Place slctv cath vertebral art 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

$7,135.10

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.

$20,386.00

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 ↓ -84%
Blue Shield Epn/Ifp Benefit Exchange $2,628.00 ↓ -63%
Blue Shield Tandem Ppo/Blue High Performance Ppo/Epo $2,866.00 ↓ -60%
Blue Shield Hmo $2,949.00 ↓ -59%
Blue Shield Ppo/Epo $3,180.00 ↓ -55%
Blue Cross All Commercial Plans $4,818.00 ↓ -32%
Aetna Medicare Managed Care Plan $7,156.86 ↑ +0%
Humana Medicare Managed Care Plan $7,300.00 ↑ +2%
Blue Cross Anthem Vivity City Of La Other Commercial Plan $7,498.09 ↑ +5%
Caremore Medicare Managed Care Plan $7,872.54 ↑ +10%
Blue Cross Anthem Vivity Non City Of La Other Commercial Plan $8,444.98 ↑ +18%
La Care Health Plan Covered Ca Exchange $9,303.92 ↑ +30%
Cigna Oa/Oap Hmo/Pos $9,648.00 ↑ +35%
Unitedhealthcare Select/Navigate Hmo $10,781.00 ↑ +51%
Healthnet Blue And Gold Other Commercial Plan $12,111.00 ↑ +70%
Unitedhealthcare All Commercial Plans $12,210.00 ↑ +71%
Healthnet Ambetter Hmo $13,240.19 ↑ +86%
Healthnet Ambetter Ppo $15,315.68 ↑ +115%
Healthnet All Commercial Plans $19,534.00 ↑ +174%
Cigna Ppo $20,742.00 ↑ +191%

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Place slctv cath vertebral art uni at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
St. John's Camarillo Hospital Camarillo $5,662.91 $425.83 – $12,900.80
Arroyo Grande Hospital Santa Maria $12,327.26 $281.46 – $14,785.26
French Hospital San Luis Obispo $11,290.39 $281.46 – $14,785.26
Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield Bakersfield $6,059.92 $281.46 – $13,067.20
Bakersfield Memorial Hospital Bakersfield $8,947.10 $281.46 – $12,903.86
St. Joseph's Medical Center Stockton Stockton $10,190.93 $281.46 – $14,484.12
Santa Rosa Memorial Hospital Santa Rosa $7,728.54 $2,238.00 – $15,575.00
Providence Mission Hospital - Mission Viejo Mission Viejo $9,890.40 $5,171.00 – $13,240.19

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