Apply surf ldr radionuclide 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

$334.54

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.

$778.00

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.

$73.55 with BCBS - Anthem vs $9,811.00 with Healthcare Partners — 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 $73.55 ↓ -78%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|All Plans $106.73 ↓ -68%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|All Other Plans $109.66 ↓ -67%
Noble IPA Medicaid|< 21 $137.78 ↓ -59%
Noble IPA Medicaid|> 21 $137.78 ↓ -59%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|All Other Plans $139.13 ↓ -58%
Humana Medicare|All Plans $139.13 ↓ -58%
HCLA Medicare|Preferred IPA $139.13 ↓ -58%
Molina Medicare|All Plans $139.13 ↓ -58%
EasyChoice Medicare|All Plans $139.13 ↓ -58%
Health Net Medicare|All Other Plans $139.13 ↓ -58%
Health Net Medicare|HMO $139.13 ↓ -58%
LA Care Medicare|All Plans $139.13 ↓ -58%
Cigna Medicare|All Plans $139.13 ↓ -58%
Kaiser Medicare|All Plans $139.13 ↓ -58%
Scan Health Plan Medicare|All Plans $139.13 ↓ -58%
Central Health Plan Medicare|All Plans $139.13 ↓ -58%
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|All Plans $139.13 ↓ -58%
United Medicare|All Plans $141.92 ↓ -58%
SMIPA Medicare|All Plans $144.19 ↓ -57%
HPN Medicare|Senior $153.04 ↓ -54%
HCLA Medicaid|Preferred IPA < 21 $153.09 ↓ -54%
Angeles IPA Medicare|All Plans $153.09 ↓ -54%
HCLA Medicaid|Preferred IPA > 21 $153.09 ↓ -54%
Preferred IPA Medicaid|Risk $153.09 ↓ -54%
Inland Empire Health Plan Medicaid|All Plans $153.09 ↓ -54%
Partnership Health Plan Medicaid|> 21 $153.09 ↓ -54%
Partnership Health Plan Medicaid|< 21 $153.09 ↓ -54%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|MCS $170.01 ↓ -49%
HCLA Commercial|Preferred IPA $173.91 ↓ -48%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|Trauma $173.91 ↓ -48%
LA Care Commercial|All Plans $173.91 ↓ -48%
DHR Medicaid|< 21 $194.50 ↓ -42%
DHR Medicaid|> 21 $194.50 ↓ -42%
Health Net Medicaid|< 21 $204.07 ↓ -39%
Health Net Medicaid|> 21 $204.07 ↓ -39%
Molina Medicaid|All Plans $214.33 ↓ -36%
SevenCorners Medicare|All Plans $222.61 ↓ -33%
Kaiser Medicaid|< 21 $229.63 ↓ -31%
Kaiser Medicaid|> 21 $229.63 ↓ -31%
Aetna Commercial|PPO $369.61 ↑ +10%
Aetna Commercial|HMO $369.61 ↑ +10%
Aetna Commercial|All Other Plans $369.61 ↑ +10%
United Commercial|Non-Options PPO $451.24 ↑ +35%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|BlueShield Promise $505.70 ↑ +51%
Kaiser Commercial|All Plans $544.60 ↑ +63%
Cigna Commercial|PPO $599.06 ↑ +79%
Cigna Commercial|All Other Plans $599.06 ↑ +79%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $622.40 ↑ +86%
LA Care Medicaid|All Plans $630.73 ↑ +89%
Care 1st Medicaid|All Plans $765.45 ↑ +129%
Blue Shield CA Medicaid|All Plans $765.45 ↑ +129%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $778.00 ↑ +133%
United Commercial|HMO $778.00 ↑ +133%
United Commercial|Options PPO $778.00 ↑ +133%
Healthcare Partners Medicare|All Plans $8,665.00 ↑ +2490%
Healthcare Partners Commercial|All Plans $9,811.00 ↑ +2833%

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