Brace m arm board at St. Mary Medical Center
1050 Linden Ave, Long Beach, CA · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1194840421
$419.25
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.
$975.00
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.
$150.80 with Noble IPA vs $975.00 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 | $150.80 | ↓ -64% |
| Noble IPA | Medicaid|< 21 | $150.80 | ↓ -64% |
| Partnership Health Plan | Medicaid|> 21 | $167.56 | ↓ -60% |
| HCLA | Medicaid|Preferred IPA > 21 | $167.56 | ↓ -60% |
| Preferred IPA | Medicaid|Risk | $167.56 | ↓ -60% |
| HCLA | Medicaid|Preferred IPA < 21 | $167.56 | ↓ -60% |
| Angeles IPA | Medicare|All Plans | $167.56 | ↓ -60% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicaid|All Plans | $167.56 | ↓ -60% |
| Inland Empire Health Plan | Medicaid|All Plans | $167.56 | ↓ -60% |
| Partnership Health Plan | Medicaid|< 21 | $167.56 | ↓ -60% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|< 21 | $223.36 | ↓ -47% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|> 21 | $223.36 | ↓ -47% |
| Molina | Medicaid|All Plans | $224.25 | ↓ -47% |
| DHR | Medicaid|< 21 | $243.75 | ↓ -42% |
| DHR | Medicaid|> 21 | $243.75 | ↓ -42% |
| Kaiser | Medicaid|> 21 | $251.34 | ↓ -40% |
| Kaiser | Medicaid|< 21 | $251.34 | ↓ -40% |
| HPN | Commercial|All Plans | $253.50 | ↓ -40% |
| Cigna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $292.50 | ↓ -30% |
| Cigna | Commercial|PPO | $292.50 | ↓ -30% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|Exchange | $331.50 | ↓ -21% |
| Health Net | Commercial|EPPO | $360.75 | ↓ -14% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|Exchange | $399.75 | ↓ -5% |
| Health Net | Commercial|Care Product | $438.75 | ↑ +5% |
| United | Commercial|Non-Options PPO | $458.25 | ↑ +9% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|All Other Plans | $487.50 | ↑ +16% |
| United | Commercial|All Other Plans | $487.50 | ↑ +16% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|MCS | $487.50 | ↑ +16% |
| United | Commercial|Options PPO | $487.50 | ↑ +16% |
| Health Net | Commercial|All Other Plans | $507.00 | ↑ +21% |
| United | Commercial|HMO | $507.00 | ↑ +21% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|All Other Plans | $536.25 | ↑ +28% |
| Aetna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $565.50 | ↑ +35% |
| Aetna | Commercial|HMO | $565.50 | ↑ +35% |
| Aetna | Commercial|PPO | $565.50 | ↑ +35% |
| Blue Shield CA | Medicare|BlueShield Promise | $633.75 | ↑ +51% |
| Kaiser | Commercial|All Plans | $682.50 | ↑ +63% |
| LA Care | Medicaid|All Plans | $690.35 | ↑ +65% |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | $780.00 | ↑ +86% |
| Care 1st | Medicaid|All Plans | $837.80 | ↑ +100% |
| Blue Shield CA | Medicaid|All Plans | $837.80 | ↑ +100% |
| SMIPA | Medicare|All Plans | $975.00 | ↑ +133% |
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Brace m arm board at other California hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Community Hospital San Bernardino | San Bernardino | $381.23 | $167.56 – $975.00 |
| Glendale Memorial Hospital Health Center | Glendale | $317.85 | $40.00 – $965.25 |
| St. Bernardine Medical Center | San Bernardino | $324.68 | $167.56 – $837.80 |
| Providence Cedars-Sinai Tarzana Medical Center | Tarzana | not published | $272.97 – $504.99 |
| Providence Saint Joseph Medical Center | Burbank | not published | $272.97 – $504.99 |
| Providence St Joseph Hospital Orange | Orange | not published | $232.02 – $504.99 |
| Providence Holy Cross Medical Center | Mission Hills | not published | $272.97 – $504.99 |
| Providence Little Co of Mary Med Center San Pedro | San Pedro | not published | $272.97 – $504.99 |