Blood typing abo 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

$49.88

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.

$116.00

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.

$3.07 with Noble IPA vs $163.78 with Health Net — 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
Noble IPA Medicaid|> 21 $3.07 ↓ -94%
Noble IPA Medicaid|< 21 $3.07 ↓ -94%
Preferred IPA Medicaid|Risk $3.41 ↓ -93%
HCLA Medicaid|Preferred IPA < 21 $3.41 ↓ -93%
Angeles IPA Medicare|All Plans $3.41 ↓ -93%
Inland Empire Health Plan Medicaid|All Plans $3.41 ↓ -93%
Partnership Health Plan Medicaid|< 21 $3.41 ↓ -93%
Partnership Health Plan Medicaid|> 21 $3.41 ↓ -93%
HCLA Medicaid|Preferred IPA > 21 $3.41 ↓ -93%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|All Plans $3.49 ↓ -93%
United Commercial|HMO $3.59 ↓ -93%
United Commercial|Options PPO $3.59 ↓ -93%
United Commercial|Non-Options PPO $3.59 ↓ -93%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $3.59 ↓ -93%
Health Net Medicaid|< 21 $4.55 ↓ -91%
Health Net Medicaid|> 21 $4.55 ↓ -91%
Molina Medicaid|All Plans $4.77 ↓ -90%
Kaiser Medicaid|> 21 $5.12 ↓ -90%
Kaiser Medicaid|< 21 $5.12 ↓ -90%
Cigna Commercial|All Other Plans $6.66 ↓ -87%
Cigna Commercial|PPO $6.66 ↓ -87%
DHR Medicaid|< 21 $7.75 ↓ -84%
DHR Medicaid|> 21 $7.75 ↓ -84%
LA Care Medicaid|All Plans $9.81 ↓ -80%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|Exchange $11.78 ↓ -76%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|All Other Plans $15.19 ↓ -70%
Blue Shield CA Medicaid|All Plans $17.05 ↓ -66%
Care 1st Medicaid|All Plans $17.05 ↓ -66%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Exchange $17.98 ↓ -64%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|BlueShield Promise $20.15 ↓ -60%
Kaiser Commercial|All Plans $21.70 ↓ -56%
Aetna Commercial|HMO $23.76 ↓ -52%
Aetna Commercial|PPO $23.76 ↓ -52%
Aetna Commercial|All Other Plans $23.76 ↓ -52%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $24.80 ↓ -50%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|All Other Plans $26.97 ↓ -46%
LA Care Medicare|All Plans $31.00 ↓ -38%
Humana Medicare|All Plans $31.00 ↓ -38%
Molina Medicare|All Plans $31.00 ↓ -38%
Health Net Medicare|All Other Plans $31.00 ↓ -38%
Cigna Medicare|All Plans $31.00 ↓ -38%
Kaiser Medicare|All Plans $31.00 ↓ -38%
Central Health Plan Medicare|All Plans $31.00 ↓ -38%
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|All Plans $31.00 ↓ -38%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|MCS $31.00 ↓ -38%
Scan Health Plan Medicare|All Plans $31.00 ↓ -38%
HCLA Medicare|Preferred IPA $31.00 ↓ -38%
SMIPA Medicare|All Plans $31.00 ↓ -38%
United Medicare|All Plans $31.62 ↓ -37%
HPN Medicare|Senior $34.10 ↓ -32%
LA Care Commercial|All Plans $38.75 ↓ -22%
HCLA Commercial|Preferred IPA $38.75 ↓ -22%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|Trauma $38.75 ↓ -22%
SevenCorners Medicare|All Plans $49.60 ↓ -1%
EasyChoice Medicare|All Plans $163.78 ↑ +228%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|All Other Plans $163.78 ↑ +228%
Health Net Medicare|HMO $163.78 ↑ +228%

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