Oth resp proc, indiv 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

$129.85

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.

$371.00

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.

$37.20 with Aetna vs $79.61 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
Aetna Medicare Managed Care Plan $37.20 ↓ -71%
Humana Medicare Managed Care Plan $37.94 ↓ -71%
Blue Cross Anthem Vivity City Of La Other Commercial Plan $38.97 ↓ -70%
Caremore Medicare Managed Care Plan $40.92 ↓ -68%
Blue Cross Anthem Vivity Non City Of La Other Commercial Plan $43.90 ↓ -66%
La Care Health Plan Covered Ca Exchange $48.36 ↓ -63%
Healthnet Ambetter Hmo $68.82 ↓ -47%
Healthnet Ambetter Ppo $79.61 ↓ -39%

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Oth resp proc, indiv at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
St. John's Camarillo Hospital Camarillo $35.92 $22.14 – $1,834.00
Bakersfield Memorial Hospital Bakersfield $118.55 $31.12 – $284.24
St. Joseph's Medical Center Stockton Stockton $72.92 $29.54 – $684.00
Providence Mission Hospital - Mission Viejo Mission Viejo $95.04 $31.62 – $68.82
Mercy Medical Center Mt. Shasta Mt Shasta $53.69 $16.56 – $67.62
Mercy Medical Center Merced Merced $160.68 $30.21 – $745.00
Dominican Hospital Santa Cruz $77.40 $33.65 – $670.00
Sierra Nevada Memorial Hospital Grass Valley $55.59 $32.18 – $417.00

All California hospitals for this procedure →