Assay of silica at St. Mary Medical Center
1050 Linden Ave, Long Beach, CA · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1194840421
$48.16
Cash price 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.
$112.00
Gross charge 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.
$25.21 with Cigna vs $150.05 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.
Full explanation →
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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.
Full explanation →Payer ?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. Full explanation → |
Plan ?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. Full explanation → |
Negotiated rate | vs. cash |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cigna | Medicare|All Plans | $25.21 | ↓ -48% |
| Kaiser | Medicare|All Plans | $25.21 | ↓ -48% |
| SMIPA | Medicare|All Plans | $25.21 | ↓ -48% |
| Humana | Medicare|All Plans | $25.21 | ↓ -48% |
| Health Net | Medicare|HMO | $25.21 | ↓ -48% |
| EasyChoice | Medicare|All Plans | $25.21 | ↓ -48% |
| Central Health Plan | Medicare|All Plans | $25.21 | ↓ -48% |
| LA Care | Medicare|All Plans | $25.21 | ↓ -48% |
| HCLA | Medicare|Preferred IPA | $25.21 | ↓ -48% |
| Molina | Medicare|All Plans | $25.21 | ↓ -48% |
| Blue Shield CA | Medicare|All Other Plans | $25.21 | ↓ -48% |
| United | Medicare|All Plans | $25.21 | ↓ -48% |
| Scan Health Plan | Medicare|All Plans | $25.21 | ↓ -48% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicare|All Plans | $25.21 | ↓ -48% |
| HPN | Medicare|Senior | $25.21 | ↓ -48% |
| Health Net | Medicare|All Other Plans | $25.21 | ↓ -48% |
| Noble IPA | Medicaid|< 21 | $27.01 | ↓ -44% |
| Noble IPA | Medicaid|> 21 | $27.01 | ↓ -44% |
| DHR | Medicaid|< 21 | $28.00 | ↓ -42% |
| DHR | Medicaid|> 21 | $28.00 | ↓ -42% |
| Partnership Health Plan | Medicaid|< 21 | $30.01 | ↓ -38% |
| Preferred IPA | Medicaid|Risk | $30.01 | ↓ -38% |
| HCLA | Medicaid|Preferred IPA > 21 | $30.01 | ↓ -38% |
| HCLA | Medicaid|Preferred IPA < 21 | $30.01 | ↓ -38% |
| Angeles IPA | Medicare|All Plans | $30.01 | ↓ -38% |
| Inland Empire Health Plan | Medicaid|All Plans | $30.01 | ↓ -38% |
| Partnership Health Plan | Medicaid|> 21 | $30.01 | ↓ -38% |
| United | Commercial|Options PPO | $30.25 | ↓ -37% |
| United | Commercial|HMO | $30.25 | ↓ -37% |
| United | Commercial|All Other Plans | $30.25 | ↓ -37% |
| United | Commercial|Non-Options PPO | $30.25 | ↓ -37% |
| Blue Shield CA | Medicare|Trauma | $31.51 | ↓ -35% |
| LA Care | Commercial|All Plans | $31.51 | ↓ -35% |
| HCLA | Commercial|Preferred IPA | $31.51 | ↓ -35% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicaid|All Plans | $31.91 | ↓ -34% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|< 21 | $40.00 | ↓ -17% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|> 21 | $40.00 | ↓ -17% |
| SevenCorners | Medicare|All Plans | $40.34 | ↓ -16% |
| Molina | Medicaid|All Plans | $42.01 | ↓ -13% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|Exchange | $42.56 | ↓ -12% |
| Kaiser | Medicaid|< 21 | $45.02 | ↓ -7% |
| Kaiser | Medicaid|> 21 | $45.02 | ↓ -7% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|All Other Plans | $54.88 | ↑ +14% |
| Cigna | Commercial|PPO | $56.23 | ↑ +17% |
| Cigna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $56.23 | ↑ +17% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|Exchange | $64.96 | ↑ +35% |
| Blue Shield CA | Medicare|BlueShield Promise | $72.80 | ↑ +51% |
| Kaiser | Commercial|All Plans | $78.40 | ↑ +63% |
| LA Care | Medicaid|All Plans | $86.19 | ↑ +79% |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | $89.60 | ↑ +86% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|All Other Plans | $97.44 | ↑ +102% |
| Aetna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $112.00 | ↑ +133% |
| Aetna | Commercial|HMO | $112.00 | ↑ +133% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|MCS | $112.00 | ↑ +133% |
| Aetna | Commercial|PPO | $112.00 | ↑ +133% |
| Care 1st | Medicaid|All Plans | $150.05 | ↑ +212% |
| Blue Shield CA | Medicaid|All Plans | $150.05 | ↑ +212% |
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Assay of silica at other California hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| Community Hospital San Bernardino | San Bernardino | $43.80 | $22.40 – $150.05 |
| Glendale Memorial Hospital Health Center | Glendale | $36.52 | $22.40 – $112.00 |
| St. Bernardine Medical Center | San Bernardino | $37.30 | $21.68 – $150.05 |
| Petaluma Valley Hospital | Petaluma | not published | $24.71 – $192.18 |
| Queen of The Valley Medical Center | Napa | not published | $25.21 – $242.87 |
| Providence St Joseph Hospital Eureka | Eureka | not published | $25.21 – $275.42 |
| Healdsburg Hospital | Healdsburg | not published | $25.21 – $109.87 |
| Redwood Memorial Hospital | Fortuna | not published | $276.06 – $276.06 |