Brachy source iodine-125 nonstranded 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

$43.00

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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.

$100.00

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.

$17.60 with BCBS - Anthem vs $71.38 with SevenCorners — 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 $17.60 ↓ -59%
Preferred IPA Medicaid|Risk $18.48 ↓ -57%
Molina Medicaid|All Plans $20.24 ↓ -53%
DHR Medicaid|> 21 $22.00 ↓ -49%
DHR Medicaid|< 21 $22.00 ↓ -49%
HPN Commercial|All Plans $22.88 ↓ -47%
Blue Shield CA Medicaid|All Plans $22.88 ↓ -47%
Care 1st Medicaid|All Plans $22.88 ↓ -47%
Cigna Commercial|PPO $26.40 ↓ -39%
HCLA Medicaid|Preferred IPA > 21 $26.40 ↓ -39%
HCLA Medicaid|Preferred IPA < 21 $26.40 ↓ -39%
Cigna Commercial|All Other Plans $26.40 ↓ -39%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Exchange $29.92 ↓ -30%
Angeles IPA Medicare|All Plans $30.80 ↓ -28%
Health Net Commercial|EPPO $32.56 ↓ -24%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|Exchange $36.08 ↓ -16%
Health Net Commercial|Care Product $39.60 ↓ -8%
United Commercial|Non-Options PPO $41.36 ↓ -4%
SMIPA Medicare|All Plans $41.88 ↓ -3%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|All Other Plans $44.00 ↑ +2%
United Commercial|Options PPO $44.00 ↑ +2%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $44.00 ↑ +2%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|MCS $44.00 ↑ +2%
Cigna Medicare|All Plans $44.61 ↑ +4%
Kaiser Medicare|All Plans $44.61 ↑ +4%
Central Health Plan Medicare|All Plans $44.61 ↑ +4%
Scan Health Plan Medicare|All Plans $44.61 ↑ +4%
EasyChoice Medicare|All Plans $44.61 ↑ +4%
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|All Plans $44.61 ↑ +4%
Humana Medicare|All Plans $44.61 ↑ +4%
LA Care Medicare|All Plans $44.61 ↑ +4%
Molina Medicare|All Plans $44.61 ↑ +4%
HCLA Medicare|Preferred IPA $44.61 ↑ +4%
Health Net Medicare|All Other Plans $44.61 ↑ +4%
Health Net Medicare|HMO $44.61 ↑ +4%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|All Other Plans $44.61 ↑ +4%
United Medicare|All Plans $45.51 ↑ +6%
United Commercial|HMO $45.76 ↑ +6%
Health Net Commercial|All Other Plans $45.76 ↑ +6%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|All Other Plans $48.40 ↑ +13%
HPN Medicare|Senior $49.07 ↑ +14%
Aetna Commercial|HMO $51.04 ↑ +19%
Aetna Commercial|PPO $51.04 ↑ +19%
Aetna Commercial|All Other Plans $51.04 ↑ +19%
LA Care Commercial|All Plans $55.76 ↑ +30%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|Trauma $55.76 ↑ +30%
HCLA Commercial|Preferred IPA $55.76 ↑ +30%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|BlueShield Promise $57.20 ↑ +33%
Kaiser Commercial|All Plans $61.60 ↑ +43%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $70.40 ↑ +64%
SevenCorners Medicare|All Plans $71.38 ↑ +66%

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Brachy source iodine-125 nonstranded at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
St. John's Camarillo Hospital Camarillo $73.15 $16.32 – $53.04
Arroyo Grande Hospital Santa Maria $46.66 $25.07 – $106.82
French Hospital San Luis Obispo $42.73 $20.71 – $106.82
Northridge Hospital Medical Center Northridge $24.28 $17.40 – $87.00
Providence Cedars-Sinai Tarzana Medical Center Tarzana $35.00 not published
Providence Saint Joseph Medical Center Burbank $65.45 not published
Community Hospital San Bernardino San Bernardino $39.10 $21.00 – $100.00
Glendale Memorial Hospital Health Center Glendale $32.60 $20.00 – $99.00

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