Prothrombin time substitution plasma fractions each 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

$85.75

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.

$245.00

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.

$3.94 with Aetna vs $37.58 with Blue Shield — 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 $3.94 ↓ -95%
Humana Medicare Managed Care Plan $4.02 ↓ -95%
Caremore Medicare Managed Care Plan $4.33 ↓ -95%
La Care Health Plan Covered Ca Exchange $5.12 ↓ -94%
Blue Cross Anthem Vivity City Of La Other Commercial Plan $5.59 ↓ -93%
Blue Cross Anthem Vivity Non City Of La Other Commercial Plan $6.29 ↓ -93%
Cigna Oa/Oap Hmo/Pos $7.12 ↓ -92%
Healthnet Ambetter Hmo $7.29 ↓ -91%
Unitedhealthcare All Commercial Plans $7.88 ↓ -91%
First Health/Coventry Coventry All Commercial Plans $7.88 ↓ -91%
Unitedhealthcare Select/Navigate Hmo $7.88 ↓ -91%
Healthnet Ambetter Ppo $8.43 ↓ -90%
Cigna Ppo $9.98 ↓ -88%
Aetna All Commercial Plans $10.84 ↓ -87%
Blue Cross All Commercial Plans $19.46 ↓ -77%
Blue Shield Epn/Ifp Benefit Exchange $22.92 ↓ -73%
Blue Shield Hmo $24.52 ↓ -71%
Blue Shield Tandem Ppo/Blue High Performance Ppo/Epo $24.85 ↓ -71%
Blue Shield Ppo/Epo $27.66 ↓ -68%
Blue Shield Medicare Managed Care Plan $37.58 ↓ -56%

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Prothrombin time substitution plasma fractions each at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
St. John's Camarillo Hospital Camarillo $5.90 $3.64 – $10.50
Banner Lassen Medical Center Susanville $34.57 $0.79 – $56.26
Petaluma Valley Hospital Petaluma $5.65 $3.86 – $32.15
Arroyo Grande Hospital Santa Maria $32.10 $3.94 – $10.15
French Hospital San Luis Obispo $29.40 $2.70 – $11.93
Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield Bakersfield $5.57 $3.94 – $12.12
Bakersfield Memorial Hospital Bakersfield $5.51 $3.94 – $11.32
Queen of The Valley Medical Center Napa $5.65 $3.94 – $40.63

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