Car outp meas drg cath chd at St. Mary Medical Center
1050 Linden Ave, Long Beach, CA · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1194840421
$45.15
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.
$105.00
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.
$26.25 with DHR vs $105.00 with SMIPA — 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 |
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| DHR | Medicaid|< 21 | $26.25 | ↓ -42% |
| DHR | Medicaid|> 21 | $26.25 | ↓ -42% |
| Healthcare Partners | Medicare|All Plans | $48.30 | ↑ +7% |
| Healthcare Partners | Commercial|All Plans | $54.60 | ↑ +21% |
| United | Commercial|Non-Options PPO | $60.90 | ↑ +35% |
| United | Commercial|Options PPO | $65.10 | ↑ +44% |
| United | Commercial|All Other Plans | $65.10 | ↑ +44% |
| HPN | Commercial|All Plans | $66.15 | ↑ +47% |
| Blue Shield CA | Medicare|BlueShield Promise | $68.25 | ↑ +51% |
| Kaiser | Commercial|All Plans | $73.50 | ↑ +63% |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | $84.00 | ↑ +86% |
| United | Commercial|HMO | $100.80 | ↑ +123% |
| SMIPA | Medicare|All Plans | $105.00 | ↑ +133% |
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Car outp meas drg cath chd at other California hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Arroyo Grande Hospital | Santa Maria | $142.53 | $166.50 – $326.34 |
| French Hospital | San Luis Obispo | $126.62 | $87.21 – $316.54 |
| Bakersfield Memorial Hospital | Bakersfield | $227.91 | $310.50 – $614.79 |
| St. Joseph's Medical Center Stockton | Stockton | $182.58 | $130.41 – $521.64 |
| Mercy Medical Center Merced | Merced | $319.82 | $372.60 – $614.79 |
| Northridge Hospital Medical Center | Northridge | $232.97 | $192.05 – $835.00 |
| Community Hospital San Bernardino | San Bernardino | $59.44 | $79.04 – $152.00 |
| Glendale Memorial Hospital Health Center | Glendale | $145.73 | $111.75 – $357.60 |