Repos sq defib eltrd 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

$2,936.85

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.

$8,391.00

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.

$1,747.00 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.

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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 $1,747.00 ↓ -41%
Blue Cross All Commercial Plans $3,816.00 ↑ +30%
Blue Shield Epn/Ifp Benefit Exchange $4,019.00 ↑ +37%
Blue Shield Tandem Ppo/Blue High Performance Ppo/Epo $4,383.00 ↑ +49%
Blue Shield Hmo $4,511.00 ↑ +54%
Aetna Medicare Managed Care Plan $4,806.35 ↑ +64%
Blue Shield Ppo/Epo $4,864.00 ↑ +66%
Humana Medicare Managed Care Plan $4,902.48 ↑ +67%
Blue Cross Anthem Vivity City Of La Other Commercial Plan $5,035.51 ↑ +71%
Caremore Medicare Managed Care Plan $5,286.99 ↑ +80%
Blue Cross Anthem Vivity Non City Of La Other Commercial Plan $5,671.42 ↑ +93%
La Care Health Plan Covered Ca Exchange $6,248.26 ↑ +113%
Unitedhealthcare Select/Navigate Hmo $6,592.00 ↑ +124%
Unitedhealthcare All Commercial Plans $7,464.00 ↑ +154%
Healthnet Ambetter Hmo $8,891.76 ↑ +203%
Healthnet Ambetter Ppo $10,285.60 ↑ +250%
Healthnet Blue And Gold Other Commercial Plan $12,111.00 ↑ +312%
Healthnet All Commercial Plans $19,534.00 ↑ +565%
Cigna Oa/Oap Hmo/Pos $20,383.00 ↑ +594%
Cigna Ppo $43,822.00 ↑ +1392%

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Repos sq defib eltrd at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
St. John's Camarillo Hospital Camarillo $3,274.49 $521.57 – $8,410.84
Providence Mission Hospital - Mission Viejo Mission Viejo $1,974.72 $4,085.40 – $8,891.76
Providence Cedars-Sinai Tarzana Medical Center Tarzana $2,053.80 $1,747.00 – $10,353.00
California Hospital Medical Center Los Angeles $4,776.28 $310.27 – $7,779.92
Providence Saint Joseph Medical Center Burbank $3,168.90 $1,747.00 – $10,302.00
St Jude Medical Center Fullerton $2,925.60 $4,085.40 – $8,891.76
Providence St Joseph Hospital Orange Orange $3,580.80 $4,085.40 – $9,230.00
Providence Saint John's Health Center Santa Monica $2,073.40 $1,746.72 – $15,861.00

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