CT Scan of Abdomen and Pelvis (with contrast) 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

$1,705.81

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.

$3,967.00

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.

$198.25 with DHR vs $1,655.00 with BCBS - Anthem — 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 $198.25 ↓ -88%
DHR Medicaid|> 21 $198.25 ↓ -88%
Noble IPA Medicaid|< 21 $253.62 ↓ -85%
Noble IPA Medicaid|> 21 $253.62 ↓ -85%
Inland Empire Health Plan Medicaid|All Plans $281.80 ↓ -83%
Partnership Health Plan Medicaid|< 21 $281.80 ↓ -83%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|All Plans $281.80 ↓ -83%
HCLA Medicaid|Preferred IPA > 21 $281.80 ↓ -83%
HCLA Medicaid|Preferred IPA < 21 $281.80 ↓ -83%
Angeles IPA Medicare|All Plans $281.80 ↓ -83%
Preferred IPA Medicaid|Risk $281.80 ↓ -83%
Partnership Health Plan Medicaid|> 21 $281.80 ↓ -83%
Health Net Medicaid|< 21 $375.64 ↓ -78%
Health Net Medicaid|> 21 $375.64 ↓ -78%
Molina Medicaid|All Plans $394.52 ↓ -77%
Kaiser Medicaid|< 21 $422.70 ↓ -75%
Kaiser Medicaid|> 21 $422.70 ↓ -75%
SMIPA Medicare|All Plans $448.70 ↓ -74%
HCLA Medicare|Preferred IPA $453.77 ↓ -73%
Humana Medicare|All Plans $453.77 ↓ -73%
Molina Medicare|All Plans $453.77 ↓ -73%
Health Net Medicare|All Other Plans $453.77 ↓ -73%
Health Net Medicare|HMO $453.77 ↓ -73%
Cigna Medicare|All Plans $453.77 ↓ -73%
Kaiser Medicare|All Plans $453.77 ↓ -73%
Central Health Plan Medicare|All Plans $453.77 ↓ -73%
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|All Plans $453.77 ↓ -73%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|All Other Plans $453.77 ↓ -73%
Scan Health Plan Medicare|All Plans $453.77 ↓ -73%
LA Care Medicare|All Plans $453.77 ↓ -73%
EasyChoice Medicare|All Plans $453.77 ↓ -73%
United Medicare|All Plans $462.85 ↓ -73%
HPN Medicare|Senior $499.15 ↓ -71%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|BlueShield Promise $515.45 ↓ -70%
Healthcare Partners Medicare|All Plans $533.00 ↓ -69%
Kaiser Commercial|All Plans $555.10 ↓ -67%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|Trauma $567.21 ↓ -67%
LA Care Commercial|All Plans $567.21 ↓ -67%
HCLA Commercial|Preferred IPA $567.21 ↓ -67%
Healthcare Partners Commercial|All Plans $604.00 ↓ -65%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $634.40 ↓ -63%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Exchange $716.00 ↓ -58%
SevenCorners Medicare|All Plans $726.03 ↓ -57%
Aetna Commercial|PPO $793.00 ↓ -54%
Aetna Commercial|All Other Plans $793.00 ↓ -54%
United Commercial|Non-Options PPO $793.00 ↓ -54%
United Commercial|Options PPO $793.00 ↓ -54%
United Commercial|HMO $793.00 ↓ -54%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $793.00 ↓ -54%
Aetna Commercial|HMO $793.00 ↓ -54%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|All Other Plans $1,068.00 ↓ -37%
LA Care Medicaid|All Plans $1,161.02 ↓ -32%
Blue Shield CA Medicaid|All Plans $1,409.00 ↓ -17%
Care 1st Medicaid|All Plans $1,409.00 ↓ -17%
Cigna Commercial|PPO $1,582.00 ↓ -7%
Cigna Commercial|All Other Plans $1,582.00 ↓ -7%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|MCS $1,655.00 ↓ -3%

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CT Scan of Abdomen and Pelvis (with contrast) at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
St. John's Camarillo Hospital Camarillo $3,198.28 $426.33 – $5,695.56
Banner Lassen Medical Center Susanville $2,979.85 $71.43 – $5,079.89
Petaluma Valley Hospital Petaluma $10,290.27 $470.15 – $1,557.32
Arroyo Grande Hospital Santa Maria $4,274.01 $281.80 – $7,413.70
Mark Twain Medical Center San Andreas $7,250.08 $281.80 – $2,347.10
French Hospital San Luis Obispo $3,425.30 $281.80 – $1,768.00
Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield Bakersfield $3,233.64 $281.80 – $6,972.80
Bakersfield Memorial Hospital Bakersfield $3,198.78 $281.80 – $6,885.64

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