twain Medical Center San Andreas $19.32 $15.70 – $28.42
French Hospital San Luis Obispo $11.37 $7.16 – $62.63
Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield Bakersfield $10.76 $14.50 – $59.42
Bakersfield Memorial Hospital Bakersfield $10.65 $14.50 – $59.42

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