Air conduction bilat at St. Mary Medical Center
1050 Linden Ave, Long Beach, CA · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1194840421
$94.17
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.
$219.00
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.
$21.95 with BCBS - Anthem 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.
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 |
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| BCBS - Anthem | Medicaid|All Plans | $21.95 | ↓ -77% |
| Noble IPA | Medicaid|< 21 | $24.52 | ↓ -74% |
| Noble IPA | Medicaid|> 21 | $24.52 | ↓ -74% |
| Partnership Health Plan | Medicaid|> 21 | $27.25 | ↓ -71% |
| HCLA | Medicaid|Preferred IPA < 21 | $27.25 | ↓ -71% |
| Angeles IPA | Medicare|All Plans | $27.25 | ↓ -71% |
| HCLA | Medicaid|Preferred IPA > 21 | $27.25 | ↓ -71% |
| Partnership Health Plan | Medicaid|< 21 | $27.25 | ↓ -71% |
| Inland Empire Health Plan | Medicaid|All Plans | $27.25 | ↓ -71% |
| Preferred IPA | Medicaid|Risk | $27.25 | ↓ -71% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|< 21 | $36.32 | ↓ -61% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|> 21 | $36.32 | ↓ -61% |
| Molina | Medicaid|All Plans | $38.15 | ↓ -59% |
| Kaiser | Medicaid|< 21 | $40.88 | ↓ -57% |
| Kaiser | Medicaid|> 21 | $40.88 | ↓ -57% |
| DHR | Medicaid|< 21 | $54.75 | ↓ -42% |
| DHR | Medicaid|> 21 | $54.75 | ↓ -42% |
| LA Care | Medicaid|All Plans | $112.27 | ↑ +19% |
| United | Commercial|Non-Options PPO | $124.83 | ↑ +33% |
| SMIPA | Medicare|All Plans | $128.12 | ↑ +36% |
| Care 1st | Medicaid|All Plans | $136.25 | ↑ +45% |
| Blue Shield CA | Medicaid|All Plans | $136.25 | ↑ +45% |
| Blue Shield CA | Medicare|BlueShield Promise | $142.35 | ↑ +51% |
| Kaiser | Commercial|All Plans | $153.30 | ↑ +63% |
| HCLA | Medicare|Preferred IPA | $163.78 | ↑ +74% |
| Humana | Medicare|All Plans | $163.78 | ↑ +74% |
| Molina | Medicare|All Plans | $163.78 | ↑ +74% |
| Health Net | Medicare|All Other Plans | $163.78 | ↑ +74% |
| Health Net | Medicare|HMO | $163.78 | ↑ +74% |
| Cigna | Medicare|All Plans | $163.78 | ↑ +74% |
| Kaiser | Medicare|All Plans | $163.78 | ↑ +74% |
| Central Health Plan | Medicare|All Plans | $163.78 | ↑ +74% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicare|All Plans | $163.78 | ↑ +74% |
| Blue Shield CA | Medicare|All Other Plans | $163.78 | ↑ +74% |
| Scan Health Plan | Medicare|All Plans | $163.78 | ↑ +74% |
| LA Care | Medicare|All Plans | $163.78 | ↑ +74% |
| EasyChoice | Medicare|All Plans | $163.78 | ↑ +74% |
| United | Medicare|All Plans | $167.06 | ↑ +77% |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | $175.20 | ↑ +86% |
| HPN | Medicare|Senior | $180.16 | ↑ +91% |
| HCLA | Commercial|Preferred IPA | $204.72 | ↑ +117% |
| Blue Shield CA | Medicare|Trauma | $204.72 | ↑ +117% |
| LA Care | Commercial|All Plans | $204.72 | ↑ +117% |
| SevenCorners | Medicare|All Plans | $262.05 | ↑ +178% |
| United | Commercial|HMO | $6,206.00 | ↑ +6490% |
| United | Commercial|All Other Plans | $6,343.00 | ↑ +6636% |
| United | Commercial|Options PPO | $6,343.00 | ↑ +6636% |
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Air conduction bilat at other California hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Providence St Joseph Hospital Eureka | Eureka | $165.75 | $171.12 – $171.12 |
| Healdsburg Hospital | Healdsburg | $52.53 | $179.26 – $179.26 |
| Redwood Memorial Hospital | Fortuna | $257.55 | not published |
| Mercy Medical Center Merced | Merced | $82.92 | $25.24 – $161.00 |
| Providence Saint Joseph Medical Center | Burbank | $346.15 | $77.27 – $316.58 |
| Providence St Joseph Hospital Orange | Orange | $196.32 | $145.45 – $316.58 |
| Providence Saint John's Health Center | Santa Monica | $87.85 | $77.27 – $316.58 |
| Petaluma Valley Hospital | Petaluma | not published | $179.30 – $182.96 |