CT scan for therapy guide at St. Mary Medical Center
1050 Linden Ave, Long Beach, CA · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1194840421
$855.27
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.
$1,989.00
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.
$94.64 with Noble IPA vs $1,989.00 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.
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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| Noble IPA | Medicaid|> 21 | $94.64 | ↓ -89% |
| Noble IPA | Medicaid|< 21 | $94.64 | ↓ -89% |
| Partnership Health Plan | Medicaid|> 21 | $105.16 | ↓ -88% |
| Angeles IPA | Medicare|All Plans | $105.16 | ↓ -88% |
| Preferred IPA | Medicaid|Risk | $105.16 | ↓ -88% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicaid|All Plans | $105.16 | ↓ -88% |
| Inland Empire Health Plan | Medicaid|All Plans | $105.16 | ↓ -88% |
| Partnership Health Plan | Medicaid|< 21 | $105.16 | ↓ -88% |
| HCLA | Medicaid|Preferred IPA > 21 | $105.16 | ↓ -88% |
| HCLA | Medicaid|Preferred IPA < 21 | $105.16 | ↓ -88% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|> 21 | $140.18 | ↓ -84% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|< 21 | $140.18 | ↓ -84% |
| Molina | Medicaid|All Plans | $147.22 | ↓ -83% |
| Kaiser | Medicaid|> 21 | $157.74 | ↓ -82% |
| Kaiser | Medicaid|< 21 | $157.74 | ↓ -82% |
| DHR | Medicaid|< 21 | $233.75 | ↓ -73% |
| DHR | Medicaid|> 21 | $233.75 | ↓ -73% |
| LA Care | Medicaid|All Plans | $433.26 | ↓ -49% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|Exchange | $513.97 | ↓ -40% |
| Care 1st | Medicaid|All Plans | $525.80 | ↓ -39% |
| Blue Shield CA | Medicaid|All Plans | $525.80 | ↓ -39% |
| Healthcare Partners | Medicare|All Plans | $533.00 | ↓ -38% |
| United | Commercial|Non-Options PPO | $542.30 | ↓ -37% |
| United | Commercial|All Other Plans | $579.70 | ↓ -32% |
| United | Commercial|Options PPO | $579.70 | ↓ -32% |
| Healthcare Partners | Commercial|All Plans | $604.00 | ↓ -29% |
| Blue Shield CA | Medicare|BlueShield Promise | $607.75 | ↓ -29% |
| Kaiser | Commercial|All Plans | $654.50 | ↓ -23% |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | $748.00 | ↓ -13% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|All Other Plans | $766.35 | ↓ -10% |
| United | Commercial|HMO | $897.60 | ↑ +5% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|MCS | $935.00 | ↑ +9% |
| Aetna | Commercial|HMO | $935.00 | ↑ +9% |
| Aetna | Commercial|PPO | $935.00 | ↑ +9% |
| Aetna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $935.00 | ↑ +9% |
| Cigna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $1,582.00 | ↑ +85% |
| Cigna | Commercial|PPO | $1,582.00 | ↑ +85% |
| SMIPA | Medicare|All Plans | $1,989.00 | ↑ +133% |
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CT scan for therapy guide at other California hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| St. John's Camarillo Hospital | Camarillo | $742.85 | $159.10 – $1,566.00 |
| Arroyo Grande Hospital | Santa Maria | $899.23 | $105.16 – $1,770.86 |
| French Hospital | San Luis Obispo | $716.58 | $79.38 – $1,768.00 |
| Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield | Bakersfield | $305.34 | $105.16 – $1,130.00 |
| Bakersfield Memorial Hospital | Bakersfield | $302.05 | $105.16 – $1,130.00 |
| Providence St Joseph Hospital Eureka | Eureka | $563.04 | $907.62 – $907.62 |
| St. Joseph's Medical Center Stockton | Stockton | $316.94 | $105.16 – $3,330.00 |
| Santa Rosa Memorial Hospital | Santa Rosa | $704.82 | $680.92 – $1,047.13 |