Revise spine eltrd perq aray 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

$13,044.85

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.

$37,271.00

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.

$1,528.00 with Blue Shield vs $32,775.00 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 $1,528.00 ↓ -88%
Blue Shield Epn/Ifp Benefit Exchange $3,516.00 ↓ -73%
Blue Cross All Commercial Plans $3,816.00 ↓ -71%
Blue Shield Tandem Ppo/Blue High Performance Ppo/Epo $3,835.00 ↓ -71%
Blue Shield Hmo $3,947.00 ↓ -70%
Blue Shield Ppo/Epo $4,256.00 ↓ -67%
Aetna Medicare Managed Care Plan $8,196.74 ↓ -37%
Humana Medicare Managed Care Plan $8,360.67 ↓ -36%
Blue Cross Anthem Vivity City Of La Other Commercial Plan $8,587.54 ↓ -34%
Caremore Medicare Managed Care Plan $9,016.41 ↓ -31%
Blue Cross Anthem Vivity Non City Of La Other Commercial Plan $9,672.02 ↓ -26%
La Care Health Plan Covered Ca Exchange $10,655.76 ↓ -18%
Unitedhealthcare Select/Navigate Hmo $10,781.00 ↓ -17%
Unitedhealthcare All Commercial Plans $12,210.00 ↓ -6%
Healthnet Ambetter Hmo $15,163.96 ↑ +16%
Cigna Oa/Oap Hmo/Pos $15,243.00 ↑ +17%
Healthnet Blue And Gold Other Commercial Plan $16,065.00 ↑ +23%
Healthnet Ambetter Ppo $17,541.01 ↑ +34%
Healthnet All Commercial Plans $25,913.00 ↑ +99%
Cigna Ppo $32,775.00 ↑ +151%

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Revise spine eltrd perq aray at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Santa Rosa Memorial Hospital Santa Rosa $15,060.30 $2,995.00 – $15,575.00
St. John's Camarillo Hospital Camarillo not published $1,056.66 – $16,575.66
Petaluma Valley Hospital Petaluma not published $2,570.00 – $15,313.00
Arroyo Grande Hospital Santa Maria not published $698.43 – $8,338.82
Mark Twain Medical Center San Andreas not published $698.43 – $698.43
French Hospital San Luis Obispo not published $698.43 – $8,338.82
Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield Bakersfield not published $698.43 – $8,338.82
Bakersfield Memorial Hospital Bakersfield not published $698.43 – $8,338.82

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