Sodium serum/plasma/whole blood at Providence Little Company of Mary Med Center Torrance
4101 Torrance Blvd, Torrance, CA · Providence · · NPI 1003084211
$89.60
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.
$256.00
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.
$4.81 with Aetna vs $45.83 with Blue Shield — 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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| Aetna | Medicare Managed Care Plan | $4.81 | ↓ -95% |
| Humana | Medicare Managed Care Plan | $4.91 | ↓ -95% |
| Caremore | Medicare Managed Care Plan | $5.29 | ↓ -94% |
| La Care Health Plan | Covered Ca Exchange | $6.25 | ↓ -93% |
| Blue Cross | Anthem Vivity City Of La Other Commercial Plan | $6.82 | ↓ -92% |
| Blue Cross | Anthem Vivity Non City Of La Other Commercial Plan | $7.68 | ↓ -91% |
| Cigna | Oa/Oap Hmo/Pos | $8.70 | ↓ -90% |
| Healthnet | Ambetter Hmo | $8.90 | ↓ -90% |
| Unitedhealthcare | All Commercial Plans | $9.62 | ↓ -89% |
| First Health/Coventry | Coventry All Commercial Plans | $9.62 | ↓ -89% |
| Unitedhealthcare | Select/Navigate Hmo | $9.62 | ↓ -89% |
| Healthnet | Ambetter Ppo | $10.29 | ↓ -89% |
| Cigna | Ppo | $12.21 | ↓ -86% |
| Aetna | All Commercial Plans | $13.24 | ↓ -85% |
| Blue Cross | All Commercial Plans | $23.69 | ↓ -74% |
| Blue Shield | Epn/Ifp Benefit Exchange | $27.96 | ↓ -69% |
| Blue Shield | Hmo | $29.90 | ↓ -67% |
| Blue Shield | Tandem Ppo/Blue High Performance Ppo/Epo | $30.31 | ↓ -66% |
| Blue Shield | Ppo/Epo | $33.73 | ↓ -62% |
| Blue Shield | Medicare Managed Care Plan | $45.83 | ↓ -49% |
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Sodium serum/plasma/whole blood at other California hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| St. John's Camarillo Hospital | Camarillo | $92.42 | $4.81 – $15.01 |
| Banner Lassen Medical Center | Susanville | $19.41 | $0.96 – $30.07 |
| Petaluma Valley Hospital | Petaluma | $143.82 | $4.71 – $39.13 |
| Arroyo Grande Hospital | Santa Maria | $77.04 | $4.81 – $14.70 |
| Mark Twain Medical Center | San Andreas | $53.28 | $4.81 – $78.40 |
| French Hospital | San Luis Obispo | $70.56 | $4.05 – $14.70 |
| Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield | Bakersfield | $33.02 | $4.81 – $25.60 |
| Bakersfield Memorial Hospital | Bakersfield | $32.67 | $4.81 – $25.28 |