CT 3d report other modality w/workstation 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

$97.61

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.

$227.00

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.

$25.50 with DHR vs $1,582.00 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
DHR Medicaid|> 21 $25.50 ↓ -74%
DHR Medicaid|< 21 $25.50 ↓ -74%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Exchange $59.16 ↓ -39%
United Commercial|Non-Options PPO $59.16 ↓ -39%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $63.24 ↓ -35%
United Commercial|Options PPO $63.24 ↓ -35%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|BlueShield Promise $66.30 ↓ -32%
Kaiser Commercial|All Plans $71.40 ↓ -27%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $81.60 ↓ -16%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|All Other Plans $88.74 ↓ -9%
United Commercial|HMO $97.92 ↑ +0%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|MCS $102.00 ↑ +4%
Aetna Commercial|HMO $102.00 ↑ +4%
Aetna Commercial|PPO $102.00 ↑ +4%
Healthcare Partners Commercial|All Plans $102.00 ↑ +4%
Aetna Commercial|All Other Plans $102.00 ↑ +4%
Healthcare Partners Medicare|All Plans $102.00 ↑ +4%
SMIPA Medicare|All Plans $207.00 ↑ +112%
Cigna Commercial|All Other Plans $1,582.00 ↑ +1521%
Cigna Commercial|PPO $1,582.00 ↑ +1521%

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CT 3d report other modality w/workstation at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
St. John's Camarillo Hospital Camarillo $151.11 $85.59 – $317.00
Banner Lassen Medical Center Susanville $461.47 $373.92 – $884.64
Petaluma Valley Hospital Petaluma $1,932.90 $295.83 – $830.24
Arroyo Grande Hospital Santa Maria $371.08 $332.51 – $1,756.00
Mark Twain Medical Center San Andreas $991.01 $80.72 – $305.76
French Hospital San Luis Obispo $309.29 $185.49 – $1,768.00
Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield Bakersfield $2,247.52 $264.88 – $4,846.40
Bakersfield Memorial Hospital Bakersfield $2,223.29 $255.41 – $1,259.28

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