#cmvcul-virus inoculation shell 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

$24.41

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.

$56.75

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.

$4.87 with Noble IPA vs $43.61 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
Noble IPA Medicaid|> 21 $4.87 ↓ -80%
Noble IPA Medicaid|< 21 $4.87 ↓ -80%
HCLA Medicaid|Preferred IPA < 21 $5.41 ↓ -78%
Partnership Health Plan Medicaid|< 21 $5.41 ↓ -78%
Preferred IPA Medicaid|Risk $5.41 ↓ -78%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|All Plans $5.41 ↓ -78%
Angeles IPA Medicare|All Plans $5.41 ↓ -78%
HCLA Medicaid|Preferred IPA > 21 $5.41 ↓ -78%
Inland Empire Health Plan Medicaid|All Plans $5.41 ↓ -78%
Partnership Health Plan Medicaid|> 21 $5.41 ↓ -78%
Health Net Medicaid|> 21 $7.21 ↓ -70%
Health Net Medicaid|< 21 $7.21 ↓ -70%
DHR Medicaid|< 21 $7.54 ↓ -69%
DHR Medicaid|> 21 $7.54 ↓ -69%
Molina Medicaid|All Plans $7.57 ↓ -69%
Kaiser Medicaid|< 21 $8.12 ↓ -67%
Kaiser Medicaid|> 21 $8.12 ↓ -67%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|Exchange $11.46 ↓ -53%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|All Other Plans $14.77 ↓ -39%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Exchange $17.49 ↓ -28%
LA Care Medicare|All Plans $19.56 ↓ -20%
Humana Medicare|All Plans $19.56 ↓ -20%
Molina Medicare|All Plans $19.56 ↓ -20%
United Medicare|All Plans $19.56 ↓ -20%
Health Net Medicare|All Other Plans $19.56 ↓ -20%
Health Net Medicare|HMO $19.56 ↓ -20%
Cigna Medicare|All Plans $19.56 ↓ -20%
Kaiser Medicare|All Plans $19.56 ↓ -20%
Central Health Plan Medicare|All Plans $19.56 ↓ -20%
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|All Plans $19.56 ↓ -20%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|All Other Plans $19.56 ↓ -20%
Scan Health Plan Medicare|All Plans $19.56 ↓ -20%
HPN Medicare|Senior $19.56 ↓ -20%
EasyChoice Medicare|All Plans $19.56 ↓ -20%
HCLA Medicare|Preferred IPA $19.56 ↓ -20%
SMIPA Medicare|All Plans $19.56 ↓ -20%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|BlueShield Promise $19.60 ↓ -20%
Kaiser Commercial|All Plans $21.10 ↓ -14%
LA Care Medicaid|All Plans $22.29 ↓ -9%
United Commercial|HMO $23.47 ↓ -4%
United Commercial|Non-Options PPO $23.47 ↓ -4%
United Commercial|Options PPO $23.47 ↓ -4%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $23.47 ↓ -4%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $24.12 ↓ -1%
HCLA Commercial|Preferred IPA $24.45 ↑ +0%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|Trauma $24.45 ↑ +0%
LA Care Commercial|All Plans $24.45 ↑ +0%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|All Other Plans $26.23 ↑ +7%
Care 1st Medicaid|All Plans $27.05 ↑ +11%
Blue Shield CA Medicaid|All Plans $27.05 ↑ +11%
Aetna Commercial|HMO $30.14 ↑ +23%
Aetna Commercial|PPO $30.14 ↑ +23%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|MCS $30.14 ↑ +23%
Aetna Commercial|All Other Plans $30.14 ↑ +23%
SevenCorners Medicare|All Plans $31.30 ↑ +28%
Cigna Commercial|PPO $43.61 ↑ +79%
Cigna Commercial|All Other Plans $43.61 ↑ +79%

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#cmvcul-virus inoculation shell at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
St. John's Camarillo Hospital Camarillo $13.21 $8.14 – $51.88
Banner Lassen Medical Center Susanville $31.25 $3.91 – $54.32
Petaluma Valley Hospital Petaluma $137.41 $19.17 – $39.90
Arroyo Grande Hospital Santa Maria $24.29 $5.41 – $50.38
French Hospital San Luis Obispo $22.25 $5.41 – $59.23
Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield Bakersfield $24.07 $5.41 – $56.19
Bakersfield Memorial Hospital Bakersfield $23.81 $5.41 – $56.19
Queen of The Valley Medical Center Napa $137.41 $19.56 – $50.42

All California hospitals for this procedure →