Ak open end sach 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

$7,587.35

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.

$17,645.00

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.

$2,530.40 with Noble IPA vs $17,645.00 with SMIPA — 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
Noble IPA Medicaid|> 21 $2,530.40 ↓ -67%
Noble IPA Medicaid|< 21 $2,530.40 ↓ -67%
Partnership Health Plan Medicaid|> 21 $2,811.55 ↓ -63%
HCLA Medicaid|Preferred IPA > 21 $2,811.55 ↓ -63%
Preferred IPA Medicaid|Risk $2,811.55 ↓ -63%
HCLA Medicaid|Preferred IPA < 21 $2,811.55 ↓ -63%
Angeles IPA Medicare|All Plans $2,811.55 ↓ -63%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|All Plans $2,811.55 ↓ -63%
Inland Empire Health Plan Medicaid|All Plans $2,811.55 ↓ -63%
Partnership Health Plan Medicaid|< 21 $2,811.55 ↓ -63%
Health Net Medicaid|< 21 $3,747.80 ↓ -51%
Health Net Medicaid|> 21 $3,747.80 ↓ -51%
Molina Medicaid|All Plans $3,936.17 ↓ -48%
Kaiser Medicaid|< 21 $4,217.33 ↓ -44%
Kaiser Medicaid|> 21 $4,217.33 ↓ -44%
DHR Medicaid|> 21 $4,411.25 ↓ -42%
DHR Medicaid|< 21 $4,411.25 ↓ -42%
HPN Commercial|All Plans $4,587.70 ↓ -40%
Cigna Commercial|All Other Plans $5,293.50 ↓ -30%
Cigna Commercial|PPO $5,293.50 ↓ -30%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Exchange $5,999.30 ↓ -21%
Health Net Commercial|EPPO $6,528.65 ↓ -14%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|Exchange $7,234.45 ↓ -5%
Health Net Commercial|Care Product $7,940.25 ↑ +5%
United Commercial|Non-Options PPO $8,293.15 ↑ +9%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $8,822.50 ↑ +16%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|MCS $8,822.50 ↑ +16%
United Commercial|Options PPO $8,822.50 ↑ +16%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|All Other Plans $8,822.50 ↑ +16%
Health Net Commercial|All Other Plans $9,175.40 ↑ +21%
United Commercial|HMO $9,175.40 ↑ +21%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|All Other Plans $9,704.75 ↑ +28%
Aetna Commercial|All Other Plans $10,234.10 ↑ +35%
Aetna Commercial|PPO $10,234.10 ↑ +35%
Aetna Commercial|HMO $10,234.10 ↑ +35%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|BlueShield Promise $11,469.25 ↑ +51%
LA Care Medicaid|All Plans $11,583.59 ↑ +53%
Kaiser Commercial|All Plans $12,351.50 ↑ +63%
Care 1st Medicaid|All Plans $14,057.75 ↑ +85%
Blue Shield CA Medicaid|All Plans $14,057.75 ↑ +85%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $14,116.00 ↑ +86%
SMIPA Medicare|All Plans $17,645.00 ↑ +133%

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Ak open end sach at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Community Hospital San Bernardino San Bernardino $6,899.20 $2,811.55 – $17,645.00
Glendale Memorial Hospital Health Center Glendale $5,752.27 $40.00 – $17,468.55
St. Bernardine Medical Center San Bernardino $5,875.79 $2,811.55 – $14,468.90
Providence Cedars-Sinai Tarzana Medical Center Tarzana not published $5,364.98 – $9,925.21
Providence Saint Joseph Medical Center Burbank not published $5,364.98 – $9,925.21
Providence St Joseph Hospital Orange Orange not published $4,560.23 – $9,925.21
Providence Holy Cross Medical Center Mission Hills not published $5,364.98 – $9,925.21
Providence Little Co of Mary Med Center San Pedro San Pedro not published $5,364.98 – $9,925.21

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