Sclerotherapy fluid collection pq w/img at Providence Little Company of Mary Med Center Torrance
4101 Torrance Blvd, Torrance, CA · Providence · · NPI 1003084211
$1,963.50
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.
$5,610.00
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.
$1,142.00 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.
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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| Blue Shield | Medicare Managed Care Plan | $1,142.00 | ↓ -42% |
| Healthnet | Blue And Gold Other Commercial Plan | $1,484.00 | ↓ -24% |
| Unitedhealthcare | Select/Navigate Hmo | $1,821.00 | ↓ -7% |
| Unitedhealthcare | All Commercial Plans | $2,064.00 | ↑ +5% |
| Aetna | Medicare Managed Care Plan | $2,124.23 | ↑ +8% |
| Humana | Medicare Managed Care Plan | $2,166.71 | ↑ +10% |
| Blue Cross | Anthem Vivity City Of La Other Commercial Plan | $2,225.51 | ↑ +13% |
| Caremore | Medicare Managed Care Plan | $2,336.65 | ↑ +19% |
| Healthnet | All Commercial Plans | $2,391.00 | ↑ +22% |
| Blue Cross | Anthem Vivity Non City Of La Other Commercial Plan | $2,506.56 | ↑ +28% |
| Blue Cross | All Commercial Plans | $2,559.00 | ↑ +30% |
| Blue Shield | Epn/Ifp Benefit Exchange | $2,628.00 | ↑ +34% |
| La Care Health Plan | Covered Ca Exchange | $2,761.50 | ↑ +41% |
| Blue Shield | Tandem Ppo/Blue High Performance Ppo/Epo | $2,866.00 | ↑ +46% |
| Blue Shield | Hmo | $2,949.00 | ↑ +50% |
| Blue Shield | Ppo/Epo | $3,180.00 | ↑ +62% |
| Healthnet | Ambetter Hmo | $3,929.83 | ↑ +100% |
| Healthnet | Ambetter Ppo | $4,545.85 | ↑ +132% |
| Cigna | Oa/Oap Hmo/Pos | $15,243.00 | ↑ +676% |
| Cigna | Ppo | $32,775.00 | ↑ +1569% |
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Sclerotherapy fluid collection pq w/img at other California hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| St. John's Camarillo Hospital | Camarillo | $1,970.57 | $819.99 – $3,763.88 |
| Arroyo Grande Hospital | Santa Maria | $1,272.02 | $920.70 – $2,773.40 |
| French Hospital | San Luis Obispo | $1,165.03 | $601.56 – $2,183.44 |
| St. Joseph's Medical Center Stockton | Stockton | $2,657.76 | $920.70 – $3,796.80 |
| Santa Rosa Memorial Hospital | Santa Rosa | $4,056.54 | $2,238.00 – $4,042.00 |
| Providence Mission Hospital - Mission Viejo | Mission Viejo | $3,896.16 | $1,805.60 – $5,171.00 |
| Mercy Medical Center Mt. Shasta | Mt Shasta | $1,478.98 | $456.24 – $1,901.00 |
| Mercy Medical Center Merced | Merced | $1,052.15 | $801.49 – $2,043.00 |