Ultrasound spinal canal and contents at Providence Little Company of Mary Med Center Torrance
4101 Torrance Blvd, Torrance, CA · Providence · · NPI 1003084211
$232.40
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.
$664.00
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.
$134.46 with Aetna vs $526.97 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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| Aetna | Medicare Managed Care Plan | $134.46 | ↓ -42% |
| Humana | Medicare Managed Care Plan | $137.15 | ↓ -41% |
| Blue Cross | Anthem Vivity City Of La Other Commercial Plan | $140.87 | ↓ -39% |
| Caremore | Medicare Managed Care Plan | $147.91 | ↓ -36% |
| Blue Cross | Anthem Vivity Non City Of La Other Commercial Plan | $158.66 | ↓ -32% |
| La Care Health Plan | Covered Ca Exchange | $174.80 | ↓ -25% |
| Unitedhealthcare | All Commercial Plans | $179.33 | ↓ -23% |
| Unitedhealthcare | Select/Navigate Hmo | $179.33 | ↓ -23% |
| Aetna | All Commercial Plans | $187.84 | ↓ -19% |
| Blue Cross | All Commercial Plans | $203.59 | ↓ -12% |
| Blue Shield | Hmo | $206.11 | ↓ -11% |
| Blue Shield | Medicare Managed Care Plan | $244.28 | ↑ +5% |
| Healthnet | Ambetter Hmo | $248.76 | ↑ +7% |
| Blue Shield | Epn/Ifp Benefit Exchange | $254.69 | ↑ +10% |
| Blue Shield | Tandem Ppo/Blue High Performance Ppo/Epo | $276.20 | ↑ +19% |
| Healthnet | Ambetter Ppo | $287.75 | ↑ +24% |
| Blue Shield | Ppo/Epo | $308.12 | ↑ +33% |
| Cigna | Oa/Oap Hmo/Pos | $375.63 | ↑ +62% |
| Cigna | Ppo | $526.97 | ↑ +127% |
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Ultrasound spinal canal and contents at other California hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| St. John's Camarillo Hospital | Camarillo | $584.73 | $122.52 – $1,041.30 |
| Redwood City Medical Center | Redwood City | $666.40 | $156.00 – $156.00 |
| Santa Clara Medical Center | SANTA CLARA | $666.40 | $156.00 – $156.00 |
| Baldwin Park Medical Center | BALDWIN PARK | $494.00 | $98.00 – $98.00 |
| Riverside Medical Center | RIVERSIDE | $494.00 | $98.00 – $98.00 |
| Banner Lassen Medical Center | Susanville | $313.22 | $21.27 – $387.03 |
| Sacramento Medical Center | SACRAMENTO | $666.40 | $156.00 – $156.00 |
| Oakland Medical Center | Oakland | $666.40 | $156.00 – $156.00 |