Ablation cardiac vagal inputs atrium 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

$7,116.07

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.

$16,549.00

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.

$162.57 with SMIPA vs $6,110.40 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
SMIPA Medicare|All Plans $162.57 ↓ -98%
Humana Medicare|All Plans $198.80 ↓ -97%
Molina Medicare|All Plans $198.80 ↓ -97%
HCLA Medicare|Preferred IPA $198.80 ↓ -97%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|All Other Plans $198.80 ↓ -97%
Health Net Medicare|HMO $198.80 ↓ -97%
Cigna Medicare|All Plans $198.80 ↓ -97%
Kaiser Medicare|All Plans $198.80 ↓ -97%
Central Health Plan Medicare|All Plans $198.80 ↓ -97%
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|All Plans $198.80 ↓ -97%
EasyChoice Medicare|All Plans $198.80 ↓ -97%
LA Care Medicare|All Plans $198.80 ↓ -97%
Health Net Medicare|All Other Plans $198.80 ↓ -97%
Scan Health Plan Medicare|All Plans $198.80 ↓ -97%
United Medicare|All Plans $202.78 ↓ -97%
HPN Medicare|Senior $218.68 ↓ -97%
HCLA Commercial|Preferred IPA $248.50 ↓ -97%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|Trauma $248.50 ↓ -97%
LA Care Commercial|All Plans $248.50 ↓ -97%
SevenCorners Medicare|All Plans $318.08 ↓ -96%
DHR Medicaid|< 21 $336.50 ↓ -95%
DHR Medicaid|> 21 $336.50 ↓ -95%
Care 1st Medicaid|All Plans $349.96 ↓ -95%
Blue Shield CA Medicaid|All Plans $349.96 ↓ -95%
United Commercial|Non-Options PPO $780.68 ↓ -89%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|BlueShield Promise $874.90 ↓ -88%
Kaiser Commercial|All Plans $942.20 ↓ -87%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $1,076.80 ↓ -85%
Health Net Commercial|EPPO $2,417.00 ↓ -66%
Healthcare Partners Medicare|All Plans $2,927.90 ↓ -59%
Health Net Commercial|Care Product $2,936.00 ↓ -59%
Healthcare Partners Commercial|All Plans $3,309.80 ↓ -53%
Health Net Commercial|All Other Plans $3,375.00 ↓ -53%
United Commercial|Options PPO $3,946.30 ↓ -45%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $3,946.30 ↓ -45%
HPN Commercial|All Plans $4,009.95 ↓ -44%
United Commercial|HMO $6,110.40 ↓ -14%

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Ablation cardiac vagal inputs atrium at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
St. John's Camarillo Hospital Camarillo $5,432.08 $167.40 – $483.60
Arroyo Grande Hospital Santa Maria $3,904.22 $198.80 – $899.64
French Hospital San Luis Obispo $3,575.83 $198.80 – $899.64
Bakersfield Memorial Hospital Bakersfield $13,539.74 $54.81 – $198.80
Queen of The Valley Medical Center Napa $3,460.86 $182.70 – $2,747.00
Providence St Joseph Hospital Eureka Eureka $4,131.00 $165.49 – $2,699.00
St. Joseph's Medical Center Stockton Stockton $6,606.77 $40.53 – $193.00
Santa Rosa Memorial Hospital Santa Rosa $5,608.47 $179.04 – $1,716.00

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