Bone/joint imaging ltd area 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

$706.49

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.

$1,643.00

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.

$104.45 with Noble IPA vs $1,533.86 with Cigna — 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 $104.45 ↓ -85%
Noble IPA Medicaid|< 21 $104.45 ↓ -85%
Angeles IPA Medicare|All Plans $116.06 ↓ -84%
Partnership Health Plan Medicaid|< 21 $116.06 ↓ -84%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|All Plans $116.06 ↓ -84%
HCLA Medicaid|Preferred IPA > 21 $116.06 ↓ -84%
HCLA Medicaid|Preferred IPA < 21 $116.06 ↓ -84%
Partnership Health Plan Medicaid|> 21 $116.06 ↓ -84%
Preferred IPA Medicaid|Risk $116.06 ↓ -84%
Inland Empire Health Plan Medicaid|All Plans $116.06 ↓ -84%
Health Net Medicaid|< 21 $154.71 ↓ -78%
Health Net Medicaid|> 21 $154.71 ↓ -78%
Molina Medicaid|All Plans $162.48 ↓ -77%
Kaiser Medicaid|< 21 $174.09 ↓ -75%
Kaiser Medicaid|> 21 $174.09 ↓ -75%
DHR Medicaid|< 21 $410.75 ↓ -42%
DHR Medicaid|> 21 $410.75 ↓ -42%
SMIPA Medicare|All Plans $432.58 ↓ -39%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Exchange $461.61 ↓ -35%
LA Care Medicaid|All Plans $478.17 ↓ -32%
HCLA Medicare|Preferred IPA $510.57 ↓ -28%
Humana Medicare|All Plans $510.57 ↓ -28%
Molina Medicare|All Plans $510.57 ↓ -28%
Health Net Medicare|All Other Plans $510.57 ↓ -28%
Health Net Medicare|HMO $510.57 ↓ -28%
Cigna Medicare|All Plans $510.57 ↓ -28%
Kaiser Medicare|All Plans $510.57 ↓ -28%
Central Health Plan Medicare|All Plans $510.57 ↓ -28%
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|All Plans $510.57 ↓ -28%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|All Other Plans $510.57 ↓ -28%
Scan Health Plan Medicare|All Plans $510.57 ↓ -28%
LA Care Medicare|All Plans $510.57 ↓ -28%
EasyChoice Medicare|All Plans $510.57 ↓ -28%
United Medicare|All Plans $520.79 ↓ -26%
HPN Medicare|Senior $561.63 ↓ -21%
Blue Shield CA Medicaid|All Plans $580.30 ↓ -18%
Care 1st Medicaid|All Plans $580.30 ↓ -18%
HCLA Commercial|Preferred IPA $638.21 ↓ -10%
LA Care Commercial|All Plans $638.21 ↓ -10%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|Trauma $638.21 ↓ -10%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|All Other Plans $688.28 ↓ -3%
SevenCorners Medicare|All Plans $816.91 ↑ +16%
Healthcare Partners Medicare|All Plans $837.93 ↑ +19%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $848.52 ↑ +20%
United Commercial|Options PPO $848.52 ↑ +20%
United Commercial|HMO $848.52 ↑ +20%
United Commercial|Non-Options PPO $848.52 ↑ +20%
Healthcare Partners Commercial|All Plans $936.51 ↑ +33%
Aetna Commercial|All Other Plans $1,000.86 ↑ +42%
Aetna Commercial|HMO $1,000.86 ↑ +42%
Aetna Commercial|PPO $1,000.86 ↑ +42%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|MCS $1,067.09 ↑ +51%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|BlueShield Promise $1,067.95 ↑ +51%
Kaiser Commercial|All Plans $1,150.10 ↑ +63%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $1,314.40 ↑ +86%
Cigna Commercial|All Other Plans $1,533.86 ↑ +117%
Cigna Commercial|PPO $1,533.86 ↑ +117%

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Bone/joint imaging ltd area at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
St. John's Camarillo Hospital Camarillo $383.25 $175.58 – $1,824.90
Banner Lassen Medical Center Susanville $1,284.97 $80.37 – $1,857.55
Petaluma Valley Hospital Petaluma $1,815.09 $538.74 – $589.01
Arroyo Grande Hospital Santa Maria $2,037.71 $116.06 – $4,057.20
Mark Twain Medical Center San Andreas $5,399.93 $116.06 – $2,195.20
French Hospital San Luis Obispo $1,480.98 $116.06 – $2,083.30
Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield Bakersfield $526.82 $116.06 – $1,976.45
Bakersfield Memorial Hospital Bakersfield $521.14 $116.06 – $1,976.45

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