Brace back t-lso custom at St. Mary Medical Center
1050 Linden Ave, Long Beach, CA · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1194840421
$4,487.05
Cash price 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.
$10,435.00
Gross charge 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.
$1,218.68 with Noble IPA vs $8,025.00 with SMIPA — 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.
Full explanation →
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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.
Full explanation →Payer ?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. Full explanation → |
Plan ?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. Full explanation → |
Negotiated rate | vs. cash |
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| Noble IPA | Medicaid|> 21 | $1,218.68 | ↓ -73% |
| Noble IPA | Medicaid|< 21 | $1,218.68 | ↓ -73% |
| Partnership Health Plan | Medicaid|> 21 | $1,354.09 | ↓ -70% |
| HCLA | Medicaid|Preferred IPA > 21 | $1,354.09 | ↓ -70% |
| Preferred IPA | Medicaid|Risk | $1,354.09 | ↓ -70% |
| HCLA | Medicaid|Preferred IPA < 21 | $1,354.09 | ↓ -70% |
| Angeles IPA | Medicare|All Plans | $1,354.09 | ↓ -70% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicaid|All Plans | $1,354.09 | ↓ -70% |
| Inland Empire Health Plan | Medicaid|All Plans | $1,354.09 | ↓ -70% |
| Partnership Health Plan | Medicaid|< 21 | $1,354.09 | ↓ -70% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|< 21 | $1,805.00 | ↓ -60% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|> 21 | $1,805.00 | ↓ -60% |
| Molina | Medicaid|All Plans | $1,845.75 | ↓ -59% |
| DHR | Medicaid|< 21 | $2,006.25 | ↓ -55% |
| DHR | Medicaid|> 21 | $2,006.25 | ↓ -55% |
| Kaiser | Medicaid|> 21 | $2,031.13 | ↓ -55% |
| Kaiser | Medicaid|< 21 | $2,031.13 | ↓ -55% |
| HPN | Commercial|All Plans | $2,086.50 | ↓ -53% |
| Cigna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $2,407.50 | ↓ -46% |
| Cigna | Commercial|PPO | $2,407.50 | ↓ -46% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|Exchange | $2,728.50 | ↓ -39% |
| Health Net | Commercial|EPPO | $2,969.25 | ↓ -34% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|Exchange | $3,290.25 | ↓ -27% |
| Health Net | Commercial|Care Product | $3,611.25 | ↓ -20% |
| United | Commercial|Non-Options PPO | $3,771.75 | ↓ -16% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|All Other Plans | $4,012.50 | ↓ -11% |
| United | Commercial|All Other Plans | $4,012.50 | ↓ -11% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|MCS | $4,012.50 | ↓ -11% |
| United | Commercial|Options PPO | $4,012.50 | ↓ -11% |
| Health Net | Commercial|All Other Plans | $4,173.00 | ↓ -7% |
| United | Commercial|HMO | $4,173.00 | ↓ -7% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|All Other Plans | $4,413.75 | ↓ -2% |
| Aetna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $4,654.50 | ↑ +4% |
| Aetna | Commercial|HMO | $4,654.50 | ↑ +4% |
| Aetna | Commercial|PPO | $4,654.50 | ↑ +4% |
| Blue Shield CA | Medicare|BlueShield Promise | $5,216.25 | ↑ +16% |
| LA Care | Medicaid|All Plans | $5,578.85 | ↑ +24% |
| Kaiser | Commercial|All Plans | $5,617.50 | ↑ +25% |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | $6,420.00 | ↑ +43% |
| Care 1st | Medicaid|All Plans | $6,770.45 | ↑ +51% |
| Blue Shield CA | Medicaid|All Plans | $6,770.45 | ↑ +51% |
| SMIPA | Medicare|All Plans | $8,025.00 | ↑ +79% |
Visitor-reported prices
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Brace back t-lso custom at other California hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| St. John's Camarillo Hospital | Camarillo | $3,638.47 | $1,533.12 – $4,982.64 |
| Petaluma Valley Hospital | Petaluma | $5,407.85 | not published |
| Arroyo Grande Hospital | Santa Maria | $3,555.40 | $1,354.09 – $8,140.86 |
| French Hospital | San Luis Obispo | $3,256.35 | $1,354.09 – $8,140.86 |
| Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield | Bakersfield | $4,453.86 | $1,354.09 – $6,390.00 |
| Bakersfield Memorial Hospital | Bakersfield | $4,405.84 | $1,354.09 – $6,887.00 |
| Queen of The Valley Medical Center | Napa | $5,407.85 | not published |
| Providence St Joseph Hospital Eureka | Eureka | $3,570.57 | not published |