Nuclear rx IV admin 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

$1,003.45

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.

$2,867.00

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.

$141.60 with Aetna vs $1,156.21 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 $141.60 ↓ -86%
Aetna Medicare Managed Care Plan $300.11 ↓ -70%
Humana Medicare Managed Care Plan $306.11 ↓ -69%
Blue Cross Anthem Vivity City Of La Other Commercial Plan $314.42 ↓ -69%
Caremore Medicare Managed Care Plan $330.12 ↓ -67%
Blue Cross Anthem Vivity Non City Of La Other Commercial Plan $354.12 ↓ -65%
Blue Cross All Commercial Plans $362.01 ↓ -64%
Blue Shield Hmo $376.87 ↓ -62%
Unitedhealthcare All Commercial Plans $379.84 ↓ -62%
Unitedhealthcare Select/Navigate Hmo $379.84 ↓ -62%
La Care Health Plan Covered Ca Exchange $390.14 ↓ -61%
Blue Shield Medicare Managed Care Plan $446.66 ↓ -55%
Blue Shield Epn/Ifp Benefit Exchange $465.69 ↓ -54%
Blue Shield Tandem Ppo/Blue High Performance Ppo/Epo $505.03 ↓ -50%
Healthnet Ambetter Hmo $555.20 ↓ -45%
Blue Shield Ppo/Epo $563.40 ↓ -44%
Healthnet Ambetter Ppo $642.23 ↓ -36%
Cigna Oa/Oap Hmo/Pos $877.12 ↓ -13%
Cigna Ppo $1,156.21 ↑ +15%

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Nuclear rx IV admin at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Arroyo Grande Hospital Santa Maria $1,211.67 $126.14 – $2,643.06
Mark Twain Medical Center San Andreas $908.43 $126.14 – $630.14
French Hospital San Luis Obispo $967.85 $126.14 – $1,398.37
Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield Bakersfield $237.82 $126.14 – $1,326.65
Bakersfield Memorial Hospital Bakersfield $235.25 $126.14 – $1,326.65
Queen of The Valley Medical Center Napa $361.08 $331.30 – $755.78
St. Joseph's Medical Center Stockton Stockton $795.57 $126.14 – $1,087.32
Santa Rosa Memorial Hospital Santa Rosa $523.77 $324.68 – $642.98

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