Brace halo bremer l2830 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

$189.20

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.

$440.00

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 $541.05 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 ↓ -53%
Preferred IPA Medicaid|Risk $92.40 ↓ -51%
Noble IPA Medicaid|> 21 $97.39 ↓ -49%
Noble IPA Medicaid|< 21 $97.39 ↓ -49%
Molina Medicaid|All Plans $101.20 ↓ -47%
Partnership Health Plan Medicaid|> 21 $108.21 ↓ -43%
HCLA Medicaid|Preferred IPA > 21 $108.21 ↓ -43%
HCLA Medicaid|Preferred IPA < 21 $108.21 ↓ -43%
Angeles IPA Medicare|All Plans $108.21 ↓ -43%
Inland Empire Health Plan Medicaid|All Plans $108.21 ↓ -43%
Partnership Health Plan Medicaid|< 21 $108.21 ↓ -43%
DHR Medicaid|> 21 $110.00 ↓ -42%
DHR Medicaid|< 21 $110.00 ↓ -42%
HPN Commercial|All Plans $114.40 ↓ -40%
Cigna Commercial|All Other Plans $132.00 ↓ -30%
Cigna Commercial|PPO $132.00 ↓ -30%
Health Net Medicaid|> 21 $144.24 ↓ -24%
Health Net Medicaid|< 21 $144.24 ↓ -24%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Exchange $149.60 ↓ -21%
Kaiser Medicaid|> 21 $162.31 ↓ -14%
Kaiser Medicaid|< 21 $162.31 ↓ -14%
Health Net Commercial|EPPO $162.80 ↓ -14%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|Exchange $180.40 ↓ -5%
Health Net Commercial|Care Product $198.00 ↑ +5%
United Commercial|Non-Options PPO $206.80 ↑ +9%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|MCS $220.00 ↑ +16%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $220.00 ↑ +16%
United Commercial|Options PPO $220.00 ↑ +16%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|All Other Plans $220.00 ↑ +16%
Health Net Commercial|All Other Plans $228.80 ↑ +21%
United Commercial|HMO $228.80 ↑ +21%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|All Other Plans $242.00 ↑ +28%
Aetna Commercial|All Other Plans $255.20 ↑ +35%
Aetna Commercial|HMO $255.20 ↑ +35%
Aetna Commercial|PPO $255.20 ↑ +35%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|BlueShield Promise $286.00 ↑ +51%
Kaiser Commercial|All Plans $308.00 ↑ +63%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $352.00 ↑ +86%
SMIPA Medicare|All Plans $440.00 ↑ +133%
LA Care Medicaid|All Plans $445.83 ↑ +136%
Care 1st Medicaid|All Plans $541.05 ↑ +186%
Blue Shield CA Medicaid|All Plans $541.05 ↑ +186%

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Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
St. John's Camarillo Hospital Camarillo $200.17 $109.68 – $356.46
Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield Bakersfield $144.69 $97.50 – $351.00
Bakersfield Memorial Hospital Bakersfield $143.13 $97.50 – $378.30
St. Joseph's Medical Center Stockton Stockton $103.20 $91.26 – $351.00
Mercy Medical Center Mt. Shasta Mt Shasta $743.77 $103.68 – $423.36
Mercy Medical Center Merced Merced $105.06 $46.92 – $195.84
Community Hospital San Bernardino San Bernardino $172.04 $92.40 – $541.05
Glendale Memorial Hospital Health Center Glendale $143.44 $40.00 – $457.73

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