Bundle his recording 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

$6,588.89

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.

$15,323.00

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.

$187.56 with Partnership Health Plan vs $15,426.30 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
Partnership Health Plan Medicaid|> 21 $187.56 ↓ -97%
Partnership Health Plan Medicaid|< 21 $187.56 ↓ -97%
HCLA Medicaid|Preferred IPA > 21 $187.56 ↓ -97%
HCLA Medicaid|Preferred IPA < 21 $187.56 ↓ -97%
Inland Empire Health Plan Medicaid|All Plans $187.56 ↓ -97%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|All Plans $234.45 ↓ -96%
Health Net Medicaid|> 21 $249.45 ↓ -96%
Health Net Medicaid|< 21 $249.45 ↓ -96%
Noble IPA Medicaid|> 21 $267.62 ↓ -96%
Noble IPA Medicaid|< 21 $267.62 ↓ -96%
Kaiser Medicaid|> 21 $281.34 ↓ -96%
Kaiser Medicaid|< 21 $281.34 ↓ -96%
Angeles IPA Medicare|All Plans $297.35 ↓ -95%
Preferred IPA Medicaid|Risk $297.35 ↓ -95%
Molina Medicaid|All Plans $416.29 ↓ -94%
LA Care Medicaid|All Plans $772.75 ↓ -88%
Care 1st Medicaid|All Plans $1,486.75 ↓ -77%
Blue Shield CA Medicaid|All Plans $1,486.75 ↓ -77%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Exchange $3,658.00 ↓ -44%
DHR Medicaid|> 21 $3,830.75 ↓ -42%
DHR Medicaid|< 21 $3,830.75 ↓ -42%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|All Other Plans $5,460.00 ↓ -17%
United Commercial|HMO $6,243.00 ↓ -5%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $6,343.00 ↓ -4%
United Commercial|Options PPO $6,343.00 ↓ -4%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|MCS $8,463.00 ↑ +28%
United Commercial|Non-Options PPO $8,887.34 ↑ +35%
Health Net Medicare|HMO $9,641.44 ↑ +46%
Health Net Medicare|All Other Plans $9,641.44 ↑ +46%
Scan Health Plan Medicare|All Plans $9,641.44 ↑ +46%
LA Care Medicare|All Plans $9,641.44 ↑ +46%
EasyChoice Medicare|All Plans $9,641.44 ↑ +46%
Cigna Medicare|All Plans $9,641.44 ↑ +46%
Kaiser Medicare|All Plans $9,641.44 ↑ +46%
Central Health Plan Medicare|All Plans $9,641.44 ↑ +46%
Humana Medicare|All Plans $9,641.44 ↑ +46%
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|All Plans $9,641.44 ↑ +46%
Molina Medicare|All Plans $9,641.44 ↑ +46%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|All Other Plans $9,641.44 ↑ +46%
HCLA Medicare|Preferred IPA $9,641.44 ↑ +46%
United Medicare|All Plans $9,834.27 ↑ +49%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|BlueShield Promise $9,959.95 ↑ +51%
HPN Medicare|Senior $10,605.58 ↑ +61%
Kaiser Commercial|All Plans $10,726.10 ↑ +63%
HCLA Commercial|Preferred IPA $12,051.80 ↑ +83%
LA Care Commercial|All Plans $12,051.80 ↑ +83%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|Trauma $12,051.80 ↑ +83%
Cigna Commercial|PPO $12,258.40 ↑ +86%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $12,258.40 ↑ +86%
Cigna Commercial|All Other Plans $12,258.40 ↑ +86%
SMIPA Medicare|All Plans $15,323.00 ↑ +133%
SevenCorners Medicare|All Plans $15,426.30 ↑ +134%

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Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
St. John's Camarillo Hospital Camarillo $3,008.63 $230.70 – $13,738.00
Arroyo Grande Hospital Santa Maria $3,072.19 $187.56 – $7,178.00
French Hospital San Luis Obispo $2,813.78 $187.56 – $7,178.00
Bakersfield Memorial Hospital Bakersfield $2,508.82 $187.56 – $6,836.00
St. Joseph's Medical Center Stockton Stockton $7,464.66 $187.56 – $20,819.80
Providence Mission Hospital - Mission Viejo Mission Viejo $2,497.92 $3,281.00 – $18,558.59
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