Myelography via inj w/s&i lumbosacral at Providence Little Company of Mary Med Center Torrance
4101 Torrance Blvd, Torrance, CA · Providence · · NPI 1003084211
$1,568.00
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.
$4,480.00
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.
$1,008.25 with Aetna vs $20,742.00 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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| Aetna | Medicare Managed Care Plan | $1,008.25 | ↓ -36% |
| Humana | Medicare Managed Care Plan | $1,028.42 | ↓ -34% |
| Blue Cross | Anthem Vivity City Of La Other Commercial Plan | $1,056.32 | ↓ -33% |
| Caremore | Medicare Managed Care Plan | $1,109.08 | ↓ -29% |
| Blue Shield | Medicare Managed Care Plan | $1,142.00 | ↓ -27% |
| Blue Cross | Anthem Vivity Non City Of La Other Commercial Plan | $1,189.72 | ↓ -24% |
| La Care Health Plan | Covered Ca Exchange | $1,310.73 | ↓ -16% |
| Unitedhealthcare | Select/Navigate Hmo | $1,821.00 | ↑ +16% |
| Healthnet | Ambetter Hmo | $1,865.27 | ↑ +19% |
| Unitedhealthcare | All Commercial Plans | $2,064.00 | ↑ +32% |
| Healthnet | Ambetter Ppo | $2,157.66 | ↑ +38% |
| Blue Shield | Epn/Ifp Benefit Exchange | $2,628.00 | ↑ +68% |
| Healthnet | Blue And Gold Other Commercial Plan | $2,719.00 | ↑ +73% |
| Blue Shield | Tandem Ppo/Blue High Performance Ppo/Epo | $2,866.00 | ↑ +83% |
| Blue Shield | Hmo | $2,949.00 | ↑ +88% |
| Blue Shield | Ppo/Epo | $3,180.00 | ↑ +103% |
| Blue Cross | All Commercial Plans | $3,816.00 | ↑ +143% |
| Healthnet | All Commercial Plans | $4,385.00 | ↑ +180% |
| Cigna | Oa/Oap Hmo/Pos | $9,648.00 | ↑ +515% |
| Cigna | Ppo | $20,742.00 | ↑ +1223% |
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Myelography via inj w/s&i lumbosacral at other California hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| St. John's Camarillo Hospital | Camarillo | $962.29 | $593.19 – $1,859.28 |
| Banner Lassen Medical Center | Susanville | $626.92 | $158.01 – $1,164.97 |
| Arroyo Grande Hospital | Santa Maria | $1,790.33 | $1,003.85 – $4,099.34 |
| French Hospital | San Luis Obispo | $1,577.02 | $696.33 – $2,527.42 |
| Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield | Bakersfield | $857.39 | $623.97 – $1,848.80 |
| Bakersfield Memorial Hospital | Bakersfield | $848.14 | $245.18 – $1,825.69 |
| Queen of The Valley Medical Center | Napa | $2,758.08 | $1,113.06 – $6,200.00 |
| Providence St Joseph Hospital Eureka | Eureka | $5,836.95 | $1,008.25 – $8,018.00 |