Cath right heart w/o2 sat & card 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

$3,952.56

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.

$9,192.00

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.

$698.63 with BCBS - Anthem vs $26,454.00 with Blue Shield CA — 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 $698.63 ↓ -82%
Noble IPA Medicaid|< 21 $797.46 ↓ -80%
Noble IPA Medicaid|> 21 $797.46 ↓ -80%
Partnership Health Plan Medicaid|> 21 $801.69 ↓ -80%
Partnership Health Plan Medicaid|< 21 $801.69 ↓ -80%
HCLA Medicaid|Preferred IPA < 21 $801.69 ↓ -80%
Inland Empire Health Plan Medicaid|All Plans $801.69 ↓ -80%
HCLA Medicaid|Preferred IPA > 21 $801.69 ↓ -80%
Angeles IPA Medicare|All Plans $886.07 ↓ -78%
Preferred IPA Medicaid|Risk $886.07 ↓ -78%
Health Net Medicaid|< 21 $1,066.25 ↓ -73%
Health Net Medicaid|> 21 $1,066.25 ↓ -73%
Kaiser Medicaid|> 21 $1,202.54 ↓ -70%
Kaiser Medicaid|< 21 $1,202.54 ↓ -70%
Molina Medicaid|All Plans $1,240.50 ↓ -69%
DHR Medicaid|> 21 $2,298.00 ↓ -42%
DHR Medicaid|< 21 $2,298.00 ↓ -42%
LA Care Medicaid|All Plans $3,302.96 ↓ -16%
HCLA Medicare|Preferred IPA $4,086.77 ↑ +3%
Humana Medicare|All Plans $4,086.77 ↑ +3%
Molina Medicare|All Plans $4,086.77 ↑ +3%
Health Net Medicare|All Other Plans $4,086.77 ↑ +3%
Health Net Medicare|HMO $4,086.77 ↑ +3%
Cigna Medicare|All Plans $4,086.77 ↑ +3%
Kaiser Medicare|All Plans $4,086.77 ↑ +3%
Central Health Plan Medicare|All Plans $4,086.77 ↑ +3%
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|All Plans $4,086.77 ↑ +3%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|All Other Plans $4,086.77 ↑ +3%
Scan Health Plan Medicare|All Plans $4,086.77 ↑ +3%
LA Care Medicare|All Plans $4,086.77 ↑ +3%
EasyChoice Medicare|All Plans $4,086.77 ↑ +3%
United Medicare|All Plans $4,168.51 ↑ +5%
Healthcare Partners Medicare|All Plans $4,228.32 ↑ +7%
Care 1st Medicaid|All Plans $4,430.35 ↑ +12%
Blue Shield CA Medicaid|All Plans $4,430.35 ↑ +12%
HPN Medicare|Senior $4,495.45 ↑ +14%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Exchange $4,709.00 ↑ +19%
Healthcare Partners Commercial|All Plans $4,779.84 ↑ +21%
Health Net Commercial|EPPO $4,909.00 ↑ +24%
LA Care Commercial|All Plans $5,108.46 ↑ +29%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|Trauma $5,108.46 ↑ +29%
HCLA Commercial|Preferred IPA $5,108.46 ↑ +29%
United Commercial|Non-Options PPO $5,331.36 ↑ +35%
United Commercial|Options PPO $5,699.04 ↑ +44%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $5,699.04 ↑ +44%
HPN Commercial|All Plans $5,790.96 ↑ +47%
Health Net Commercial|Care Product $5,961.00 ↑ +51%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|BlueShield Promise $5,974.80 ↑ +51%
Kaiser Commercial|All Plans $6,434.40 ↑ +63%
SevenCorners Medicare|All Plans $6,538.83 ↑ +65%
Health Net Commercial|All Other Plans $6,851.00 ↑ +73%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|All Other Plans $7,028.00 ↑ +78%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $7,353.60 ↑ +86%
United Commercial|HMO $8,824.32 ↑ +123%
SMIPA Medicare|All Plans $9,192.00 ↑ +133%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|MCS $10,893.00 ↑ +176%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|Exchange $20,316.00 ↑ +414%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|All Other Plans $26,454.00 ↑ +569%

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Cath right heart w/o2 sat & card at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
St. John's Camarillo Hospital Camarillo $3,116.37 $986.08 – $7,425.74
Arroyo Grande Hospital Santa Maria $6,800.50 $801.69 – $15,571.22
French Hospital San Luis Obispo $6,047.00 $801.69 – $15,117.48
Bakersfield Memorial Hospital Bakersfield $5,092.50 $801.69 – $10,962.04
Queen of The Valley Medical Center Napa $5,635.50 $4,603.09 – $17,909.00
Providence St Joseph Hospital Eureka Eureka $8,064.12 $4,169.67 – $17,611.00
St. Joseph's Medical Center Stockton Stockton $5,015.64 $698.63 – $14,330.40
Santa Rosa Memorial Hospital Santa Rosa $3,683.22 $4,511.03 – $11,377.00

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