Surgical pathology level 2 gross & microscopic examination at Providence Little Company of Mary Med Center Torrance
4101 Torrance Blvd, Torrance, CA · Providence · · NPI 1003084211
$94.85
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.
$271.00
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.
$34.53 with Blue Cross vs $133.11 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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| Blue Cross | All Commercial Plans | $34.53 | ↓ -64% |
| Unitedhealthcare | All Commercial Plans | $45.98 | ↓ -52% |
| Unitedhealthcare | Select/Navigate Hmo | $45.98 | ↓ -52% |
| Cigna | Oa/Oap Hmo/Pos | $46.76 | ↓ -51% |
| Aetna | Medicare Managed Care Plan | $48.04 | ↓ -49% |
| Humana | Medicare Managed Care Plan | $49.00 | ↓ -48% |
| Blue Cross | Anthem Vivity City Of La Other Commercial Plan | $50.33 | ↓ -47% |
| Caremore | Medicare Managed Care Plan | $52.84 | ↓ -44% |
| Blue Cross | Anthem Vivity Non City Of La Other Commercial Plan | $56.69 | ↓ -40% |
| La Care Health Plan | Covered Ca Exchange | $62.45 | ↓ -34% |
| Cigna | Ppo | $65.60 | ↓ -31% |
| Healthnet | Ambetter Hmo | $88.87 | ↓ -6% |
| Blue Shield | Hmo | $89.04 | ↓ -6% |
| Healthnet | Ambetter Ppo | $102.80 | ↑ +8% |
| Blue Shield | Medicare Managed Care Plan | $105.53 | ↑ +11% |
| Blue Shield | Epn/Ifp Benefit Exchange | $110.03 | ↑ +16% |
| Aetna | All Commercial Plans | $111.60 | ↑ +18% |
| Blue Shield | Tandem Ppo/Blue High Performance Ppo/Epo | $119.32 | ↑ +26% |
| Blue Shield | Ppo/Epo | $133.11 | ↑ +40% |
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Surgical pathology level 2 gross & microscopic examination at other California hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| St. John's Camarillo Hospital | Camarillo | $146.30 | $29.60 – $260.52 |
| Petaluma Valley Hospital | Petaluma | $246.33 | $45.98 – $57.05 |
| Arroyo Grande Hospital | Santa Maria | $10.56 | $12.33 – $65.09 |
| Mark Twain Medical Center | San Andreas | $72.60 | $7.28 – $28.11 |
| French Hospital | San Luis Obispo | $9.67 | $6.66 – $76.52 |
| Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield | Bakersfield | $84.22 | $18.81 – $72.59 |
| Bakersfield Memorial Hospital | Bakersfield | $83.31 | $18.81 – $72.59 |
| Queen of The Valley Medical Center | Napa | $166.77 | $45.98 – $72.09 |