Urinalysis qual/semiquant excpt ia at Providence Little Company of Mary Med Center Torrance
4101 Torrance Blvd, Torrance, CA · Providence · · NPI 1003084211
$30.80
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.
$88.00
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.
$2.17 with Aetna vs $20.66 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 | $2.17 | ↓ -93% |
| Humana | Medicare Managed Care Plan | $2.21 | ↓ -93% |
| Caremore | Medicare Managed Care Plan | $2.39 | ↓ -92% |
| La Care Health Plan | Covered Ca Exchange | $2.82 | ↓ -91% |
| Blue Cross | Anthem Vivity City Of La Other Commercial Plan | $3.08 | ↓ -90% |
| Blue Cross | Anthem Vivity Non City Of La Other Commercial Plan | $3.47 | ↓ -89% |
| Cigna | Oa/Oap Hmo/Pos | $3.92 | ↓ -87% |
| Healthnet | Ambetter Hmo | $4.01 | ↓ -87% |
| Unitedhealthcare | All Commercial Plans | $4.34 | ↓ -86% |
| First Health/Coventry | Coventry All Commercial Plans | $4.34 | ↓ -86% |
| Unitedhealthcare | Select/Navigate Hmo | $4.34 | ↓ -86% |
| Healthnet | Ambetter Ppo | $4.64 | ↓ -85% |
| Cigna | Ppo | $5.50 | ↓ -82% |
| Aetna | All Commercial Plans | $5.96 | ↓ -81% |
| Blue Cross | All Commercial Plans | $10.68 | ↓ -65% |
| Blue Shield | Epn/Ifp Benefit Exchange | $12.60 | ↓ -59% |
| Blue Shield | Hmo | $13.48 | ↓ -56% |
| Blue Shield | Tandem Ppo/Blue High Performance Ppo/Epo | $13.67 | ↓ -56% |
| Blue Shield | Ppo/Epo | $15.21 | ↓ -51% |
| Blue Shield | Medicare Managed Care Plan | $20.66 | ↓ -33% |
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Urinalysis qual/semiquant excpt ia at other California hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield | Bakersfield | $27.46 | $2.17 – $55.20 |
| Bakersfield Memorial Hospital | Bakersfield | $27.16 | $2.17 – $56.09 |
| St. Joseph's Behavioral Health Center | Stockton | $41.69 | $2.17 – $58.40 |
| St. Joseph's Medical Center Stockton | Stockton | $21.76 | $1.84 – $60.68 |
| Mercy Medical Center Mt. Shasta | Mt Shasta | $25.68 | $1.77 – $7.96 |
| Mercy Medical Center Merced | Merced | $40.69 | $2.17 – $74.26 |
| Northridge Hospital Medical Center | Northridge | $33.48 | $2.17 – $120.00 |
| Sierra Nevada Memorial Hospital | Grass Valley | $52.32 | $1.28 – $1.90 |