CT limited or localized follow-up study 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

$600.71

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.

$1,397.00

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.

$93.78 with SMIPA 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
SMIPA Medicare|All Plans $93.78 ↓ -84%
Humana Medicare|All Plans $111.88 ↓ -81%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|All Other Plans $111.88 ↓ -81%
HCLA Medicare|Preferred IPA $111.88 ↓ -81%
Molina Medicare|All Plans $111.88 ↓ -81%
Health Net Medicare|All Other Plans $111.88 ↓ -81%
EasyChoice Medicare|All Plans $111.88 ↓ -81%
Health Net Medicare|HMO $111.88 ↓ -81%
LA Care Medicare|All Plans $111.88 ↓ -81%
Cigna Medicare|All Plans $111.88 ↓ -81%
Kaiser Medicare|All Plans $111.88 ↓ -81%
Scan Health Plan Medicare|All Plans $111.88 ↓ -81%
Central Health Plan Medicare|All Plans $111.88 ↓ -81%
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|All Plans $111.88 ↓ -81%
United Medicare|All Plans $114.12 ↓ -81%
HPN Medicare|Senior $123.07 ↓ -80%
HCLA Commercial|Preferred IPA $139.85 ↓ -77%
LA Care Commercial|All Plans $139.85 ↓ -77%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|Trauma $139.85 ↓ -77%
Noble IPA Medicaid|> 21 $164.31 ↓ -73%
Noble IPA Medicaid|< 21 $164.31 ↓ -73%
SevenCorners Medicare|All Plans $179.01 ↓ -70%
United Commercial|Non-Options PPO $182.03 ↓ -70%
United Commercial|HMO $182.03 ↓ -70%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $182.03 ↓ -70%
United Commercial|Options PPO $182.03 ↓ -70%
Partnership Health Plan Medicaid|> 21 $182.57 ↓ -70%
Partnership Health Plan Medicaid|< 21 $182.57 ↓ -70%
Inland Empire Health Plan Medicaid|All Plans $182.57 ↓ -70%
Angeles IPA Medicare|All Plans $182.57 ↓ -70%
HCLA Medicaid|Preferred IPA < 21 $182.57 ↓ -70%
HCLA Medicaid|Preferred IPA > 21 $182.57 ↓ -70%
Preferred IPA Medicaid|Risk $182.57 ↓ -70%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|All Plans $229.69 ↓ -62%
Health Net Medicaid|< 21 $243.37 ↓ -59%
Health Net Medicaid|> 21 $243.37 ↓ -59%
Molina Medicaid|All Plans $255.60 ↓ -57%
Kaiser Medicaid|> 21 $273.86 ↓ -54%
Kaiser Medicaid|< 21 $273.86 ↓ -54%
DHR Medicaid|< 21 $349.25 ↓ -42%
DHR Medicaid|> 21 $349.25 ↓ -42%
Healthcare Partners Medicare|All Plans $533.00 ↓ -11%
Healthcare Partners Commercial|All Plans $604.00 ↑ +1%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Exchange $604.24 ↑ +1%
LA Care Medicaid|All Plans $752.19 ↑ +25%
Aetna Commercial|All Other Plans $782.35 ↑ +30%
Aetna Commercial|HMO $782.35 ↑ +30%
Aetna Commercial|PPO $782.35 ↑ +30%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|All Other Plans $900.94 ↑ +50%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|BlueShield Promise $908.05 ↑ +51%
Blue Shield CA Medicaid|All Plans $912.85 ↑ +52%
Care 1st Medicaid|All Plans $912.85 ↑ +52%
Kaiser Commercial|All Plans $977.90 ↑ +63%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $1,117.60 ↑ +86%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|MCS $1,396.80 ↑ +133%
Cigna Commercial|All Other Plans $1,582.00 ↑ +163%
Cigna Commercial|PPO $1,582.00 ↑ +163%

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CT limited or localized follow-up study at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
St. John's Camarillo Hospital Camarillo $130.53 $80.46 – $298.00
Banner Lassen Medical Center Susanville $537.88 $17.61 – $1,031.11
Petaluma Valley Hospital Petaluma $2,248.08 $117.28 – $744.56
Mark Twain Medical Center San Andreas $3,086.91 $182.57 – $829.08
Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield Bakersfield $429.25 $111.88 – $1,130.00
Bakersfield Memorial Hospital Bakersfield $424.62 $111.88 – $1,130.00
Queen of The Valley Medical Center Napa $1,546.83 $123.56 – $940.94
Providence St Joseph Hospital Eureka Eureka $2,195.04 $111.93 – $1,067.03

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