Signal avg ecg w or without ecg 93278 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

$361.90

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.

$1,034.00

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.

$75.87 with Aetna vs $342.58 with Blue Cross — 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 $75.87 ↓ -79%
Humana Medicare Managed Care Plan $77.39 ↓ -79%
Blue Cross Anthem Vivity City Of La Other Commercial Plan $79.49 ↓ -78%
Caremore Medicare Managed Care Plan $83.46 ↓ -77%
Blue Cross Anthem Vivity Non City Of La Other Commercial Plan $89.53 ↓ -75%
La Care Health Plan Covered Ca Exchange $98.64 ↓ -73%
Healthnet Ambetter Hmo $140.37 ↓ -61%
Healthnet Ambetter Ppo $162.37 ↓ -55%
Blue Shield Hmo $171.02 ↓ -53%
Blue Shield Medicare Managed Care Plan $202.69 ↓ -44%
Blue Shield Epn/Ifp Benefit Exchange $211.33 ↓ -42%
Blue Shield Tandem Ppo/Blue High Performance Ppo/Epo $229.18 ↓ -37%
Blue Shield Ppo/Epo $255.67 ↓ -29%
Blue Cross All Commercial Plans $342.58 ↓ -5%

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