Valvuloplasty mitral 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

$4,419.80

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What a hospital charges a self-pay patient who pays directly, without going through insurance — usually well below the gross charge.

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$12,628.00

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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.

$1,870.04 with Blue Shield vs $48,502.00 with Healthnet — same scan, same building. Share

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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

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

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
Blue Shield Hmo $1,870.04 ↓ -58%
Blue Shield Medicare Managed Care Plan $2,216.35 ↓ -50%
Blue Shield Epn/Ifp Benefit Exchange $2,310.79 ↓ -48%
Blue Shield Tandem Ppo/Blue High Performance Ppo/Epo $2,505.98 ↓ -43%
Blue Shield Ppo/Epo $2,795.62 ↓ -37%
Blue Cross All Commercial Plans $7,047.00 ↑ +59%
Unitedhealthcare Select/Navigate Hmo $10,781.00 ↑ +144%
Unitedhealthcare All Commercial Plans $12,210.00 ↑ +176%
Aetna Medicare Managed Care Plan $14,847.76 ↑ +236%
Humana Medicare Managed Care Plan $15,144.71 ↑ +243%
Blue Cross Anthem Vivity City Of La Other Commercial Plan $15,555.67 ↑ +252%
Caremore Medicare Managed Care Plan $16,332.53 ↑ +270%
Blue Cross Anthem Vivity Non City Of La Other Commercial Plan $17,520.12 ↑ +296%
La Care Health Plan Covered Ca Exchange $19,302.08 ↑ +337%
Healthnet Ambetter Hmo $27,468.35 ↑ +521%
Healthnet Blue And Gold Other Commercial Plan $30,073.00 ↑ +580%
Healthnet Ambetter Ppo $31,774.20 ↑ +619%
Healthnet All Commercial Plans $48,502.00 ↑ +997%

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Valvuloplasty mitral at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Fresno Medical Center FRESNO $16,335.20 not published
St. John's Camarillo Hospital Camarillo $5,950.23 $1,473.34 – $26,644.42
Antioch Medical Center ANTIOCH $16,335.20 not published
Redwood City Medical Center Redwood City $16,335.20 not published
Santa Clara Medical Center SANTA CLARA $16,335.20 not published
Baldwin Park Medical Center BALDWIN PARK $11,377.60 not published
Riverside Medical Center RIVERSIDE $11,377.60 not published
Fremont Medical Center FREMONT $16,335.20 not published

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