Vitamin b-12 at Providence Little Company of Mary Med Center Torrance
4101 Torrance Blvd, Torrance, CA · Providence · · NPI 1003084211
$142.80
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.
$408.00
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.
$15.08 with Aetna vs $143.63 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 | $15.08 | ↓ -89% |
| Humana | Medicare Managed Care Plan | $15.38 | ↓ -89% |
| Caremore | Medicare Managed Care Plan | $16.59 | ↓ -88% |
| La Care Health Plan | Covered Ca Exchange | $19.60 | ↓ -86% |
| Blue Cross | Anthem Vivity City Of La Other Commercial Plan | $21.39 | ↓ -85% |
| Blue Cross | Anthem Vivity Non City Of La Other Commercial Plan | $24.09 | ↓ -83% |
| Cigna | Oa/Oap Hmo/Pos | $27.24 | ↓ -81% |
| Healthnet | Ambetter Hmo | $27.90 | ↓ -80% |
| Unitedhealthcare | All Commercial Plans | $30.16 | ↓ -79% |
| First Health/Coventry | Coventry All Commercial Plans | $30.16 | ↓ -79% |
| Unitedhealthcare | Select/Navigate Hmo | $30.16 | ↓ -79% |
| Healthnet | Ambetter Ppo | $32.27 | ↓ -77% |
| Cigna | Ppo | $38.22 | ↓ -73% |
| Aetna | All Commercial Plans | $41.51 | ↓ -71% |
| Blue Cross | All Commercial Plans | $74.48 | ↓ -48% |
| Blue Shield | Epn/Ifp Benefit Exchange | $87.61 | ↓ -39% |
| Blue Shield | Hmo | $93.72 | ↓ -34% |
| Blue Shield | Tandem Ppo/Blue High Performance Ppo/Epo | $94.98 | ↓ -33% |
| Blue Shield | Ppo/Epo | $105.72 | ↓ -26% |
| Blue Shield | Medicare Managed Care Plan | $143.63 | ↑ +1% |
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Vitamin b-12 at other California hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| St. John's Camarillo Hospital | Camarillo | $130.53 | $1.35 – $40.00 |
| Banner Lassen Medical Center | Susanville | $11.89 | $3.02 – $21.99 |
| Petaluma Valley Hospital | Petaluma | $303.96 | $14.78 – $123.05 |
| Arroyo Grande Hospital | Santa Maria | $109.57 | $2.50 – $38.85 |
| Mark Twain Medical Center | San Andreas | $112.56 | $15.08 – $36.95 |
| French Hospital | San Luis Obispo | $100.36 | $1.35 – $45.67 |
| Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield | Bakersfield | $105.00 | $2.50 – $43.33 |
| Bakersfield Memorial Hospital | Bakersfield | $103.87 | $2.50 – $43.33 |