Minocycline hydrochloride 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.

$2.26 with Blue Cross vs $5.70 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.

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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
Blue Cross All Commercial Plans $2.26
Blue Shield Medicare Managed Care Plan $2.64
Aetna Medicare Managed Care Plan $2.66
Humana Medicare Managed Care Plan $2.72
Blue Cross Anthem Vivity City Of La Other Commercial Plan $2.79
Caremore Medicare Managed Care Plan $2.93
Blue Shield Epn/Ifp Benefit Exchange $2.95
Blue Shield Ppo/Epo $2.95
Blue Shield Tandem Ppo/Blue High Performance Ppo/Epo $2.95
Blue Shield Hmo $2.95
Blue Cross Anthem Vivity Non City Of La Other Commercial Plan $3.14
La Care Health Plan Covered Ca Exchange $3.46
Healthnet Ambetter Hmo $4.93
Cigna Ppo $5.25
Cigna Oa/Oap Hmo/Pos $5.25
Unitedhealthcare Select/Navigate Hmo $5.57
Unitedhealthcare All Commercial Plans $5.57
Healthnet Ambetter Ppo $5.70

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Minocycline hydrochloride at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield Bakersfield $458.19 $1.60 – $152.80
Queen of The Valley Medical Center Napa $860.40 $0.75 – $5.57
Providence St Joseph Hospital Eureka Eureka $860.40 $0.89 – $5.57
Santa Rosa Memorial Hospital Santa Rosa $860.40 $0.74 – $5.57
Mercy Medical Center Merced Merced $623.15 $0.79 – $175.78
Northridge Hospital Medical Center Northridge $334.25 $1.37 – $1,198.00
California Hospital Medical Center Los Angeles $824.50 $1.84 – $1,343.00
St. Mary Medical Center Long Beach $1,315.37 $1.87 – $3,059.00

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