Ablate bone tumor(s) perq 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

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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.

$3,658.00 with BCBS - Anthem vs $26,157.73 with SevenCorners — 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
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Exchange $3,658.00
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|All Plans $3,678.13
Noble IPA Medicaid|> 21 $4,174.37
Noble IPA Medicaid|< 21 $4,174.37
Inland Empire Health Plan Medicaid|All Plans $4,220.73
Partnership Health Plan Medicaid|< 21 $4,220.73
Partnership Health Plan Medicaid|> 21 $4,220.73
HCLA Medicaid|Preferred IPA < 21 $4,220.73
HCLA Medicaid|Preferred IPA > 21 $4,220.73
Angeles IPA Medicare|All Plans $4,638.19
Preferred IPA Medicaid|Risk $4,638.19
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|All Other Plans $5,460.00
Health Net Medicaid|> 21 $5,613.57
Health Net Medicaid|< 21 $5,613.57
Kaiser Medicaid|> 21 $6,331.09
Kaiser Medicaid|< 21 $6,331.09
Molina Medicaid|All Plans $6,493.47
Health Net Commercial|EPPO $7,871.00
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|MCS $8,463.00
Health Net Commercial|Care Product $9,556.00
Health Net Commercial|All Other Plans $10,984.00
LA Care Medicare|All Plans $16,348.58
Health Net Medicare|All Other Plans $16,348.58
Health Net Medicare|HMO $16,348.58
Cigna Medicare|All Plans $16,348.58
Kaiser Medicare|All Plans $16,348.58
Central Health Plan Medicare|All Plans $16,348.58
Molina Medicare|All Plans $16,348.58
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|All Plans $16,348.58
HCLA Medicare|Preferred IPA $16,348.58
Blue Shield CA Medicare|All Other Plans $16,348.58
EasyChoice Medicare|All Plans $16,348.58
Humana Medicare|All Plans $16,348.58
Scan Health Plan Medicare|All Plans $16,348.58
United Medicare|All Plans $16,675.56
LA Care Medicaid|All Plans $17,389.41
HPN Medicare|Senior $17,983.44
LA Care Commercial|All Plans $20,435.72
Blue Shield CA Medicare|Trauma $20,435.72
HCLA Commercial|Preferred IPA $20,435.72
Blue Shield CA Medicaid|All Plans $23,190.95
Care 1st Medicaid|All Plans $23,190.95
SevenCorners Medicare|All Plans $26,157.73
United Commercial|HMO not published by hospital
United Commercial|Options PPO not published by hospital
Blue Shield CA Medicare|BlueShield Promise not published by hospital
DHR Medicaid|< 21 not published by hospital
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans not published by hospital
United Commercial|All Other Plans not published by hospital
Kaiser Commercial|All Plans not published by hospital
United Commercial|Non-Options PPO not published by hospital
DHR Medicaid|> 21 not published by hospital

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Ablate bone tumor(s) perq at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
St. John's Camarillo Hospital Camarillo $16,477.13 $5,191.50 – $29,342.82
Arroyo Grande Hospital Santa Maria $13,978.48 $4,220.73 – $20,419.28
Mark Twain Medical Center San Andreas $8,878.45 $1,509.00 – $5,716.34
French Hospital San Luis Obispo $12,802.72 $4,220.73 – $20,419.28
Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield Bakersfield $13,004.30 $4,220.73 – $21,255.20
Bakersfield Memorial Hospital Bakersfield $12,864.09 $4,220.73 – $20,989.51
St. Joseph's Medical Center Stockton Stockton $4,426.76 $0.80 – $7,529.00
Santa Rosa Memorial Hospital Santa Rosa $8,803.62 $4,042.00 – $24,397.68

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