Consult comp w/report rfrd material 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

$222.23

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.

$516.80

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.

$41.75 with DHR vs $728.05 with Blue Shield CA — 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
DHR Medicaid|< 21 $41.75 ↓ -81%
DHR Medicaid|> 21 $41.75 ↓ -81%
SMIPA Medicare|All Plans $58.13 ↓ -74%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Exchange $96.86 ↓ -56%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|BlueShield Promise $108.55 ↓ -51%
Kaiser Commercial|All Plans $116.90 ↓ -47%
Noble IPA Medicaid|< 21 $131.05 ↓ -41%
Noble IPA Medicaid|> 21 $131.05 ↓ -41%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $133.60 ↓ -40%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|All Other Plans $145.29 ↓ -35%
HCLA Medicaid|Preferred IPA < 21 $145.61 ↓ -34%
HCLA Medicaid|Preferred IPA > 21 $145.61 ↓ -34%
Inland Empire Health Plan Medicaid|All Plans $145.61 ↓ -34%
Partnership Health Plan Medicaid|< 21 $145.61 ↓ -34%
Partnership Health Plan Medicaid|> 21 $145.61 ↓ -34%
Preferred IPA Medicaid|Risk $145.61 ↓ -34%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|All Plans $145.61 ↓ -34%
Angeles IPA Medicare|All Plans $145.61 ↓ -34%
Scan Health Plan Medicare|All Plans $167.00 ↓ -25%
Kaiser Medicare|All Plans $167.00 ↓ -25%
Humana Medicare|All Plans $167.00 ↓ -25%
Aetna Commercial|All Other Plans $167.00 ↓ -25%
Aetna Commercial|PPO $167.00 ↓ -25%
Aetna Commercial|HMO $167.00 ↓ -25%
Molina Medicaid|All Plans $167.00 ↓ -25%
Molina Medicare|All Plans $167.00 ↓ -25%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $167.00 ↓ -25%
United Commercial|HMO $167.00 ↓ -25%
United Commercial|Options PPO $167.00 ↓ -25%
United Commercial|Non-Options PPO $167.00 ↓ -25%
Health Net Medicare|All Other Plans $167.00 ↓ -25%
Health Net Medicaid|< 21 $167.00 ↓ -25%
Health Net Medicaid|> 21 $167.00 ↓ -25%
Cigna Medicare|All Plans $167.00 ↓ -25%
Central Health Plan Medicare|All Plans $167.00 ↓ -25%
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|All Plans $167.00 ↓ -25%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|MCS $167.00 ↓ -25%
LA Care Medicare|All Plans $167.00 ↓ -25%
HCLA Medicare|Preferred IPA $167.00 ↓ -25%
United Medicare|All Plans $170.34 ↓ -23%
HPN Medicare|Senior $183.70 ↓ -17%
LA Care Commercial|All Plans $208.75 ↓ -6%
HCLA Commercial|Preferred IPA $208.75 ↓ -6%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|Trauma $208.75 ↓ -6%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|All Other Plans $217.73 ↓ -2%
EasyChoice Medicare|All Plans $217.73 ↓ -2%
Health Net Medicare|HMO $217.73 ↓ -2%
Kaiser Medicaid|< 21 $218.42 ↓ -2%
Kaiser Medicaid|> 21 $218.42 ↓ -2%
SevenCorners Medicare|All Plans $267.20 ↑ +20%
Cigna Commercial|PPO $302.55 ↑ +36%
Cigna Commercial|All Other Plans $302.55 ↑ +36%
LA Care Medicaid|All Plans $418.22 ↑ +88%
Care 1st Medicaid|All Plans $728.05 ↑ +228%
Blue Shield CA Medicaid|All Plans $728.05 ↑ +228%

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Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Banner Lassen Medical Center Susanville $76.38 $34.27 – $175.57
Petaluma Valley Hospital Petaluma $307.53 $98.94 – $494.67
Arroyo Grande Hospital Santa Maria $271.23 $145.61 – $621.03
French Hospital San Luis Obispo $248.42 $145.61 – $621.03
Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield Bakersfield $51.20 $34.50 – $389.84
Bakersfield Memorial Hospital Bakersfield $50.65 $34.50 – $389.84
Queen of The Valley Medical Center Napa $402.90 $98.94 – $625.14
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