Xm archive tissue molec anal 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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Cash price

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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.

$17.23 with Blue Shield vs $130.57 with Blue Cross — 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.

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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
Blue Shield Hmo $17.23
Blue Shield Medicare Managed Care Plan $20.42
Blue Shield Epn/Ifp Benefit Exchange $21.29
Blue Shield Tandem Ppo/Blue High Performance Ppo/Epo $23.09
Blue Shield Ppo/Epo $25.76
Cigna Oa/Oap Hmo/Pos $32.72
Aetna All Commercial Plans $35.11
Aetna Medicare Managed Care Plan $37.20
Humana Medicare Managed Care Plan $37.94
Blue Cross Anthem Vivity City Of La Other Commercial Plan $38.97
Caremore Medicare Managed Care Plan $40.92
Blue Cross Anthem Vivity Non City Of La Other Commercial Plan $43.90
Cigna Ppo $45.90
Unitedhealthcare Select/Navigate Hmo $45.98
Unitedhealthcare All Commercial Plans $45.98
La Care Health Plan Covered Ca Exchange $48.36
Healthnet Ambetter Hmo $68.82
Healthnet Ambetter Ppo $79.61
Blue Cross All Commercial Plans $130.57

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Xm archive tissue molec anal at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Fresno Medical Center FRESNO $61.60 $26.00 – $26.00
Antioch Medical Center ANTIOCH $61.60 $26.00 – $26.00
Redwood City Medical Center Redwood City $61.60 $26.00 – $26.00
Santa Clara Medical Center SANTA CLARA $61.60 $26.00 – $26.00
Baldwin Park Medical Center BALDWIN PARK $65.00 $27.00 – $27.00
Riverside Medical Center RIVERSIDE $65.00 $27.00 – $27.00
Fremont Medical Center FREMONT $61.60 $26.00 – $26.00
Panorama Medical Center PANORAMA CITY $65.00 $27.00 – $27.00

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