Biopsy of inestine 44100 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

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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.

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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.

$128.17 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 $128.17
HCLA Medicaid|Preferred IPA > 21 $128.17
HCLA Medicaid|Preferred IPA < 21 $128.17
Inland Empire Health Plan Medicaid|All Plans $128.17
Partnership Health Plan Medicaid|> 21 $128.17
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|All Plans $160.21
Health Net Medicaid|< 21 $170.47
Health Net Medicaid|> 21 $170.47
Noble IPA Medicaid|< 21 $181.84
Noble IPA Medicaid|> 21 $181.84
Kaiser Medicaid|< 21 $192.25
Kaiser Medicaid|> 21 $192.25
Preferred IPA Medicaid|Risk $202.04
Angeles IPA Medicare|All Plans $202.04
Molina Medicaid|All Plans $282.86
LA Care Medicaid|All Plans $528.06
SMIPA Medicare|All Plans $923.52
Blue Shield CA Medicaid|All Plans $1,010.20
Care 1st Medicaid|All Plans $1,010.20
Kaiser Medicare|All Plans $1,191.26
HCLA Medicare|Preferred IPA $1,191.26
Central Health Plan Medicare|All Plans $1,191.26
Scan Health Plan Medicare|All Plans $1,191.26
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|All Plans $1,191.26
LA Care Medicare|All Plans $1,191.26
Humana Medicare|All Plans $1,191.26
Health Net Medicare|All Other Plans $1,191.26
Blue Shield CA Medicare|All Other Plans $1,191.26
EasyChoice Medicare|All Plans $1,191.26
Health Net Medicare|HMO $1,191.26
Cigna Medicare|All Plans $1,191.26
Molina Medicare|All Plans $1,191.26
United Medicare|All Plans $1,215.09
HPN Medicare|Senior $1,310.39
HCLA Commercial|Preferred IPA $1,489.08
Blue Shield CA Medicare|Trauma $1,489.08
LA Care Commercial|All Plans $1,489.08
SevenCorners Medicare|All Plans $1,906.02
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Exchange $2,617.00
Health Net Commercial|EPPO $3,062.00
Health Net Commercial|Care Product $3,718.00
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|All Other Plans $3,906.00
Health Net Commercial|All Other Plans $4,273.00
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|MCS $6,054.00
United Commercial|Non-Options PPO not published by hospital
United Commercial|Options PPO not published by hospital
United Commercial|HMO not published by hospital
United Commercial|All Other Plans not published by hospital
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans not published by hospital
DHR Medicaid|> 21 not published by hospital
Blue Shield CA Medicare|BlueShield Promise not published by hospital
Kaiser Commercial|All Plans not published by hospital
DHR Medicaid|< 21 not published by hospital

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Biopsy of inestine 44100 at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
St. John's Camarillo Hospital Camarillo not published $157.65 – $2,072.04
Petaluma Valley Hospital Petaluma not published $1,222.26 – $4,657.00
Arroyo Grande Hospital Santa Maria not published $128.17 – $1,191.26
Mark Twain Medical Center San Andreas not published $128.17 – $128.17
French Hospital San Luis Obispo not published $128.17 – $1,191.26
Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield Bakersfield not published $128.17 – $1,191.26
Bakersfield Memorial Hospital Bakersfield not published $128.17 – $1,191.26
Queen of The Valley Medical Center Napa not published $1,287.79 – $7,455.00

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