Apheresis plasma 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

$3,308.85

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.

$7,695.00

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.

$328.00 with BCBS - Anthem vs $7,387.20 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
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Exchange $328.00 ↓ -90%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|All Other Plans $489.00 ↓ -85%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|MCS $758.00 ↓ -77%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|All Plans $977.29 ↓ -70%
Noble IPA Medicaid|< 21 $1,109.20 ↓ -66%
Noble IPA Medicaid|> 21 $1,109.20 ↓ -66%
HCLA Medicaid|Preferred IPA > 21 $1,121.46 ↓ -66%
Partnership Health Plan Medicaid|> 21 $1,121.46 ↓ -66%
Partnership Health Plan Medicaid|< 21 $1,121.46 ↓ -66%
HCLA Medicaid|Preferred IPA < 21 $1,121.46 ↓ -66%
Inland Empire Health Plan Medicaid|All Plans $1,121.46 ↓ -66%
Angeles IPA Medicare|All Plans $1,232.44 ↓ -63%
Preferred IPA Medicaid|Risk $1,232.44 ↓ -63%
Health Net Medicaid|> 21 $1,491.54 ↓ -55%
Health Net Medicaid|< 21 $1,491.54 ↓ -55%
SMIPA Medicare|All Plans $1,555.36 ↓ -53%
Kaiser Medicaid|< 21 $1,682.19 ↓ -49%
Kaiser Medicaid|> 21 $1,682.19 ↓ -49%
Healthcare Partners Medicare|All Plans $1,721.00 ↓ -48%
Molina Medicaid|All Plans $1,725.42 ↓ -48%
DHR Medicaid|< 21 $1,923.75 ↓ -42%
DHR Medicaid|> 21 $1,923.75 ↓ -42%
Healthcare Partners Commercial|All Plans $2,029.00 ↓ -39%
HCLA Medicare|Preferred IPA $2,082.87 ↓ -37%
Humana Medicare|All Plans $2,082.87 ↓ -37%
Molina Medicare|All Plans $2,082.87 ↓ -37%
Health Net Medicare|All Other Plans $2,082.87 ↓ -37%
Health Net Medicare|HMO $2,082.87 ↓ -37%
Cigna Medicare|All Plans $2,082.87 ↓ -37%
Kaiser Medicare|All Plans $2,082.87 ↓ -37%
Central Health Plan Medicare|All Plans $2,082.87 ↓ -37%
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|All Plans $2,082.87 ↓ -37%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|All Other Plans $2,082.87 ↓ -37%
Scan Health Plan Medicare|All Plans $2,082.87 ↓ -37%
LA Care Medicare|All Plans $2,082.87 ↓ -37%
EasyChoice Medicare|All Plans $2,082.87 ↓ -37%
United Medicare|All Plans $2,124.53 ↓ -36%
HPN Medicare|Senior $2,291.16 ↓ -31%
HCLA Commercial|Preferred IPA $2,603.59 ↓ -21%
LA Care Commercial|All Plans $2,603.59 ↓ -21%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|Trauma $2,603.59 ↓ -21%
Health Net Commercial|EPPO $3,062.00 ↓ -7%
SevenCorners Medicare|All Plans $3,332.59 ↑ +1%
Health Net Commercial|Care Product $3,718.00 ↑ +12%
Health Net Commercial|All Other Plans $4,273.00 ↑ +29%
United Commercial|Non-Options PPO $4,463.10 ↑ +35%
LA Care Medicaid|All Plans $4,620.42 ↑ +40%
United Commercial|Options PPO $4,770.90 ↑ +44%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $4,770.90 ↑ +44%
HPN Commercial|All Plans $4,847.85 ↑ +47%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|BlueShield Promise $5,001.75 ↑ +51%
Kaiser Commercial|All Plans $5,386.50 ↑ +63%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $6,156.00 ↑ +86%
Care 1st Medicaid|All Plans $6,162.20 ↑ +86%
Blue Shield CA Medicaid|All Plans $6,162.20 ↑ +86%
United Commercial|HMO $7,387.20 ↑ +123%

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Apheresis plasma at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Arroyo Grande Hospital Santa Maria $2,230.31 $1,121.46 – $5,106.78
French Hospital San Luis Obispo $1,511.95 $1,041.39 – $3,779.86
Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield Bakersfield $949.39 $1,121.46 – $2,559.00
Bakersfield Memorial Hospital Bakersfield $986.13 $1,121.46 – $2,559.00
Queen of The Valley Medical Center Napa $12,260.91 $2,211.33 – $7,455.00
Providence St Joseph Hospital Eureka Eureka $4,487.49 $2,003.11 – $8,018.00
St. Joseph's Medical Center Stockton Stockton $2,334.36 $877.59 – $3,510.36
Santa Rosa Memorial Hospital Santa Rosa $2,901.90 $2,167.10 – $4,737.00

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