Brace knee support neoprene padded open patella med at St. Mary Medical Center
1050 Linden Ave, Long Beach, CA · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1194840421
$322.50
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.
$750.00
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.
$10.00 with BCBS - Anthem vs $521.35 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.
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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| BCBS - Anthem | Medicaid|All Plans | $10.00 | ↓ -97% |
| Preferred IPA | Medicaid|Risk | $10.50 | ↓ -97% |
| Molina | Medicaid|All Plans | $11.50 | ↓ -96% |
| DHR | Medicaid|< 21 | $12.50 | ↓ -96% |
| DHR | Medicaid|> 21 | $12.50 | ↓ -96% |
| HPN | Commercial|All Plans | $13.00 | ↓ -96% |
| HCLA | Medicaid|Preferred IPA < 21 | $15.00 | ↓ -95% |
| Cigna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $15.00 | ↓ -95% |
| HCLA | Medicaid|Preferred IPA > 21 | $15.00 | ↓ -95% |
| Cigna | Commercial|PPO | $15.00 | ↓ -95% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|Exchange | $17.00 | ↓ -95% |
| Angeles IPA | Medicare|All Plans | $17.50 | ↓ -95% |
| Health Net | Commercial|EPPO | $18.50 | ↓ -94% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|Exchange | $20.50 | ↓ -94% |
| Health Net | Commercial|Care Product | $22.50 | ↓ -93% |
| United | Commercial|Non-Options PPO | $23.50 | ↓ -93% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|All Other Plans | $25.00 | ↓ -92% |
| United | Commercial|Options PPO | $25.00 | ↓ -92% |
| United | Commercial|All Other Plans | $25.00 | ↓ -92% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|MCS | $25.00 | ↓ -92% |
| Health Net | Commercial|All Other Plans | $26.00 | ↓ -92% |
| United | Commercial|HMO | $26.00 | ↓ -92% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|All Other Plans | $27.50 | ↓ -91% |
| Aetna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $29.00 | ↓ -91% |
| Aetna | Commercial|HMO | $29.00 | ↓ -91% |
| Aetna | Commercial|PPO | $29.00 | ↓ -91% |
| Blue Shield CA | Medicare|BlueShield Promise | $32.50 | ↓ -90% |
| Kaiser | Commercial|All Plans | $35.00 | ↓ -89% |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | $40.00 | ↓ -88% |
| Noble IPA | Medicaid|> 21 | $45.00 | ↓ -86% |
| Noble IPA | Medicaid|< 21 | $45.00 | ↓ -86% |
| SMIPA | Medicare|All Plans | $50.00 | ↓ -84% |
| Partnership Health Plan | Medicaid|< 21 | $50.00 | ↓ -84% |
| Partnership Health Plan | Medicaid|> 21 | $50.00 | ↓ -84% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|> 21 | $50.00 | ↓ -84% |
| Inland Empire Health Plan | Medicaid|All Plans | $50.00 | ↓ -84% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|< 21 | $50.00 | ↓ -84% |
| Kaiser | Medicaid|< 21 | $75.00 | ↓ -77% |
| Kaiser | Medicaid|> 21 | $75.00 | ↓ -77% |
| LA Care | Medicaid|All Plans | $206.00 | ↓ -36% |
| Care 1st | Medicaid|All Plans | $521.35 | ↑ +62% |
| Blue Shield CA | Medicaid|All Plans | $521.35 | ↑ +62% |
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Brace knee support neoprene padded open patella med at other California hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| St. John's Camarillo Hospital | Camarillo | $261.05 | $143.04 – $464.88 |
| Petaluma Valley Hospital | Petaluma | $425.52 | not published |
| Queen of The Valley Medical Center | Napa | $425.52 | not published |
| Providence St Joseph Hospital Eureka | Eureka | $402.99 | not published |
| Healdsburg Hospital | Healdsburg | $275.34 | not published |
| Redwood Memorial Hospital | Fortuna | $402.99 | not published |
| Santa Rosa Memorial Hospital | Santa Rosa | $425.52 | not published |
| Providence Mission Hospital - Mission Viejo | Mission Viejo | $300.13 | not published |