Cervical lymphadenectomy 38720 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

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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.

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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.

$919.38 with Partnership Health Plan vs $15,788.00 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
Partnership Health Plan Medicaid|> 21 $919.38
Partnership Health Plan Medicaid|< 21 $919.38
HCLA Medicaid|Preferred IPA > 21 $919.38
HCLA Medicaid|Preferred IPA < 21 $919.38
Inland Empire Health Plan Medicaid|All Plans $919.38
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|All Plans $1,149.23
Health Net Medicaid|> 21 $1,222.78
Health Net Medicaid|< 21 $1,222.78
Noble IPA Medicaid|> 21 $1,304.33
Noble IPA Medicaid|< 21 $1,304.33
Kaiser Medicaid|< 21 $1,379.07
Kaiser Medicaid|> 21 $1,379.07
Preferred IPA Medicaid|Risk $1,449.26
Angeles IPA Medicare|All Plans $1,449.26
Molina Medicaid|All Plans $2,028.96
LA Care Medicaid|All Plans $3,787.85
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Exchange $6,825.00
Blue Shield CA Medicaid|All Plans $7,246.30
Care 1st Medicaid|All Plans $7,246.30
Central Health Plan Medicare|All Plans $8,286.17
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|All Plans $8,286.17
Molina Medicare|All Plans $8,286.17
Blue Shield CA Medicare|All Other Plans $8,286.17
LA Care Medicare|All Plans $8,286.17
Health Net Medicare|All Other Plans $8,286.17
Health Net Medicare|HMO $8,286.17
Cigna Medicare|All Plans $8,286.17
Humana Medicare|All Plans $8,286.17
Kaiser Medicare|All Plans $8,286.17
HCLA Medicare|Preferred IPA $8,286.17
EasyChoice Medicare|All Plans $8,286.17
Scan Health Plan Medicare|All Plans $8,286.17
United Medicare|All Plans $8,451.90
HPN Medicare|Senior $9,114.79
Health Net Commercial|EPPO $9,966.00
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|All Other Plans $10,186.00
LA Care Commercial|All Plans $10,357.71
HCLA Commercial|Preferred IPA $10,357.71
Blue Shield CA Medicare|Trauma $10,357.71
Health Net Commercial|Care Product $12,101.00
SevenCorners Medicare|All Plans $13,257.87
Health Net Commercial|All Other Plans $13,909.00
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|MCS $15,788.00
United Commercial|HMO not published by hospital
Blue Shield CA Medicare|BlueShield Promise not published by hospital
DHR Medicaid|< 21 not published by hospital
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans not published by hospital
Kaiser Commercial|All Plans not published by hospital
United Commercial|Non-Options PPO not published by hospital
United Commercial|Options PPO not published by hospital
DHR Medicaid|> 21 not published by hospital
United Commercial|All Other Plans not published by hospital

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Cervical lymphadenectomy 38720 at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
St. John's Camarillo Hospital Camarillo not published $1,130.84 – $16,572.34
Petaluma Valley Hospital Petaluma not published $2,937.00 – $9,130.98
Arroyo Grande Hospital Santa Maria not published $919.38 – $8,286.17
Mark Twain Medical Center San Andreas not published $919.38 – $919.38
French Hospital San Luis Obispo not published $919.38 – $8,286.17
Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield Bakersfield not published $919.38 – $8,286.17
Bakersfield Memorial Hospital Bakersfield not published $919.38 – $8,286.17
Queen of The Valley Medical Center Napa not published $8,552.00 – $46,622.00

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