Bone marrow biopsyneedle/trocar 38221 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.

$195.83 with BCBS - Anthem 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
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|All Plans $195.83
Noble IPA Medicaid|< 21 $222.26
Noble IPA Medicaid|> 21 $222.26
Partnership Health Plan Medicaid|< 21 $224.72
HCLA Medicaid|Preferred IPA > 21 $224.72
HCLA Medicaid|Preferred IPA < 21 $224.72
Inland Empire Health Plan Medicaid|All Plans $224.72
Partnership Health Plan Medicaid|> 21 $224.72
Angeles IPA Medicare|All Plans $246.96
Preferred IPA Medicaid|Risk $246.96
Health Net Medicaid|> 21 $298.88
Health Net Medicaid|< 21 $298.88
Kaiser Medicaid|< 21 $337.08
Kaiser Medicaid|> 21 $337.08
Molina Medicaid|All Plans $345.74
LA Care Medicaid|All Plans $925.85
Care 1st Medicaid|All Plans $1,234.80
Blue Shield CA Medicaid|All Plans $1,234.80
Kaiser Medicare|All Plans $2,058.68
Central Health Plan Medicare|All Plans $2,058.68
Humana Medicare|All Plans $2,058.68
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|All Plans $2,058.68
EasyChoice Medicare|All Plans $2,058.68
Health Net Medicare|HMO $2,058.68
Cigna Medicare|All Plans $2,058.68
Health Net Medicare|All Other Plans $2,058.68
Blue Shield CA Medicare|All Other Plans $2,058.68
HCLA Medicare|Preferred IPA $2,058.68
Molina Medicare|All Plans $2,058.68
Scan Health Plan Medicare|All Plans $2,058.68
LA Care Medicare|All Plans $2,058.68
United Medicare|All Plans $2,099.86
HPN Medicare|Senior $2,264.55
Blue Shield CA Medicare|Trauma $2,573.35
HCLA Commercial|Preferred IPA $2,573.35
LA Care Commercial|All Plans $2,573.35
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Exchange $2,617.00
SevenCorners Medicare|All Plans $3,293.89
Health Net Commercial|EPPO $3,878.00
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|All Other Plans $3,906.00
Health Net Commercial|Care Product $4,708.00
Health Net Commercial|All Other Plans $5,411.00
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|MCS $6,054.00
United Commercial|HMO not published by hospital
United Commercial|Options PPO not published by hospital
United Commercial|All Other Plans not published by hospital
United Commercial|Non-Options PPO not published by hospital
Blue Shield CA Medicare|BlueShield Promise not published by hospital
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans not published by hospital
DHR Medicaid|> 21 not published by hospital
Kaiser Commercial|All Plans not published by hospital
DHR Medicaid|< 21 not published by hospital

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Bone marrow biopsyneedle/trocar 38221 at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
St. John's Camarillo Hospital Camarillo $1,011.78 $276.41 – $3,763.88
Banner Lassen Medical Center Susanville $943.78 $323.12 – $1,168.85
Arroyo Grande Hospital Santa Maria $765.70 $224.72 – $1,723.00
Mark Twain Medical Center San Andreas $2,293.04 $224.72 – $2,044.28
French Hospital San Luis Obispo $1,843.97 $224.72 – $1,723.00
Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield Bakersfield $1,186.83 $224.72 – $1,623.00
Bakersfield Memorial Hospital Bakersfield $1,174.04 $224.72 – $1,623.00
Queen of The Valley Medical Center Napa $2,782.05 $1,727.00 – $9,858.00

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