Place slctv cath carotid/inom art excrn uni 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

$6,826.75

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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.

$19,505.00

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.

$1,142.00 with Blue Shield 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.

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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 Shield Medicare Managed Care Plan $1,142.00 ↓ -83%
Blue Shield Epn/Ifp Benefit Exchange $2,628.00 ↓ -62%
Blue Shield Tandem Ppo/Blue High Performance Ppo/Epo $2,866.00 ↓ -58%
Blue Shield Hmo $2,949.00 ↓ -57%
Blue Shield Ppo/Epo $3,180.00 ↓ -53%
Aetna Medicare Managed Care Plan $4,061.05 ↓ -41%
Humana Medicare Managed Care Plan $4,142.27 ↓ -39%
Blue Cross Anthem Vivity City Of La Other Commercial Plan $4,254.67 ↓ -38%
Caremore Medicare Managed Care Plan $4,467.15 ↓ -35%
Blue Cross Anthem Vivity Non City Of La Other Commercial Plan $4,791.97 ↓ -30%
Blue Cross All Commercial Plans $4,818.00 ↓ -29%
La Care Health Plan Covered Ca Exchange $5,279.36 ↓ -23%
Unitedhealthcare Select/Navigate Hmo $6,592.00 ↓ -3%
Healthnet Blue And Gold Other Commercial Plan $7,332.00 ↑ +7%
Unitedhealthcare All Commercial Plans $7,464.00 ↑ +9%
Healthnet Ambetter Hmo $7,512.94 ↑ +10%
Healthnet Ambetter Ppo $8,690.64 ↑ +27%
Cigna Oa/Oap Hmo/Pos $9,648.00 ↑ +41%
Healthnet All Commercial Plans $11,827.00 ↑ +73%
Cigna Ppo $20,742.00 ↑ +204%

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Place slctv cath carotid/inom art excrn uni at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
St. John's Camarillo Hospital Camarillo $5,033.94 $359.92 – $8,964.54
Arroyo Grande Hospital Santa Maria $11,387.80 $237.90 – $12,097.12
French Hospital San Luis Obispo $10,752.56 $237.90 – $12,097.12
Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield Bakersfield $4,884.22 $237.90 – $6,436.00
Bakersfield Memorial Hospital Bakersfield $4,831.56 $237.90 – $6,355.55
Providence St Joseph Hospital Eureka Eureka $7,119.60 $4,061.05 – $17,611.00
St. Joseph's Medical Center Stockton Stockton $8,257.29 $0.80 – $4,014.00
Santa Rosa Memorial Hospital Santa Rosa $5,710.47 $2,016.28 – $11,377.00

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