CT guid parench tis ablat 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

$1,419.86

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.

$3,302.00

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.

$144.74 with Noble IPA vs $3,302.00 with SMIPA — 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 $144.74 ↓ -90%
Noble IPA Medicaid|< 21 $144.74 ↓ -90%
Partnership Health Plan Medicaid|> 21 $160.82 ↓ -89%
Preferred IPA Medicaid|Risk $160.82 ↓ -89%
HCLA Medicaid|Preferred IPA > 21 $160.82 ↓ -89%
HCLA Medicaid|Preferred IPA < 21 $160.82 ↓ -89%
Angeles IPA Medicare|All Plans $160.82 ↓ -89%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|All Plans $160.82 ↓ -89%
Inland Empire Health Plan Medicaid|All Plans $160.82 ↓ -89%
Partnership Health Plan Medicaid|< 21 $160.82 ↓ -89%
Health Net Medicaid|> 21 $214.37 ↓ -85%
Health Net Medicaid|< 21 $214.37 ↓ -85%
Molina Medicaid|All Plans $225.15 ↓ -84%
Kaiser Medicaid|> 21 $241.23 ↓ -83%
Kaiser Medicaid|< 21 $241.23 ↓ -83%
Healthcare Partners Medicare|All Plans $533.00 ↓ -62%
Healthcare Partners Commercial|All Plans $604.00 ↓ -57%
LA Care Medicaid|All Plans $662.58 ↓ -53%
Blue Shield CA Medicaid|All Plans $804.10 ↓ -43%
Care 1st Medicaid|All Plans $804.10 ↓ -43%
DHR Medicaid|< 21 $825.50 ↓ -42%
DHR Medicaid|> 21 $825.50 ↓ -42%
Cigna Commercial|PPO $1,582.00 ↑ +11%
Cigna Commercial|All Other Plans $1,582.00 ↑ +11%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Exchange $1,634.28 ↑ +15%
United Commercial|Non-Options PPO $1,915.16 ↑ +35%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $2,047.24 ↑ +44%
United Commercial|Options PPO $2,047.24 ↑ +44%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|BlueShield Promise $2,146.30 ↑ +51%
Kaiser Commercial|All Plans $2,311.40 ↑ +63%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|All Other Plans $2,436.76 ↑ +72%
Aetna Commercial|PPO $2,453.87 ↑ +73%
Aetna Commercial|All Other Plans $2,453.87 ↑ +73%
Aetna Commercial|HMO $2,453.87 ↑ +73%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $2,641.60 ↑ +86%
United Commercial|HMO $3,169.92 ↑ +123%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|MCS $3,302.00 ↑ +133%
SMIPA Medicare|All Plans $3,302.00 ↑ +133%

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CT guid parench tis ablat at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
St. John's Camarillo Hospital Camarillo $377.12 $232.47 – $861.00
Arroyo Grande Hospital Santa Maria $217.00 $160.82 – $1,756.00
Mark Twain Medical Center San Andreas $156.51 $50.45 – $191.10
French Hospital San Luis Obispo $198.75 $136.89 – $1,768.00
Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield Bakersfield $302.74 $160.82 – $1,130.00
Bakersfield Memorial Hospital Bakersfield $299.48 $160.82 – $1,130.00
St. Joseph's Medical Center Stockton Stockton $90.85 $31.08 – $3,330.00
Santa Rosa Memorial Hospital Santa Rosa $5,221.89 $2,165.12 – $2,482.19

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