Brace ank aftr bioskn med lg 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

$322.50

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.

$750.00

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.

$88.00 with BCBS - Anthem vs $692.55 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.

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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 $88.00 ↓ -73%
Preferred IPA Medicaid|Risk $92.40 ↓ -71%
Molina Medicaid|All Plans $101.20 ↓ -69%
DHR Medicaid|> 21 $110.00 ↓ -66%
DHR Medicaid|< 21 $110.00 ↓ -66%
HPN Commercial|All Plans $114.40 ↓ -65%
Noble IPA Medicaid|< 21 $124.66 ↓ -61%
Noble IPA Medicaid|> 21 $124.66 ↓ -61%
Cigna Commercial|PPO $132.00 ↓ -59%
HCLA Medicaid|Preferred IPA > 21 $132.00 ↓ -59%
HCLA Medicaid|Preferred IPA < 21 $132.00 ↓ -59%
Cigna Commercial|All Other Plans $132.00 ↓ -59%
Partnership Health Plan Medicaid|> 21 $138.51 ↓ -57%
Angeles IPA Medicare|All Plans $138.51 ↓ -57%
Inland Empire Health Plan Medicaid|All Plans $138.51 ↓ -57%
Partnership Health Plan Medicaid|< 21 $138.51 ↓ -57%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Exchange $149.60 ↓ -54%
Health Net Commercial|EPPO $162.80 ↓ -50%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|Exchange $180.40 ↓ -44%
Health Net Medicaid|< 21 $184.63 ↓ -43%
Health Net Medicaid|> 21 $184.63 ↓ -43%
Health Net Commercial|Care Product $198.00 ↓ -39%
United Commercial|Non-Options PPO $206.80 ↓ -36%
Kaiser Medicaid|> 21 $207.76 ↓ -36%
Kaiser Medicaid|< 21 $207.76 ↓ -36%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|All Other Plans $220.00 ↓ -32%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|MCS $220.00 ↓ -32%
United Commercial|Options PPO $220.00 ↓ -32%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $220.00 ↓ -32%
Health Net Commercial|All Other Plans $228.80 ↓ -29%
United Commercial|HMO $228.80 ↓ -29%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|All Other Plans $242.00 ↓ -25%
Aetna Commercial|All Other Plans $255.20 ↓ -21%
Aetna Commercial|HMO $255.20 ↓ -21%
Aetna Commercial|PPO $255.20 ↓ -21%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|BlueShield Promise $286.00 ↓ -11%
Kaiser Commercial|All Plans $308.00 ↓ -4%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $352.00 ↑ +9%
SMIPA Medicare|All Plans $440.00 ↑ +36%
LA Care Medicaid|All Plans $570.66 ↑ +77%
Care 1st Medicaid|All Plans $692.55 ↑ +115%
Blue Shield CA Medicaid|All Plans $692.55 ↑ +115%

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Brace ank aftr bioskn med lg at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
St. John's Camarillo Hospital Camarillo $339.89 $186.24 – $605.28
Mark Twain Medical Center San Andreas $59.94 $23.29 – $90.00
Dominican Hospital Santa Cruz $27.00 $11.75 – $25.00
Northridge Hospital Medical Center Northridge $234.36 $138.51 – $840.00
Sierra Nevada Memorial Hospital Grass Valley $98.10 $45.00 – $176.40
Community Hospital San Bernardino San Bernardino $293.25 $92.40 – $692.55
Glendale Memorial Hospital Health Center Glendale $244.50 $40.00 – $585.90
St. Bernardine Medical Center San Bernardino $249.75 $88.00 – $692.55

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