Rmvl perm pm pulse gen 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

$3,011.05

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.

$8,603.00

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 $35,214.00 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.

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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 ↓ -42%
Blue Cross All Commercial Plans $3,816.00 ↑ +27%
Blue Shield Epn/Ifp Benefit Exchange $4,019.00 ↑ +33%
Blue Shield Tandem Ppo/Blue High Performance Ppo/Epo $4,383.00 ↑ +46%
Blue Shield Hmo $4,511.00 ↑ +50%
Blue Shield Ppo/Epo $4,864.00 ↑ +62%
Unitedhealthcare Select/Navigate Hmo $6,592.00 ↑ +119%
Cigna Oa/Oap Hmo/Pos $6,832.00 ↑ +127%
Unitedhealthcare All Commercial Plans $7,464.00 ↑ +148%
Aetna Medicare Managed Care Plan $10,643.53 ↑ +253%
Humana Medicare Managed Care Plan $10,856.40 ↑ +261%
Blue Cross Anthem Vivity City Of La Other Commercial Plan $11,151.00 ↑ +270%
Caremore Medicare Managed Care Plan $11,707.89 ↑ +289%
Blue Cross Anthem Vivity Non City Of La Other Commercial Plan $12,559.20 ↑ +317%
La Care Health Plan Covered Ca Exchange $13,836.59 ↑ +360%
Cigna Ppo $14,692.00 ↑ +388%
Healthnet Ambetter Hmo $19,690.54 ↑ +554%
Healthnet Blue And Gold Other Commercial Plan $21,833.00 ↑ +625%
Healthnet Ambetter Ppo $22,777.16 ↑ +656%
Healthnet All Commercial Plans $35,214.00 ↑ +1069%

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Rmvl perm pm pulse gen at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
St. John's Camarillo Hospital Camarillo $4,352.85 $219.65 – $19,876.00
Arroyo Grande Hospital Santa Maria $4,276.58 $178.58 – $9,992.00
French Hospital San Luis Obispo $3,916.87 $178.58 – $9,992.00
Bakersfield Memorial Hospital Bakersfield $4,017.55 $178.58 – $10,515.46
Queen of The Valley Medical Center Napa $15,247.47 $6,200.00 – $46,622.00
Providence St Joseph Hospital Eureka Eureka $9,209.58 $8,018.00 – $46,622.00
Redwood Memorial Hospital Fortuna $14,804.28 $8,222.00 – $46,622.00
St. Joseph's Medical Center Stockton Stockton $3,926.96 $178.58 – $11,741.96

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