Plmt biliary drainage cath at Providence Little Company of Mary Med Center Torrance
4101 Torrance Blvd, Torrance, CA · Providence · · NPI 1003084211
$2,969.75
Cash price 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.
$8,485.00
Gross charge 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.
$1,747.00 with Blue Shield vs $43,822.00 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.
Full explanation →
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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.
Full explanation →Payer ?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. Full explanation → |
Plan ?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. Full explanation → |
Negotiated rate | vs. cash |
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| Blue Shield | Medicare Managed Care Plan | $1,747.00 | ↓ -41% |
| Blue Cross | All Commercial Plans | $3,816.00 | ↑ +28% |
| Blue Shield | Epn/Ifp Benefit Exchange | $4,019.00 | ↑ +35% |
| Blue Shield | Tandem Ppo/Blue High Performance Ppo/Epo | $4,383.00 | ↑ +48% |
| Blue Shield | Hmo | $4,511.00 | ↑ +52% |
| Aetna | Medicare Managed Care Plan | $4,604.99 | ↑ +55% |
| Humana | Medicare Managed Care Plan | $4,697.09 | ↑ +58% |
| Blue Cross | Anthem Vivity City Of La Other Commercial Plan | $4,824.55 | ↑ +62% |
| Blue Shield | Ppo/Epo | $4,864.00 | ↑ +64% |
| Caremore | Medicare Managed Care Plan | $5,065.49 | ↑ +71% |
| Blue Cross | Anthem Vivity Non City Of La Other Commercial Plan | $5,433.82 | ↑ +83% |
| La Care Health Plan | Covered Ca Exchange | $5,986.49 | ↑ +102% |
| Unitedhealthcare | Select/Navigate Hmo | $6,592.00 | ↑ +122% |
| Healthnet | Blue And Gold Other Commercial Plan | $7,332.00 | ↑ +147% |
| Unitedhealthcare | All Commercial Plans | $7,464.00 | ↑ +151% |
| Healthnet | Ambetter Hmo | $8,519.24 | ↑ +187% |
| Healthnet | Ambetter Ppo | $9,854.69 | ↑ +232% |
| Healthnet | All Commercial Plans | $11,827.00 | ↑ +298% |
| Cigna | Oa/Oap Hmo/Pos | $20,383.00 | ↑ +586% |
| Cigna | Ppo | $43,822.00 | ↑ +1376% |
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Plmt biliary drainage cath at other California hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| St. John's Camarillo Hospital | Camarillo | $3,075.64 | $1,895.94 – $8,890.24 |
| Arroyo Grande Hospital | Santa Maria | $5,416.34 | $1,507.82 – $6,588.54 |
| French Hospital | San Luis Obispo | $5,167.35 | $1,507.82 – $6,588.54 |
| Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield | Bakersfield | $3,721.13 | $1,507.82 – $8,024.00 |
| Bakersfield Memorial Hospital | Bakersfield | $3,407.97 | $1,507.82 – $7,335.94 |
| Providence St Joseph Hospital Eureka | Eureka | $5,330.52 | $4,604.99 – $17,611.00 |
| St. Joseph's Medical Center Stockton | Stockton | $8,762.67 | $1,507.82 – $25,036.20 |
| Santa Rosa Memorial Hospital | Santa Rosa | $4,471.68 | $3,423.00 – $11,377.00 |