Coombs direct 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

$53.32

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.

$124.00

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.

$6.18 with Noble IPA vs $75.47 with EasyChoice — 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 $6.18 ↓ -88%
Noble IPA Medicaid|< 21 $6.18 ↓ -88%
DHR Medicaid|< 21 $6.25 ↓ -88%
DHR Medicaid|> 21 $6.25 ↓ -88%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $6.47 ↓ -88%
United Commercial|HMO $6.47 ↓ -88%
United Commercial|Non-Options PPO $6.47 ↓ -88%
United Commercial|Options PPO $6.47 ↓ -88%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|All Plans $6.79 ↓ -87%
Partnership Health Plan Medicaid|< 21 $6.87 ↓ -87%
HCLA Medicaid|Preferred IPA < 21 $6.87 ↓ -87%
Inland Empire Health Plan Medicaid|All Plans $6.87 ↓ -87%
Preferred IPA Medicaid|Risk $6.87 ↓ -87%
Partnership Health Plan Medicaid|> 21 $6.87 ↓ -87%
Angeles IPA Medicare|All Plans $6.87 ↓ -87%
HCLA Medicaid|Preferred IPA > 21 $6.87 ↓ -87%
Health Net Medicaid|> 21 $9.16 ↓ -83%
Health Net Medicaid|< 21 $9.16 ↓ -83%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|Exchange $9.50 ↓ -82%
Molina Medicaid|All Plans $9.62 ↓ -82%
Kaiser Medicaid|< 21 $10.30 ↓ -81%
Kaiser Medicaid|> 21 $10.30 ↓ -81%
Cigna Commercial|PPO $12.01 ↓ -77%
Cigna Commercial|All Other Plans $12.01 ↓ -77%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|All Other Plans $12.25 ↓ -77%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Exchange $14.50 ↓ -73%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|BlueShield Promise $16.25 ↓ -70%
Kaiser Commercial|All Plans $17.50 ↓ -67%
LA Care Medicaid|All Plans $19.73 ↓ -63%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $20.00 ↓ -62%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|All Other Plans $21.75 ↓ -59%
LA Care Medicare|All Plans $25.00 ↓ -53%
Humana Medicare|All Plans $25.00 ↓ -53%
Aetna Commercial|All Other Plans $25.00 ↓ -53%
Aetna Commercial|PPO $25.00 ↓ -53%
Aetna Commercial|HMO $25.00 ↓ -53%
Molina Medicare|All Plans $25.00 ↓ -53%
Health Net Medicare|All Other Plans $25.00 ↓ -53%
Cigna Medicare|All Plans $25.00 ↓ -53%
Kaiser Medicare|All Plans $25.00 ↓ -53%
Central Health Plan Medicare|All Plans $25.00 ↓ -53%
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|All Plans $25.00 ↓ -53%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|MCS $25.00 ↓ -53%
Scan Health Plan Medicare|All Plans $25.00 ↓ -53%
HCLA Medicare|Preferred IPA $25.00 ↓ -53%
SMIPA Medicare|All Plans $25.00 ↓ -53%
United Medicare|All Plans $25.50 ↓ -52%
HPN Medicare|Senior $27.50 ↓ -48%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|Trauma $31.25 ↓ -41%
LA Care Commercial|All Plans $31.25 ↓ -41%
HCLA Commercial|Preferred IPA $31.25 ↓ -41%
Blue Shield CA Medicaid|All Plans $34.35 ↓ -36%
Care 1st Medicaid|All Plans $34.35 ↓ -36%
SevenCorners Medicare|All Plans $40.00 ↓ -25%
Health Net Medicare|HMO $75.47 ↑ +42%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|All Other Plans $75.47 ↑ +42%
EasyChoice Medicare|All Plans $75.47 ↑ +42%

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Coombs direct at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
St. John's Camarillo Hospital Camarillo $90.67 $5.83 – $43.12
Banner Lassen Medical Center Susanville $80.90 $1.08 – $7.90
Petaluma Valley Hospital Petaluma $85.17 $10.78 – $79.50
Arroyo Grande Hospital Santa Maria $141.57 $6.18 – $16.00
Mark Twain Medical Center San Andreas $97.24 $5.39 – $27.01
French Hospital San Luis Obispo $129.66 $4.32 – $16.31
Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield Bakersfield $111.30 $6.47 – $26.25
Bakersfield Memorial Hospital Bakersfield $110.10 $6.47 – $26.25

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