Nm imaging bone/joint whole body 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

$1,403.85

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.

$4,011.00

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.

$502.69 with Aetna vs $2,072.91 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.

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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 All Commercial Plans $502.69 ↓ -64%
Aetna Medicare Managed Care Plan $514.17 ↓ -63%
Humana Medicare Managed Care Plan $524.46 ↓ -63%
Blue Cross Anthem Vivity City Of La Other Commercial Plan $538.69 ↓ -62%
Caremore Medicare Managed Care Plan $565.59 ↓ -60%
Unitedhealthcare All Commercial Plans $589.01 ↓ -58%
Unitedhealthcare Select/Navigate Hmo $589.01 ↓ -58%
Blue Cross All Commercial Plans $589.42 ↓ -58%
Blue Cross Anthem Vivity Non City Of La Other Commercial Plan $606.72 ↓ -57%
Blue Shield Hmo $616.02 ↓ -56%
La Care Health Plan Covered Ca Exchange $668.42 ↓ -52%
Blue Shield Medicare Managed Care Plan $730.09 ↓ -48%
Blue Shield Epn/Ifp Benefit Exchange $761.20 ↓ -46%
Blue Shield Tandem Ppo/Blue High Performance Ppo/Epo $825.50 ↓ -41%
Blue Shield Ppo/Epo $920.91 ↓ -34%
Healthnet Ambetter Hmo $951.22 ↓ -32%
Healthnet Ambetter Ppo $1,100.33 ↓ -22%
Cigna Oa/Oap Hmo/Pos $1,572.56 ↑ +12%
Cigna Ppo $2,072.91 ↑ +48%

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Nm imaging bone/joint whole body at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
St. John's Camarillo Hospital Camarillo $1,824.71 $306.05 – $3,249.48
Banner Lassen Medical Center Susanville $1,984.82 $80.37 – $2,869.26
Petaluma Valley Hospital Petaluma $4,350.30 $538.74 – $973.73
Arroyo Grande Hospital Santa Maria $2,214.90 $202.29 – $4,411.96
Mark Twain Medical Center San Andreas $3,908.09 $202.29 – $3,091.90
French Hospital San Luis Obispo $1,785.17 $202.29 – $2,083.30
Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield Bakersfield $731.99 $202.29 – $1,976.45
Bakersfield Memorial Hospital Bakersfield $724.10 $202.29 – $1,976.45

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