Bronchoscopy w/tumor excise 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.

$241.81 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 $241.81
Partnership Health Plan Medicaid|< 21 $241.81
HCLA Medicaid|Preferred IPA > 21 $241.81
HCLA Medicaid|Preferred IPA < 21 $241.81
Inland Empire Health Plan Medicaid|All Plans $241.81
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|All Plans $302.26
Health Net Medicaid|> 21 $321.61
Health Net Medicaid|< 21 $321.61
Noble IPA Medicaid|> 21 $343.06
Noble IPA Medicaid|< 21 $343.06
Kaiser Medicaid|< 21 $362.72
Kaiser Medicaid|> 21 $362.72
Angeles IPA Medicare|All Plans $381.18
Preferred IPA Medicaid|Risk $381.18
Molina Medicaid|All Plans $533.65
LA Care Medicaid|All Plans $996.26
Care 1st Medicaid|All Plans $1,905.90
Blue Shield CA Medicaid|All Plans $1,905.90
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Exchange $3,658.00
Central Health Plan Medicare|All Plans $4,684.64
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|All Plans $4,684.64
Molina Medicare|All Plans $4,684.64
Blue Shield CA Medicare|All Other Plans $4,684.64
LA Care Medicare|All Plans $4,684.64
Health Net Medicare|All Other Plans $4,684.64
Health Net Medicare|HMO $4,684.64
Cigna Medicare|All Plans $4,684.64
Humana Medicare|All Plans $4,684.64
Kaiser Medicare|All Plans $4,684.64
HCLA Medicare|Preferred IPA $4,684.64
EasyChoice Medicare|All Plans $4,684.64
Scan Health Plan Medicare|All Plans $4,684.64
United Medicare|All Plans $4,778.34
Health Net Commercial|EPPO $4,909.00
HPN Medicare|Senior $5,153.10
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|All Other Plans $5,460.00
LA Care Commercial|All Plans $5,855.80
HCLA Commercial|Preferred IPA $5,855.80
Blue Shield CA Medicare|Trauma $5,855.80
Health Net Commercial|Care Product $5,961.00
Health Net Commercial|All Other Plans $6,851.00
SevenCorners Medicare|All Plans $7,495.42
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|MCS $8,463.00
United Commercial|HMO not published by hospital
Blue Shield CA Medicare|BlueShield Promise not published by hospital
DHR Medicaid|< 21 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
United Commercial|Options PPO not published by hospital
DHR Medicaid|> 21 not published by hospital
United Commercial|All Other Plans not published by hospital

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Bronchoscopy w/tumor excise at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield Bakersfield $514.58 $241.81 – $1,387.00
Bakersfield Memorial Hospital Bakersfield $509.03 $241.81 – $1,387.00
St. Joseph's Behavioral Health Center Stockton $732.03 $128.20 – $1,282.00
St. Joseph's Medical Center Stockton Stockton $372.21 $241.81 – $1,266.00
Mercy Medical Center Mt. Shasta Mt Shasta $3,222.48 $411.07 – $4,059.16
Mercy Medical Center Merced Merced $725.64 $241.81 – $1,409.00
Mercy Medical Center Redding Redding $2,362.12 $480.59 – $4,659.00
St. Elizabeth Community Hospital Red Bluff $367.34 $314.50 – $629.00

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