Cath groshong MRI 8fr plstc port 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

$9,864.20

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.

$22,940.00

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.

$195.00 with BCBS - Anthem vs $975.00 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.

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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
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|All Plans $195.00 ↓ -98%
Preferred IPA Medicaid|Risk $204.75 ↓ -98%
Molina Medicaid|All Plans $224.25 ↓ -98%
DHR Medicaid|> 21 $243.75 ↓ -98%
DHR Medicaid|< 21 $243.75 ↓ -98%
HPN Commercial|All Plans $253.50 ↓ -97%
HCLA Medicaid|Preferred IPA > 21 $292.50 ↓ -97%
Cigna Commercial|All Other Plans $292.50 ↓ -97%
Cigna Commercial|PPO $292.50 ↓ -97%
HCLA Medicaid|Preferred IPA < 21 $292.50 ↓ -97%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Exchange $331.50 ↓ -97%
Angeles IPA Medicare|All Plans $341.25 ↓ -97%
Health Net Commercial|EPPO $360.75 ↓ -96%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|Exchange $399.75 ↓ -96%
Health Net Commercial|Care Product $438.75 ↓ -96%
United Commercial|Non-Options PPO $458.25 ↓ -95%
United Commercial|Options PPO $487.50 ↓ -95%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $487.50 ↓ -95%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|All Other Plans $487.50 ↓ -95%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|MCS $487.50 ↓ -95%
Health Net Commercial|All Other Plans $507.00 ↓ -95%
United Commercial|HMO $507.00 ↓ -95%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|All Other Plans $536.25 ↓ -95%
Aetna Commercial|HMO $565.50 ↓ -94%
Aetna Commercial|PPO $565.50 ↓ -94%
Aetna Commercial|All Other Plans $565.50 ↓ -94%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|BlueShield Promise $633.75 ↓ -94%
Kaiser Commercial|All Plans $682.50 ↓ -93%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $780.00 ↓ -92%
SMIPA Medicare|All Plans $975.00 ↓ -90%

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Cath groshong MRI 8fr plstc port at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
St. John's Camarillo Hospital Camarillo $6,152.59 $186.24 – $605.28
Petaluma Valley Hospital Petaluma $3,647.99 not published
Arroyo Grande Hospital Santa Maria $4,624.54 $5.29 – $22.54
Mark Twain Medical Center San Andreas $1,321.35 $303.20 – $1,148.56
French Hospital San Luis Obispo $4,235.56 $4.37 – $22.54
Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield Bakersfield $3,424.33 $6.25 – $22.50
Bakersfield Memorial Hospital Bakersfield $3,387.41 $6.25 – $24.25
Queen of The Valley Medical Center Napa $3,647.99 not published

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