Cath stripping venous s&i 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

$253.70

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.

$590.00

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.

$89.42 with Noble IPA vs $590.00 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.

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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
Noble IPA Medicaid|> 21 $89.42 ↓ -65%
Noble IPA Medicaid|< 21 $89.42 ↓ -65%
Partnership Health Plan Medicaid|< 21 $99.36 ↓ -61%
Preferred IPA Medicaid|Risk $99.36 ↓ -61%
HCLA Medicaid|Preferred IPA > 21 $99.36 ↓ -61%
HCLA Medicaid|Preferred IPA < 21 $99.36 ↓ -61%
Angeles IPA Medicare|All Plans $99.36 ↓ -61%
Inland Empire Health Plan Medicaid|All Plans $99.36 ↓ -61%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|All Plans $99.36 ↓ -61%
Partnership Health Plan Medicaid|> 21 $99.36 ↓ -61%
Health Net Medicaid|> 21 $132.45 ↓ -48%
Health Net Medicaid|< 21 $132.45 ↓ -48%
Molina Medicaid|All Plans $139.10 ↓ -45%
DHR Medicaid|> 21 $147.50 ↓ -42%
DHR Medicaid|< 21 $147.50 ↓ -42%
Kaiser Medicaid|< 21 $149.04 ↓ -41%
Kaiser Medicaid|> 21 $149.04 ↓ -41%
Healthcare Partners Medicare|All Plans $300.90 ↑ +19%
Healthcare Partners Commercial|All Plans $336.30 ↑ +33%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Exchange $342.20 ↑ +35%
United Commercial|Non-Options PPO $342.20 ↑ +35%
United Commercial|Options PPO $365.80 ↑ +44%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $365.80 ↑ +44%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|BlueShield Promise $383.50 ↑ +51%
LA Care Medicaid|All Plans $409.36 ↑ +61%
Kaiser Commercial|All Plans $413.00 ↑ +63%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $472.00 ↑ +86%
Care 1st Medicaid|All Plans $496.80 ↑ +96%
Blue Shield CA Medicaid|All Plans $496.80 ↑ +96%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|All Other Plans $513.30 ↑ +102%
United Commercial|HMO $566.40 ↑ +123%
SMIPA Medicare|All Plans $590.00 ↑ +133%
Aetna Commercial|All Other Plans $590.00 ↑ +133%
Aetna Commercial|PPO $590.00 ↑ +133%
Aetna Commercial|HMO $590.00 ↑ +133%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|MCS $590.00 ↑ +133%

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Cath stripping venous s&i at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
St. John's Camarillo Hospital Camarillo $367.92 $150.32 – $655.20
Arroyo Grande Hospital Santa Maria $302.17 $99.36 – $706.00
French Hospital San Luis Obispo $276.76 $99.36 – $705.00
Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield Bakersfield $2,771.75 $99.36 – $5,976.80
Bakersfield Memorial Hospital Bakersfield $2,741.86 $99.36 – $7,396.29
St. Joseph's Medical Center Stockton Stockton $2,151.79 $99.36 – $6,089.16
Providence Mission Hospital - Mission Viejo Mission Viejo $802.56 $685.31 – $818.71
Mercy Medical Center Merced Merced $3,769.29 $99.36 – $7,245.81

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