Brachytx, non-str, gold-198 at St. Mary Medical Center
1050 Linden Ave, Long Beach, CA · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1194840421
$933.53
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.
$2,171.00
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.
$136.85 with SMIPA vs $1,765.28 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.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| SMIPA | Medicare|All Plans | $136.85 | ↓ -85% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicaid|All Plans | $434.20 | ↓ -53% |
| Preferred IPA | Medicaid|Risk | $455.91 | ↓ -51% |
| Molina | Medicaid|All Plans | $499.33 | ↓ -47% |
| DHR | Medicaid|> 21 | $542.75 | ↓ -42% |
| DHR | Medicaid|< 21 | $542.75 | ↓ -42% |
| HPN | Commercial|All Plans | $564.46 | ↓ -40% |
| HCLA | Medicaid|Preferred IPA > 21 | $651.30 | ↓ -30% |
| HCLA | Medicaid|Preferred IPA < 21 | $651.30 | ↓ -30% |
| Cigna | Commercial|PPO | $651.30 | ↓ -30% |
| Cigna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $651.30 | ↓ -30% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|Exchange | $738.14 | ↓ -21% |
| Angeles IPA | Medicare|All Plans | $759.85 | ↓ -19% |
| Health Net | Commercial|EPPO | $803.27 | ↓ -14% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|Exchange | $890.11 | ↓ -5% |
| Health Net | Commercial|Care Product | $976.95 | ↑ +5% |
| United | Commercial|Non-Options PPO | $1,020.37 | ↑ +9% |
| United | Commercial|All Other Plans | $1,085.50 | ↑ +16% |
| United | Commercial|Options PPO | $1,085.50 | ↑ +16% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|MCS | $1,085.50 | ↑ +16% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|All Other Plans | $1,085.50 | ↑ +16% |
| Humana | Medicare|All Plans | $1,103.30 | ↑ +18% |
| Molina | Medicare|All Plans | $1,103.30 | ↑ +18% |
| Health Net | Medicare|All Other Plans | $1,103.30 | ↑ +18% |
| Health Net | Medicare|HMO | $1,103.30 | ↑ +18% |
| Cigna | Medicare|All Plans | $1,103.30 | ↑ +18% |
| Kaiser | Medicare|All Plans | $1,103.30 | ↑ +18% |
| Central Health Plan | Medicare|All Plans | $1,103.30 | ↑ +18% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicare|All Plans | $1,103.30 | ↑ +18% |
| Blue Shield CA | Medicare|All Other Plans | $1,103.30 | ↑ +18% |
| Scan Health Plan | Medicare|All Plans | $1,103.30 | ↑ +18% |
| LA Care | Medicare|All Plans | $1,103.30 | ↑ +18% |
| EasyChoice | Medicare|All Plans | $1,103.30 | ↑ +18% |
| HCLA | Medicare|Preferred IPA | $1,103.30 | ↑ +18% |
| United | Medicare|All Plans | $1,125.37 | ↑ +21% |
| Health Net | Commercial|All Other Plans | $1,128.92 | ↑ +21% |
| United | Commercial|HMO | $1,128.92 | ↑ +21% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|All Other Plans | $1,194.05 | ↑ +28% |
| HPN | Medicare|Senior | $1,213.63 | ↑ +30% |
| Aetna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $1,259.18 | ↑ +35% |
| Aetna | Commercial|HMO | $1,259.18 | ↑ +35% |
| Aetna | Commercial|PPO | $1,259.18 | ↑ +35% |
| Blue Shield CA | Medicare|Trauma | $1,379.13 | ↑ +48% |
| LA Care | Commercial|All Plans | $1,379.13 | ↑ +48% |
| HCLA | Commercial|Preferred IPA | $1,379.13 | ↑ +48% |
| Blue Shield CA | Medicare|BlueShield Promise | $1,411.15 | ↑ +51% |
| Kaiser | Commercial|All Plans | $1,519.70 | ↑ +63% |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | $1,736.80 | ↑ +86% |
| SevenCorners | Medicare|All Plans | $1,765.28 | ↑ +89% |
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Brachytx, non-str, gold-198 at other California hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| Redwood City Medical Center | Redwood City | $123.76 | not published |
| Santa Clara Medical Center | SANTA CLARA | $123.76 | not published |
| Sacramento Medical Center | SACRAMENTO | $123.76 | not published |
| Oakland Medical Center | Oakland | $123.76 | not published |
| Walnut Creek Medical Center | WALNUT CREEK | $123.76 | not published |
| Northridge Hospital Medical Center | Northridge | $188.89 | $135.40 – $677.00 |
| San Leandro Medical Center | SAN LEANDRO | $123.76 | not published |
| Santa Rosa Medical Center | SANTA ROSA | $123.76 | not published |