Decomp spinal cord/transped/ad seg 63057 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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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.

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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.

$347.76 with HCLA 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
HCLA Medicaid|Preferred IPA < 21 $347.76
Partnership Health Plan Medicaid|< 21 $347.76
Partnership Health Plan Medicaid|> 21 $347.76
Inland Empire Health Plan Medicaid|All Plans $347.76
HCLA Medicaid|Preferred IPA > 21 $347.76
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|All Plans $434.69
Health Net Medicaid|> 21 $462.52
Health Net Medicaid|< 21 $462.52
Noble IPA Medicaid|< 21 $493.36
Noble IPA Medicaid|> 21 $493.36
Kaiser Medicaid|< 21 $521.64
Kaiser Medicaid|> 21 $521.64
Preferred IPA Medicaid|Risk $548.18
Angeles IPA Medicare|All Plans $548.18
Molina Medicaid|All Plans $767.45
LA Care Medicaid|All Plans $1,432.77
Care 1st Medicaid|All Plans $2,740.90
Blue Shield CA Medicaid|All Plans $2,740.90
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Exchange $6,300.00
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|All Other Plans $9,403.00
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|MCS $14,575.00
Kaiser Commercial|All Plans not published by hospital
United Commercial|Non-Options PPO not published by hospital
United Commercial|Options PPO not published by hospital
United Commercial|HMO not published by hospital
United Commercial|All Other Plans not published by hospital
Blue Shield CA Medicare|BlueShield Promise not published by hospital
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans not published by hospital
DHR Medicaid|< 21 not published by hospital
DHR Medicaid|> 21 not published by hospital

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Decomp spinal cord/transped/ad seg 63057 at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
St. John's Camarillo Hospital Camarillo not published $427.74 – $747.68
Petaluma Valley Hospital Petaluma not published $1,687.00 – $10,997.00
Arroyo Grande Hospital Santa Maria not published $347.76 – $548.18
Mark Twain Medical Center San Andreas not published $347.76 – $347.76
French Hospital San Luis Obispo not published $347.76 – $548.18
Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield Bakersfield not published $347.76 – $1,321.11
Bakersfield Memorial Hospital Bakersfield not published $347.76 – $1,321.11
Queen of The Valley Medical Center Napa not published $2,747.00 – $16,692.00

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