2d tte w or without fol w/con,co at St. Mary Medical Center

1050 Linden Ave, Long Beach, CA · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1194840421

Source: hospital's published price file ↗ · Published Feb 28, 2026 · Ingested Sep 10, 2026

$911.60

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.

$2,120.00

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.

$530.00 with DHR vs $6,343.00 with United — 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
DHR Medicaid|< 21 $530.00 ↓ -42%
DHR Medicaid|> 21 $530.00 ↓ -42%
SMIPA Medicare|All Plans $800.02 ↓ -12%
EasyChoice Medicare|All Plans $1,003.85 ↑ +10%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|All Other Plans $1,003.85 ↑ +10%
Molina Medicare|All Plans $1,003.85 ↑ +10%
HCLA Medicare|Preferred IPA $1,003.85 ↑ +10%
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|All Plans $1,003.85 ↑ +10%
Humana Medicare|All Plans $1,003.85 ↑ +10%
Scan Health Plan Medicare|All Plans $1,003.85 ↑ +10%
Health Net Medicare|All Other Plans $1,003.85 ↑ +10%
Health Net Medicare|HMO $1,003.85 ↑ +10%
Cigna Medicare|All Plans $1,003.85 ↑ +10%
Kaiser Medicare|All Plans $1,003.85 ↑ +10%
Central Health Plan Medicare|All Plans $1,003.85 ↑ +10%
LA Care Medicare|All Plans $1,003.85 ↑ +10%
United Medicare|All Plans $1,023.93 ↑ +12%
HPN Medicare|Senior $1,104.23 ↑ +21%
United Commercial|Non-Options PPO $1,208.40 ↑ +33%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Exchange $1,229.60 ↑ +35%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|Trauma $1,254.81 ↑ +38%
LA Care Commercial|All Plans $1,254.81 ↑ +38%
HCLA Commercial|Preferred IPA $1,254.81 ↑ +38%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|BlueShield Promise $1,378.00 ↑ +51%
Kaiser Commercial|All Plans $1,484.00 ↑ +63%
SevenCorners Medicare|All Plans $1,606.16 ↑ +76%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $1,696.00 ↑ +86%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|All Other Plans $1,844.40 ↑ +102%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|MCS $2,120.00 ↑ +133%
United Commercial|HMO $6,206.00 ↑ +581%
United Commercial|Options PPO $6,343.00 ↑ +596%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $6,343.00 ↑ +596%

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2d tte w or without fol w/con,co at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Arroyo Grande Hospital Santa Maria $906.51 $1,003.85 – $2,075.64
French Hospital San Luis Obispo $830.26 $571.86 – $2,075.64
Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield Bakersfield $908.95 $1,003.85 – $1,960.00
Bakersfield Memorial Hospital Bakersfield $899.15 $875.00 – $1,382.50
Providence St Joseph Hospital Eureka Eureka $1,131.69 $1,008.25 – $2,282.99
Redwood Memorial Hospital Fortuna $900.15 $2,288.32 – $2,288.32
St. Joseph's Medical Center Stockton Stockton $526.85 $376.32 – $1,469.44
Mercy Medical Center Mt. Shasta Mt Shasta $781.12 $240.96 – $983.92

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