3-d radiotherapy plan at St. Mary Medical Center
1050 Linden Ave, Long Beach, CA · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1194840421
$2,885.30
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.
$6,710.00
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.
$554.79 with Noble IPA vs $6,710.00 with BCBS - Anthem — 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Noble IPA | Medicaid|< 21 | $554.79 | ↓ -81% |
| Noble IPA | Medicaid|> 21 | $554.79 | ↓ -81% |
| Inland Empire Health Plan | Medicaid|All Plans | $616.43 | ↓ -79% |
| Partnership Health Plan | Medicaid|> 21 | $616.43 | ↓ -79% |
| Partnership Health Plan | Medicaid|< 21 | $616.43 | ↓ -79% |
| HCLA | Medicaid|Preferred IPA > 21 | $616.43 | ↓ -79% |
| HCLA | Medicaid|Preferred IPA < 21 | $616.43 | ↓ -79% |
| Angeles IPA | Medicare|All Plans | $616.43 | ↓ -79% |
| Preferred IPA | Medicaid|Risk | $616.43 | ↓ -79% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|> 21 | $821.70 | ↓ -72% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|< 21 | $821.70 | ↓ -72% |
| Molina | Medicaid|All Plans | $863.00 | ↓ -70% |
| Kaiser | Medicaid|> 21 | $924.64 | ↓ -68% |
| Kaiser | Medicaid|< 21 | $924.64 | ↓ -68% |
| United | Commercial|HMO | $1,000.00 | ↓ -65% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicaid|All Plans | $1,166.35 | ↓ -60% |
| SMIPA | Medicare|All Plans | $1,463.37 | ↓ -49% |
| DHR | Medicaid|< 21 | $1,677.50 | ↓ -42% |
| DHR | Medicaid|> 21 | $1,677.50 | ↓ -42% |
| HCLA | Medicare|Preferred IPA | $1,738.51 | ↓ -40% |
| Humana | Medicare|All Plans | $1,738.51 | ↓ -40% |
| Molina | Medicare|All Plans | $1,738.51 | ↓ -40% |
| Health Net | Medicare|All Other Plans | $1,738.51 | ↓ -40% |
| Health Net | Medicare|HMO | $1,738.51 | ↓ -40% |
| Cigna | Medicare|All Plans | $1,738.51 | ↓ -40% |
| Kaiser | Medicare|All Plans | $1,738.51 | ↓ -40% |
| Central Health Plan | Medicare|All Plans | $1,738.51 | ↓ -40% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicare|All Plans | $1,738.51 | ↓ -40% |
| Blue Shield CA | Medicare|All Other Plans | $1,738.51 | ↓ -40% |
| Scan Health Plan | Medicare|All Plans | $1,738.51 | ↓ -40% |
| LA Care | Medicare|All Plans | $1,738.51 | ↓ -40% |
| EasyChoice | Medicare|All Plans | $1,738.51 | ↓ -40% |
| United | Medicare|All Plans | $1,773.29 | ↓ -39% |
| United | Commercial|Options PPO | $1,900.00 | ↓ -34% |
| United | Commercial|All Other Plans | $1,900.00 | ↓ -34% |
| HPN | Medicare|Senior | $1,912.36 | ↓ -34% |
| HCLA | Commercial|Preferred IPA | $2,173.14 | ↓ -25% |
| Blue Shield CA | Medicare|Trauma | $2,173.14 | ↓ -25% |
| LA Care | Commercial|All Plans | $2,173.14 | ↓ -25% |
| Aetna | Commercial|PPO | $2,310.83 | ↓ -20% |
| Aetna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $2,310.83 | ↓ -20% |
| Aetna | Commercial|HMO | $2,310.83 | ↓ -20% |
| LA Care | Medicaid|All Plans | $2,539.69 | ↓ -12% |
| SevenCorners | Medicare|All Plans | $2,781.62 | ↓ -4% |
| Care 1st | Medicaid|All Plans | $3,082.15 | ↑ +7% |
| Blue Shield CA | Medicaid|All Plans | $3,082.15 | ↑ +7% |
| Healthcare Partners | Medicare|All Plans | $3,138.00 | ↑ +9% |
| Healthcare Partners | Commercial|All Plans | $3,553.00 | ↑ +23% |
| United | Commercial|Non-Options PPO | $3,891.80 | ↑ +35% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|Exchange | $3,891.80 | ↑ +35% |
| Blue Shield CA | Medicare|BlueShield Promise | $4,361.50 | ↑ +51% |
| Kaiser | Commercial|All Plans | $4,697.00 | ↑ +63% |
| Cigna | Commercial|PPO | $5,166.70 | ↑ +79% |
| Cigna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $5,166.70 | ↑ +79% |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | $5,368.00 | ↑ +86% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|All Other Plans | $5,837.70 | ↑ +102% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|MCS | $6,710.00 | ↑ +133% |
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3-d radiotherapy plan at other California hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| St. John's Camarillo Hospital | Camarillo | $5,617.35 | $932.60 – $11,157.75 |
| Arroyo Grande Hospital | Santa Maria | $3,005.85 | $616.43 – $11,311.00 |
| Queen of The Valley Medical Center | Napa | $4,796.55 | $1,965.27 – $7,200.92 |
| Providence St Joseph Hospital Eureka | Eureka | $6,208.23 | $1,780.22 – $8,165.89 |
| St. Joseph's Medical Center Stockton | Stockton | $2,029.49 | $616.43 – $5,850.00 |
| Santa Rosa Memorial Hospital | Santa Rosa | $3,715.35 | $1,925.97 – $6,126.26 |
| Providence Mission Hospital - Mission Viejo | Mission Viejo | $6,300.00 | $1,513.19 – $3,293.41 |
| Mercy Medical Center Merced | Merced | $7,255.84 | $616.43 – $13,243.66 |