Cath left heart transseptal punc at St. Mary Medical Center
1050 Linden Ave, Long Beach, CA · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1194840421
$3,160.50
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.
$7,350.00
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.
$165.14 with BCBS - Anthem vs $27,867.00 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.
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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| BCBS - Anthem | Medicaid|All Plans | $165.14 | ↓ -95% |
| Noble IPA | Medicaid|> 21 | $188.50 | ↓ -94% |
| Noble IPA | Medicaid|< 21 | $188.50 | ↓ -94% |
| HCLA | Medicaid|Preferred IPA < 21 | $189.50 | ↓ -94% |
| HCLA | Medicaid|Preferred IPA > 21 | $189.50 | ↓ -94% |
| Partnership Health Plan | Medicaid|< 21 | $189.50 | ↓ -94% |
| Partnership Health Plan | Medicaid|> 21 | $189.50 | ↓ -94% |
| Inland Empire Health Plan | Medicaid|All Plans | $189.50 | ↓ -94% |
| Preferred IPA | Medicaid|Risk | $209.45 | ↓ -93% |
| Angeles IPA | Medicare|All Plans | $209.45 | ↓ -93% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|> 21 | $252.03 | ↓ -92% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|< 21 | $252.03 | ↓ -92% |
| Kaiser | Medicaid|< 21 | $284.25 | ↓ -91% |
| Kaiser | Medicaid|> 21 | $284.25 | ↓ -91% |
| Molina | Medicaid|All Plans | $293.23 | ↓ -91% |
| LA Care | Medicaid|All Plans | $780.74 | ↓ -75% |
| Blue Shield CA | Medicaid|All Plans | $1,047.25 | ↓ -67% |
| Care 1st | Medicaid|All Plans | $1,047.25 | ↓ -67% |
| DHR | Medicaid|> 21 | $1,837.50 | ↓ -42% |
| DHR | Medicaid|< 21 | $1,837.50 | ↓ -42% |
| Healthcare Partners | Medicare|All Plans | $3,381.00 | ↑ +7% |
| Healthcare Partners | Commercial|All Plans | $3,822.00 | ↑ +21% |
| United | Commercial|Non-Options PPO | $4,263.00 | ↑ +35% |
| United | Commercial|All Other Plans | $4,557.00 | ↑ +44% |
| United | Commercial|Options PPO | $4,557.00 | ↑ +44% |
| HPN | Commercial|All Plans | $4,630.50 | ↑ +47% |
| Blue Shield CA | Medicare|BlueShield Promise | $4,777.50 | ↑ +51% |
| Kaiser | Commercial|All Plans | $5,145.00 | ↑ +63% |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | $5,880.00 | ↑ +86% |
| United | Commercial|HMO | $7,056.00 | ↑ +123% |
| SMIPA | Medicare|All Plans | $7,350.00 | ↑ +133% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|Exchange | $12,046.00 | ↑ +281% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|All Other Plans | $17,979.00 | ↑ +469% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|MCS | $27,867.00 | ↑ +782% |
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Cath left heart transseptal punc at other California hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| St. John's Camarillo Hospital | Camarillo | $4,725.15 | $233.09 – $8,414.64 |
| Arroyo Grande Hospital | Santa Maria | $853.01 | $189.50 – $1,953.14 |
| French Hospital | San Luis Obispo | $827.91 | $189.50 – $2,069.76 |
| Bakersfield Memorial Hospital | Bakersfield | $3,531.28 | $189.50 – $9,525.78 |
| Queen of The Valley Medical Center | Napa | $9,107.07 | $2,747.00 – $12,563.00 |
| St. Joseph's Medical Center Stockton | Stockton | $5,157.94 | $165.14 – $14,736.96 |
| Santa Rosa Memorial Hospital | Santa Rosa | $7,803.51 | $1,716.00 – $12,908.00 |
| Providence Mission Hospital - Mission Viejo | Mission Viejo | $4,194.72 | $1,200.00 – $16,338.00 |