Anal/urinary muscle study 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

$211.56

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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$492.00

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.

$72.63 with Partnership Health Plan vs $6,054.00 with BCBS - Anthem — 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
Partnership Health Plan Medicaid|< 21 $72.63 ↓ -66%
HCLA Medicaid|Preferred IPA > 21 $72.63 ↓ -66%
HCLA Medicaid|Preferred IPA < 21 $72.63 ↓ -66%
Inland Empire Health Plan Medicaid|All Plans $72.63 ↓ -66%
Partnership Health Plan Medicaid|> 21 $72.63 ↓ -66%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|All Plans $90.78 ↓ -57%
Health Net Medicaid|> 21 $96.60 ↓ -54%
Health Net Medicaid|< 21 $96.60 ↓ -54%
Noble IPA Medicaid|< 21 $103.04 ↓ -51%
Noble IPA Medicaid|> 21 $103.04 ↓ -51%
Kaiser Medicaid|> 21 $108.94 ↓ -49%
Kaiser Medicaid|< 21 $108.94 ↓ -49%
Preferred IPA Medicaid|Risk $114.49 ↓ -46%
Angeles IPA Medicare|All Plans $114.49 ↓ -46%
DHR Medicaid|> 21 $123.00 ↓ -42%
DHR Medicaid|< 21 $123.00 ↓ -42%
Molina Medicaid|All Plans $160.29 ↓ -24%
Healthcare Partners Medicare|All Plans $226.32 ↑ +7%
Healthcare Partners Commercial|All Plans $255.84 ↑ +21%
SMIPA Medicare|All Plans $276.03 ↑ +30%
United Commercial|Non-Options PPO $285.36 ↑ +35%
LA Care Medicaid|All Plans $299.24 ↑ +41%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $305.04 ↑ +44%
United Commercial|Options PPO $305.04 ↑ +44%
LA Care Medicare|All Plans $309.02 ↑ +46%
Humana Medicare|All Plans $309.02 ↑ +46%
Molina Medicare|All Plans $309.02 ↑ +46%
Health Net Medicare|All Other Plans $309.02 ↑ +46%
Health Net Medicare|HMO $309.02 ↑ +46%
Cigna Medicare|All Plans $309.02 ↑ +46%
HCLA Medicare|Preferred IPA $309.02 ↑ +46%
Kaiser Medicare|All Plans $309.02 ↑ +46%
Central Health Plan Medicare|All Plans $309.02 ↑ +46%
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|All Plans $309.02 ↑ +46%
EasyChoice Medicare|All Plans $309.02 ↑ +46%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|All Other Plans $309.02 ↑ +46%
Scan Health Plan Medicare|All Plans $309.02 ↑ +46%
HPN Commercial|All Plans $309.96 ↑ +47%
United Medicare|All Plans $315.21 ↑ +49%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|BlueShield Promise $319.80 ↑ +51%
HPN Medicare|Senior $339.92 ↑ +61%
Kaiser Commercial|All Plans $344.40 ↑ +63%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|Trauma $386.27 ↑ +83%
LA Care Commercial|All Plans $386.27 ↑ +83%
HCLA Commercial|Preferred IPA $386.27 ↑ +83%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $393.60 ↑ +86%
United Commercial|HMO $472.32 ↑ +123%
SevenCorners Medicare|All Plans $494.43 ↑ +134%
Blue Shield CA Medicaid|All Plans $572.45 ↑ +171%
Care 1st Medicaid|All Plans $572.45 ↑ +171%
Health Net Commercial|EPPO $1,910.00 ↑ +803%
Health Net Commercial|Care Product $2,319.00 ↑ +996%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Exchange $2,617.00 ↑ +1137%
Health Net Commercial|All Other Plans $2,666.00 ↑ +1160%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|All Other Plans $3,906.00 ↑ +1746%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|MCS $6,054.00 ↑ +2762%

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Anal/urinary muscle study at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
St. John's Camarillo Hospital Camarillo $374.06 $89.33 – $597.80
Mercy Medical Center Mt. Shasta Mt Shasta $444.24 $123.46 – $559.58
Mercy Medical Center Merced Merced $290.98 $72.63 – $559.35
Community Hospital San Bernardino San Bernardino $312.02 $72.63 – $798.00
Glendale Memorial Hospital Health Center Glendale $393.81 $113.48 – $966.40
Mercy Medical Center Redding Redding $435.52 $144.34 – $841.82
St. Bernardine Medical Center San Bernardino $235.44 $72.63 – $602.59
St. Elizabeth Community Hospital Red Bluff $506.33 $129.82 – $849.66

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