Bronchoscopy w/biopsy(s) 31625 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

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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.

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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.

$231.12 with Partnership Health Plan vs $8,463.00 with BCBS - Anthem — 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
Partnership Health Plan Medicaid|> 21 $231.12
Partnership Health Plan Medicaid|< 21 $231.12
HCLA Medicaid|Preferred IPA > 21 $231.12
HCLA Medicaid|Preferred IPA < 21 $231.12
Inland Empire Health Plan Medicaid|All Plans $231.12
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|All Plans $288.90
Health Net Medicaid|> 21 $307.39
Health Net Medicaid|< 21 $307.39
Noble IPA Medicaid|> 21 $327.91
Noble IPA Medicaid|< 21 $327.91
Kaiser Medicaid|< 21 $346.68
Kaiser Medicaid|> 21 $346.68
Preferred IPA Medicaid|Risk $364.34
Angeles IPA Medicare|All Plans $364.34
Molina Medicaid|All Plans $510.08
LA Care Medicaid|All Plans $952.21
Care 1st Medicaid|All Plans $1,821.70
Blue Shield CA Medicaid|All Plans $1,821.70
EasyChoice Medicare|All Plans $2,191.11
Central Health Plan Medicare|All Plans $2,191.11
Molina Medicare|All Plans $2,191.11
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|All Plans $2,191.11
LA Care Medicare|All Plans $2,191.11
Blue Shield CA Medicare|All Other Plans $2,191.11
Health Net Medicare|All Other Plans $2,191.11
Scan Health Plan Medicare|All Plans $2,191.11
Humana Medicare|All Plans $2,191.11
Health Net Medicare|HMO $2,191.11
Cigna Medicare|All Plans $2,191.11
HCLA Medicare|Preferred IPA $2,191.11
Kaiser Medicare|All Plans $2,191.11
United Medicare|All Plans $2,234.94
HPN Medicare|Senior $2,410.22
Blue Shield CA Medicare|Trauma $2,738.89
HCLA Commercial|Preferred IPA $2,738.89
LA Care Commercial|All Plans $2,738.89
SevenCorners Medicare|All Plans $3,505.78
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Exchange $3,658.00
Health Net Commercial|EPPO $3,878.00
Health Net Commercial|Care Product $4,708.00
Health Net Commercial|All Other Plans $5,411.00
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|All Other Plans $5,460.00
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|MCS $8,463.00
United Commercial|HMO not published by hospital
United Commercial|Options PPO not published by hospital
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans not published by hospital
Kaiser Commercial|All Plans not published by hospital
United Commercial|Non-Options PPO not published by hospital
Blue Shield CA Medicare|BlueShield Promise not published by hospital
DHR Medicaid|> 21 not published by hospital
United Commercial|All Other Plans not published by hospital
DHR Medicaid|< 21 not published by hospital

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Bronchoscopy w/biopsy(s) 31625 at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
St. John's Camarillo Hospital Camarillo $1,171.22 $284.28 – $4,012.38
Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield Bakersfield $658.16 $231.12 – $1,774.00
Bakersfield Memorial Hospital Bakersfield $651.06 $231.12 – $1,774.00
Queen of The Valley Medical Center Napa $5,223.42 $2,527.21 – $9,858.00
St. Joseph's Behavioral Health Center Stockton $991.83 $173.70 – $1,737.00
St. Joseph's Medical Center Stockton Stockton $485.40 $231.12 – $1,651.00
Providence Mission Hospital - Mission Viejo Mission Viejo $2,631.84 $1,945.86 – $6,920.00
Mercy Medical Center Mt. Shasta Mt Shasta $1,565.34 $392.90 – $1,971.76

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