Apl(pml-rara) quant - sendout 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

$140.61

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.

$327.00

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.

$81.75 with DHR vs $470.15 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 $81.75 ↓ -42%
DHR Medicaid|> 21 $81.75 ↓ -42%
Noble IPA Medicaid|> 21 $84.63 ↓ -40%
Noble IPA Medicaid|< 21 $84.63 ↓ -40%
HCLA Medicaid|Preferred IPA < 21 $94.03 ↓ -33%
Inland Empire Health Plan Medicaid|All Plans $94.03 ↓ -33%
Partnership Health Plan Medicaid|< 21 $94.03 ↓ -33%
Preferred IPA Medicaid|Risk $94.03 ↓ -33%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|All Plans $94.03 ↓ -33%
Angeles IPA Medicare|All Plans $94.03 ↓ -33%
HCLA Medicaid|Preferred IPA > 21 $94.03 ↓ -33%
Partnership Health Plan Medicaid|> 21 $94.03 ↓ -33%
Health Net Medicaid|< 21 $125.34 ↓ -11%
Health Net Medicaid|> 21 $125.34 ↓ -11%
Molina Medicaid|All Plans $131.64 ↓ -6%
Kaiser Medicaid|> 21 $141.05 ↑ +0%
Kaiser Medicaid|< 21 $141.05 ↑ +0%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Exchange $189.66 ↑ +35%
Kaiser Medicare|All Plans $207.31 ↑ +47%
Humana Medicare|All Plans $207.31 ↑ +47%
Molina Medicare|All Plans $207.31 ↑ +47%
United Medicare|All Plans $207.31 ↑ +47%
Health Net Medicare|All Other Plans $207.31 ↑ +47%
Health Net Medicare|HMO $207.31 ↑ +47%
Cigna Medicare|All Plans $207.31 ↑ +47%
Central Health Plan Medicare|All Plans $207.31 ↑ +47%
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|All Plans $207.31 ↑ +47%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|All Other Plans $207.31 ↑ +47%
Scan Health Plan Medicare|All Plans $207.31 ↑ +47%
HPN Medicare|Senior $207.31 ↑ +47%
LA Care Medicare|All Plans $207.31 ↑ +47%
EasyChoice Medicare|All Plans $207.31 ↑ +47%
HCLA Medicare|Preferred IPA $207.31 ↑ +47%
SMIPA Medicare|All Plans $207.31 ↑ +47%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|BlueShield Promise $212.55 ↑ +51%
Kaiser Commercial|All Plans $228.90 ↑ +63%
United Commercial|HMO $248.77 ↑ +77%
United Commercial|Non-Options PPO $248.77 ↑ +77%
United Commercial|Options PPO $248.77 ↑ +77%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $248.77 ↑ +77%
HCLA Commercial|Preferred IPA $259.14 ↑ +84%
LA Care Commercial|All Plans $259.14 ↑ +84%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|Trauma $259.14 ↑ +84%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $261.60 ↑ +86%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|All Other Plans $284.49 ↑ +102%
Aetna Commercial|All Other Plans $327.00 ↑ +133%
Aetna Commercial|HMO $327.00 ↑ +133%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|MCS $327.00 ↑ +133%
Aetna Commercial|PPO $327.00 ↑ +133%
SevenCorners Medicare|All Plans $331.70 ↑ +136%
LA Care Medicaid|All Plans $387.40 ↑ +176%
Cigna Commercial|All Other Plans $462.33 ↑ +229%
Cigna Commercial|PPO $462.33 ↑ +229%
Care 1st Medicaid|All Plans $470.15 ↑ +234%
Blue Shield CA Medicaid|All Plans $470.15 ↑ +234%

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Apl(pml-rara) quant - sendout at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Arroyo Grande Hospital Santa Maria $139.96 $94.03 – $534.15
French Hospital San Luis Obispo $128.19 $75.60 – $627.94
Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield Bakersfield $121.32 $94.03 – $595.73
Bakersfield Memorial Hospital Bakersfield $120.01 $94.03 – $595.73
St. Joseph's Behavioral Health Center Stockton $186.72 $22.30 – $178.36
St. Joseph's Medical Center Stockton Stockton $96.14 $46.82 – $222.95
Mercy Medical Center Mt. Shasta Mt Shasta $254.41 $94.03 – $320.46
Mercy Medical Center Merced Merced $168.41 $94.03 – $209.58

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