Pretreat rbc absorption reference at Providence Little Company of Mary Med Center Torrance
4101 Torrance Blvd, Torrance, CA · Providence · · NPI 1003084211
$154.00
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.
$440.00
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.
$1.83 with Cigna vs $162.37 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.
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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| Cigna | Oa/Oap Hmo/Pos | $1.83 | ↓ -99% |
| Cigna | Ppo | $2.57 | ↓ -98% |
| Aetna | All Commercial Plans | $55.96 | ↓ -64% |
| Unitedhealthcare | Select/Navigate Hmo | $66.86 | ↓ -57% |
| Unitedhealthcare | All Commercial Plans | $66.86 | ↓ -57% |
| Blue Shield | Hmo | $71.59 | ↓ -54% |
| Aetna | Medicare Managed Care Plan | $75.87 | ↓ -51% |
| Humana | Medicare Managed Care Plan | $77.39 | ↓ -50% |
| Blue Cross | Anthem Vivity City Of La Other Commercial Plan | $79.49 | ↓ -48% |
| Caremore | Medicare Managed Care Plan | $83.46 | ↓ -46% |
| Blue Shield | Medicare Managed Care Plan | $84.85 | ↓ -45% |
| Blue Shield | Epn/Ifp Benefit Exchange | $88.46 | ↓ -43% |
| Blue Cross | All Commercial Plans | $88.92 | ↓ -42% |
| Blue Cross | Anthem Vivity Non City Of La Other Commercial Plan | $89.53 | ↓ -42% |
| Blue Shield | Tandem Ppo/Blue High Performance Ppo/Epo | $95.94 | ↓ -38% |
| La Care Health Plan | Covered Ca Exchange | $98.64 | ↓ -36% |
| Blue Shield | Ppo/Epo | $107.02 | ↓ -31% |
| Healthnet | Ambetter Hmo | $140.37 | ↓ -9% |
| Healthnet | Ambetter Ppo | $162.37 | ↑ +5% |
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Pretreat rbc absorption reference at other California hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| St. John's Camarillo Hospital | Camarillo | $69.21 | $35.37 – $102.18 |
| Banner Lassen Medical Center | Susanville | $144.60 | $11.88 – $220.19 |
| Petaluma Valley Hospital | Petaluma | $219.30 | $66.86 – $146.90 |
| Arroyo Grande Hospital | Santa Maria | $70.79 | $28.64 – $162.08 |
| Mark Twain Medical Center | San Andreas | $110.15 | $21.74 – $82.32 |
| French Hospital | San Luis Obispo | $64.83 | $28.64 – $162.08 |
| Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield | Bakersfield | $58.44 | $28.06 – $101.42 |
| Bakersfield Memorial Hospital | Bakersfield | $57.81 | $28.06 – $101.42 |