Warde 1006955 catecholamines fractionated 24 hour urine 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

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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.

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Gross charge

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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.

$25.25 with Aetna vs $240.61 with Blue Shield — 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
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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
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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
Aetna Medicare Managed Care Plan $25.25
Humana Medicare Managed Care Plan $25.76
Caremore Medicare Managed Care Plan $27.78
La Care Health Plan Covered Ca Exchange $32.83
Blue Cross Anthem Vivity City Of La Other Commercial Plan $35.81
Blue Cross Anthem Vivity Non City Of La Other Commercial Plan $40.33
Cigna Oa/Oap Hmo/Pos $45.62
Healthnet Ambetter Hmo $46.71
Unitedhealthcare All Commercial Plans $50.50
First Health/Coventry Coventry All Commercial Plans $50.50
Unitedhealthcare Select/Navigate Hmo $50.50
Healthnet Ambetter Ppo $54.04
Cigna Ppo $64.00
Aetna All Commercial Plans $69.52
Blue Cross All Commercial Plans $124.78
Blue Shield Epn/Ifp Benefit Exchange $146.76
Blue Shield Hmo $157.00
Blue Shield Tandem Ppo/Blue High Performance Ppo/Epo $159.11
Blue Shield Ppo/Epo $177.11
Blue Shield Medicare Managed Care Plan $240.61

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Warde 1006955 catecholamines fractionated 24 hour urine at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
St. John's Camarillo Hospital Camarillo $12.71 $7.56 – $66.99
Petaluma Valley Hospital Petaluma $99.07 $24.74 – $206.14
Arroyo Grande Hospital Santa Maria $11.99 $12.50 – $65.05
Mark Twain Medical Center San Andreas $18.65 $13.54 – $25.00
French Hospital San Luis Obispo $10.98 $6.75 – $76.47
Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield Bakersfield $10.39 $9.53 – $72.55
Bakersfield Memorial Hospital Bakersfield $10.28 $9.53 – $72.55
Queen of The Valley Medical Center Napa $99.07 $25.25 – $260.51

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