Chest apical lordotic proj 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

$412.80

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.

Full explanation →

What you pay up front if you don't use insurance.

$960.00

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.

Full explanation →

The hospital's undiscounted list price — almost no one pays this.

$31.73 with Noble IPA vs $768.00 with MultiPlan — same scan, same building. Share

Negotiated rates by payer
?

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
Noble IPA Medicaid|> 21 $31.73 ↓ -92%
Noble IPA Medicaid|< 21 $31.73 ↓ -92%
Preferred IPA Medicaid|Risk $35.26 ↓ -91%
HCLA Medicaid|Preferred IPA > 21 $35.26 ↓ -91%
HCLA Medicaid|Preferred IPA < 21 $35.26 ↓ -91%
Inland Empire Health Plan Medicaid|All Plans $35.26 ↓ -91%
Partnership Health Plan Medicaid|> 21 $35.26 ↓ -91%
Partnership Health Plan Medicaid|< 21 $35.26 ↓ -91%
Angeles IPA Medicare|All Plans $35.27 ↓ -91%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|All Plans $39.29 ↓ -90%
Health Net Medicaid|> 21 $47.00 ↓ -89%
Health Net Medicaid|< 21 $47.00 ↓ -89%
Molina Medicaid|All Plans $49.36 ↓ -88%
Kaiser Medicaid|< 21 $52.89 ↓ -87%
Kaiser Medicaid|> 21 $52.89 ↓ -87%
SMIPA Medicare|All Plans $93.78 ↓ -77%
Molina Medicare|All Plans $111.88 ↓ -73%
Humana Medicare|All Plans $111.88 ↓ -73%
Health Net Medicare|All Other Plans $111.88 ↓ -73%
Health Net Medicare|HMO $111.88 ↓ -73%
Cigna Medicare|All Plans $111.88 ↓ -73%
Kaiser Medicare|All Plans $111.88 ↓ -73%
Central Health Plan Medicare|All Plans $111.88 ↓ -73%
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|All Plans $111.88 ↓ -73%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|All Other Plans $111.88 ↓ -73%
Scan Health Plan Medicare|All Plans $111.88 ↓ -73%
LA Care Medicare|All Plans $111.88 ↓ -73%
EasyChoice Medicare|All Plans $111.88 ↓ -73%
HCLA Medicare|Preferred IPA $111.88 ↓ -73%
United Medicare|All Plans $114.12 ↓ -72%
HPN Medicare|Senior $123.07 ↓ -70%
HCLA Commercial|Preferred IPA $139.85 ↓ -66%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|Trauma $139.85 ↓ -66%
LA Care Commercial|All Plans $139.85 ↓ -66%
LA Care Medicaid|All Plans $145.27 ↓ -65%
Aetna Commercial|HMO $166.80 ↓ -60%
Aetna Commercial|PPO $166.80 ↓ -60%
Aetna Commercial|All Other Plans $166.80 ↓ -60%
Care 1st Medicaid|All Plans $176.30 ↓ -57%
Blue Shield CA Medicaid|All Plans $176.30 ↓ -57%
SevenCorners Medicare|All Plans $179.01 ↓ -57%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $182.03 ↓ -56%
United Commercial|Options PPO $182.03 ↓ -56%
United Commercial|HMO $182.03 ↓ -56%
United Commercial|Non-Options PPO $182.03 ↓ -56%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Exchange $202.53 ↓ -51%
DHR Medicaid|> 21 $240.00 ↓ -42%
DHR Medicaid|< 21 $240.00 ↓ -42%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|All Other Plans $301.98 ↓ -27%
Cigna Commercial|All Other Plans $329.14 ↓ -20%
Cigna Commercial|PPO $329.14 ↓ -20%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|MCS $468.18 ↑ +13%
Healthcare Partners Medicare|All Plans $489.60 ↑ +19%
Healthcare Partners Commercial|All Plans $547.20 ↑ +33%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|BlueShield Promise $624.00 ↑ +51%
Kaiser Commercial|All Plans $672.00 ↑ +63%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $768.00 ↑ +86%

Visitor-reported prices

visitor-reported
Report what you paid sign in to post

Comments

Add a comment sign in to post

Chest apical lordotic proj at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
St. John's Camarillo Hospital Camarillo $363.98 $53.35 – $648.18
Banner Lassen Medical Center Susanville $329.90 $17.61 – $511.19
Petaluma Valley Hospital Petaluma $1,104.15 $117.28 – $230.76
Arroyo Grande Hospital Santa Maria $716.05 $35.26 – $1,493.52
Mark Twain Medical Center San Andreas $580.76 $35.26 – $210.70
French Hospital San Luis Obispo $521.36 $35.26 – $1,303.40
Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield Bakersfield $344.29 $35.26 – $742.40
Bakersfield Memorial Hospital Bakersfield $340.58 $35.26 – $733.12

All California hospitals for this procedure →