Chemo adm cns w/lmbr punct 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

$455.37

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.

$1,059.00

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.

$149.91 with Inland Empire Health Plan vs $11,374.00 with Cigna — 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
Inland Empire Health Plan Medicaid|All Plans $149.91 ↓ -67%
Partnership Health Plan Medicaid|< 21 $149.91 ↓ -67%
HCLA Medicaid|Preferred IPA > 21 $149.91 ↓ -67%
HCLA Medicaid|Preferred IPA < 21 $149.91 ↓ -67%
Partnership Health Plan Medicaid|> 21 $149.91 ↓ -67%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|All Plans $187.39 ↓ -59%
Health Net Medicaid|< 21 $199.38 ↓ -56%
Health Net Medicaid|> 21 $199.38 ↓ -56%
Noble IPA Medicaid|> 21 $213.90 ↓ -53%
Noble IPA Medicaid|< 21 $213.90 ↓ -53%
Kaiser Medicaid|< 21 $224.87 ↓ -51%
Kaiser Medicaid|> 21 $224.87 ↓ -51%
Angeles IPA Medicare|All Plans $237.67 ↓ -48%
Preferred IPA Medicaid|Risk $237.67 ↓ -48%
DHR Medicaid|> 21 $264.75 ↓ -42%
DHR Medicaid|< 21 $264.75 ↓ -42%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Exchange $328.00 ↓ -28%
Molina Medicaid|All Plans $332.74 ↓ -27%
SMIPA Medicare|All Plans $363.80 ↓ -20%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|Exchange $400.00 ↓ -12%
HCLA Medicare|Preferred IPA $421.45 ↓ -7%
Humana Medicare|All Plans $421.45 ↓ -7%
Molina Medicare|All Plans $421.45 ↓ -7%
Health Net Medicare|All Other Plans $421.45 ↓ -7%
Health Net Medicare|HMO $421.45 ↓ -7%
Cigna Medicare|All Plans $421.45 ↓ -7%
Kaiser Medicare|All Plans $421.45 ↓ -7%
Central Health Plan Medicare|All Plans $421.45 ↓ -7%
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|All Plans $421.45 ↓ -7%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|All Other Plans $421.45 ↓ -7%
Scan Health Plan Medicare|All Plans $421.45 ↓ -7%
LA Care Medicare|All Plans $421.45 ↓ -7%
EasyChoice Medicare|All Plans $421.45 ↓ -7%
United Medicare|All Plans $429.88 ↓ -6%
HPN Medicare|Senior $463.60 ↑ +2%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|All Other Plans $489.00 ↑ +7%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|All Other Plans $522.00 ↑ +15%
HCLA Commercial|Preferred IPA $526.81 ↑ +16%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|Trauma $526.81 ↑ +16%
LA Care Commercial|All Plans $526.81 ↑ +16%
Healthcare Partners Medicare|All Plans $540.09 ↑ +19%
Aetna Commercial|All Other Plans $589.26 ↑ +29%
Aetna Commercial|PPO $589.26 ↑ +29%
Aetna Commercial|HMO $589.26 ↑ +29%
Healthcare Partners Commercial|All Plans $603.63 ↑ +33%
United Commercial|Non-Options PPO $614.22 ↑ +35%
LA Care Medicaid|All Plans $617.63 ↑ +36%
SevenCorners Medicare|All Plans $674.32 ↑ +48%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|BlueShield Promise $688.35 ↑ +51%
Kaiser Commercial|All Plans $741.30 ↑ +63%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|MCS $758.00 ↑ +66%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $847.20 ↑ +86%
United Commercial|HMO $1,059.00 ↑ +133%
United Commercial|Options PPO $1,059.00 ↑ +133%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $1,059.00 ↑ +133%
Care 1st Medicaid|All Plans $1,188.35 ↑ +161%
Blue Shield CA Medicaid|All Plans $1,188.35 ↑ +161%
Health Net Commercial|EPPO $2,417.00 ↑ +431%
Health Net Commercial|Care Product $2,936.00 ↑ +545%
Health Net Commercial|All Other Plans $3,375.00 ↑ +641%
Cigna Commercial|All Other Plans $11,374.00 ↑ +2398%
Cigna Commercial|PPO $11,374.00 ↑ +2398%

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Chemo adm cns w/lmbr punct at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
St. John's Camarillo Hospital Camarillo $425.74 $108.73 – $834.88
Arroyo Grande Hospital Santa Maria $1,228.79 $149.91 – $11,311.00
Mark Twain Medical Center San Andreas $453.55 $149.91 – $667.38
French Hospital San Luis Obispo $984.32 $149.91 – $9,050.00
Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield Bakersfield $322.77 $149.91 – $843.90
Bakersfield Memorial Hospital Bakersfield $310.12 $149.91 – $796.37
Providence St Joseph Hospital Eureka Eureka $428.91 $424.83 – $1,333.00
St. Joseph's Medical Center Stockton Stockton $271.07 $97.02 – $1,266.00

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