Cystostomy cystotomy w/drainage 51040 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

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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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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.

$512.67 with Partnership Health Plan vs $14,575.00 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
Partnership Health Plan Medicaid|> 21 $512.67
Partnership Health Plan Medicaid|< 21 $512.67
HCLA Medicaid|Preferred IPA > 21 $512.67
HCLA Medicaid|Preferred IPA < 21 $512.67
Inland Empire Health Plan Medicaid|All Plans $512.67
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|All Plans $640.83
Health Net Medicaid|> 21 $681.85
Health Net Medicaid|< 21 $681.85
Noble IPA Medicaid|> 21 $727.33
Noble IPA Medicaid|< 21 $727.33
Kaiser Medicaid|< 21 $769.00
Kaiser Medicaid|> 21 $769.00
Angeles IPA Medicare|All Plans $808.14
Preferred IPA Medicaid|Risk $808.14
Molina Medicaid|All Plans $1,131.40
LA Care Medicaid|All Plans $2,112.20
Humana Medicare|All Plans $2,602.84
Kaiser Medicare|All Plans $2,602.84
Central Health Plan Medicare|All Plans $2,602.84
HCLA Medicare|Preferred IPA $2,602.84
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|All Plans $2,602.84
Health Net Medicare|All Other Plans $2,602.84
Health Net Medicare|HMO $2,602.84
Cigna Medicare|All Plans $2,602.84
LA Care Medicare|All Plans $2,602.84
Molina Medicare|All Plans $2,602.84
Blue Shield CA Medicare|All Other Plans $2,602.84
EasyChoice Medicare|All Plans $2,602.84
Scan Health Plan Medicare|All Plans $2,602.84
United Medicare|All Plans $2,654.90
HPN Medicare|Senior $2,863.12
HCLA Commercial|Preferred IPA $3,253.55
Blue Shield CA Medicare|Trauma $3,253.55
LA Care Commercial|All Plans $3,253.55
Health Net Commercial|EPPO $3,878.00
Blue Shield CA Medicaid|All Plans $4,040.70
Care 1st Medicaid|All Plans $4,040.70
SevenCorners Medicare|All Plans $4,164.54
Health Net Commercial|Care Product $4,708.00
Health Net Commercial|All Other Plans $5,411.00
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Exchange $6,300.00
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|All Other Plans $9,403.00
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|MCS $14,575.00
Blue Shield CA Medicare|BlueShield Promise not published by hospital
United Commercial|All Other Plans not published by hospital
United Commercial|Options PPO not published by hospital
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans not published by hospital
Kaiser Commercial|All Plans not published by hospital
United Commercial|Non-Options PPO not published by hospital
DHR Medicaid|> 21 not published by hospital
DHR Medicaid|< 21 not published by hospital
United Commercial|HMO not published by hospital

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Cystostomy cystotomy w/drainage 51040 at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Petaluma Valley Hospital Petaluma $3,776.04 $2,817.02 – $6,619.00
Queen of The Valley Medical Center Napa $5,395.80 $2,968.05 – $10,593.00
Providence St Joseph Hospital Eureka Eureka $3,584.28 $2,688.58 – $11,046.00
Healdsburg Hospital Healdsburg $1,892.10 $2,816.47 – $6,323.17
Redwood Memorial Hospital Fortuna $2,365.38 $9,858.00 – $46,797.00
Santa Rosa Memorial Hospital Santa Rosa $7,674.99 $2,908.69 – $9,773.00
Providence Mission Hospital - Mission Viejo Mission Viejo $7,086.72 $2,285.30 – $9,779.00
Providence Cedars-Sinai Tarzana Medical Center Tarzana $2,485.35 $2,160.00 – $5,080.00

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