Covid-19 convalescent plasma at St. Mary Medical Center
1050 Linden Ave, Long Beach, CA · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1194840421
$847.10
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.
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What you pay up front if you don't use insurance.
$1,970.00
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.
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The hospital's undiscounted list price — almost no one pays this.
$315.20 with Healthcare Partners vs $6,343.00 with United — 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.
Full explanation →
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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.
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 |
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| Healthcare Partners | Medicare|All Plans | $315.20 | ↓ -63% |
| Healthcare Partners | Commercial|All Plans | $354.60 | ↓ -58% |
| DHR | Medicaid|< 21 | $492.50 | ↓ -42% |
| DHR | Medicaid|> 21 | $492.50 | ↓ -42% |
| United | Commercial|Non-Options PPO | $1,142.60 | ↑ +35% |
| Blue Shield CA | Medicare|BlueShield Promise | $1,280.50 | ↑ +51% |
| Kaiser | Commercial|All Plans | $1,379.00 | ↑ +63% |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | $1,576.00 | ↑ +86% |
| SMIPA | Medicare|All Plans | $1,970.00 | ↑ +133% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|MCS | $1,970.00 | ↑ +133% |
| United | Commercial|HMO | $6,243.00 | ↑ +637% |
| United | Commercial|Options PPO | $6,343.00 | ↑ +649% |
| United | Commercial|All Other Plans | $6,343.00 | ↑ +649% |
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Covid-19 convalescent plasma at other California hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| St. John's Camarillo Hospital | Camarillo | $1,268.45 | $781.92 – $2,258.88 |
| Mark Twain Medical Center | San Andreas | $183.15 | $58.21 – $220.50 |
| Providence Mission Hospital - Mission Viejo | Mission Viejo | $509.76 | not published |
| St Jude Medical Center | Fullerton | $513.60 | not published |
| Providence St Joseph Hospital Orange | Orange | $643.68 | not published |