Alt/sgpt 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

$50.31

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.

$117.00

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.

$3.00 with DHR vs $32.85 with Blue Shield CA — 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
DHR Medicaid|> 21 $3.00 ↓ -94%
DHR Medicaid|< 21 $3.00 ↓ -94%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|Exchange $4.56 ↓ -91%
HCLA Medicare|Preferred IPA $5.30 ↓ -89%
Molina Medicare|All Plans $5.30 ↓ -89%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|All Other Plans $5.30 ↓ -89%
Humana Medicare|All Plans $5.30 ↓ -89%
SMIPA Medicare|All Plans $5.30 ↓ -89%
United Medicare|All Plans $5.30 ↓ -89%
Health Net Medicare|All Other Plans $5.30 ↓ -89%
Health Net Medicare|HMO $5.30 ↓ -89%
EasyChoice Medicare|All Plans $5.30 ↓ -89%
Cigna Medicare|All Plans $5.30 ↓ -89%
Kaiser Medicare|All Plans $5.30 ↓ -89%
Central Health Plan Medicare|All Plans $5.30 ↓ -89%
LA Care Medicare|All Plans $5.30 ↓ -89%
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|All Plans $5.30 ↓ -89%
HPN Medicare|Senior $5.30 ↓ -89%
Scan Health Plan Medicare|All Plans $5.30 ↓ -89%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|All Other Plans $5.88 ↓ -88%
Noble IPA Medicaid|> 21 $5.91 ↓ -88%
Noble IPA Medicaid|< 21 $5.91 ↓ -88%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|All Plans $6.08 ↓ -88%
United Commercial|Options PPO $6.36 ↓ -87%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $6.36 ↓ -87%
United Commercial|HMO $6.36 ↓ -87%
United Commercial|Non-Options PPO $6.36 ↓ -87%
Angeles IPA Medicare|All Plans $6.57 ↓ -87%
Preferred IPA Medicaid|Risk $6.57 ↓ -87%
Inland Empire Health Plan Medicaid|All Plans $6.57 ↓ -87%
Partnership Health Plan Medicaid|< 21 $6.57 ↓ -87%
HCLA Medicaid|Preferred IPA > 21 $6.57 ↓ -87%
HCLA Medicaid|Preferred IPA < 21 $6.57 ↓ -87%
Partnership Health Plan Medicaid|> 21 $6.57 ↓ -87%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|Trauma $6.63 ↓ -87%
LA Care Commercial|All Plans $6.63 ↓ -87%
HCLA Commercial|Preferred IPA $6.63 ↓ -87%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Exchange $6.96 ↓ -86%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|BlueShield Promise $7.80 ↓ -84%
Kaiser Commercial|All Plans $8.40 ↓ -83%
SevenCorners Medicare|All Plans $8.48 ↓ -83%
Health Net Medicaid|< 21 $8.76 ↓ -83%
Health Net Medicaid|> 21 $8.76 ↓ -83%
Molina Medicaid|All Plans $9.20 ↓ -82%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $9.60 ↓ -81%
Kaiser Medicaid|> 21 $9.86 ↓ -80%
Kaiser Medicaid|< 21 $9.86 ↓ -80%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|All Other Plans $10.44 ↓ -79%
Cigna Commercial|All Other Plans $11.84 ↓ -76%
Cigna Commercial|PPO $11.84 ↓ -76%
Aetna Commercial|PPO $12.00 ↓ -76%
Aetna Commercial|HMO $12.00 ↓ -76%
Aetna Commercial|All Other Plans $12.00 ↓ -76%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|MCS $12.00 ↓ -76%
LA Care Medicaid|All Plans $18.87 ↓ -62%
Care 1st Medicaid|All Plans $32.85 ↓ -35%
Blue Shield CA Medicaid|All Plans $32.85 ↓ -35%

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Alt/sgpt at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
St. John's Camarillo Hospital Camarillo $139.29 $5.30 – $16.54
Banner Lassen Medical Center Susanville $31.30 $1.06 – $8.73
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Arroyo Grande Hospital Santa Maria $167.35 $3.54 – $13.68
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French Hospital San Luis Obispo $153.28 $1.91 – $16.08
Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield Bakersfield $82.74 $5.30 – $15.83
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