Demonstration/evaluation utilization aersol generator/nebulizer/metered dose inhaler/ippb device at St. Mary Medical Center
1050 Linden Ave, Long Beach, CA · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1194840421
$97.18
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.
$226.00
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.
$12.34 with BCBS - Anthem vs $6,343.00 with United — 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicaid|All Plans | $12.34 | ↓ -87% |
| Noble IPA | Medicaid|> 21 | $13.79 | ↓ -86% |
| Noble IPA | Medicaid|< 21 | $13.79 | ↓ -86% |
| HCLA | Medicaid|Preferred IPA < 21 | $15.32 | ↓ -84% |
| Angeles IPA | Medicare|All Plans | $15.32 | ↓ -84% |
| Partnership Health Plan | Medicaid|> 21 | $15.32 | ↓ -84% |
| Preferred IPA | Medicaid|Risk | $15.32 | ↓ -84% |
| HCLA | Medicaid|Preferred IPA > 21 | $15.32 | ↓ -84% |
| Partnership Health Plan | Medicaid|< 21 | $15.32 | ↓ -84% |
| Inland Empire Health Plan | Medicaid|All Plans | $15.32 | ↓ -84% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|> 21 | $20.42 | ↓ -79% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|< 21 | $20.42 | ↓ -79% |
| Molina | Medicaid|All Plans | $21.45 | ↓ -78% |
| Kaiser | Medicaid|< 21 | $22.98 | ↓ -76% |
| Kaiser | Medicaid|> 21 | $22.98 | ↓ -76% |
| DHR | Medicaid|< 21 | $56.50 | ↓ -42% |
| DHR | Medicaid|> 21 | $56.50 | ↓ -42% |
| LA Care | Medicaid|All Plans | $63.12 | ↓ -35% |
| Care 1st | Medicaid|All Plans | $76.60 | ↓ -21% |
| Blue Shield CA | Medicaid|All Plans | $76.60 | ↓ -21% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|Exchange | $128.80 | ↑ +33% |
| United | Commercial|Non-Options PPO | $131.08 | ↑ +35% |
| Blue Shield CA | Medicare|BlueShield Promise | $146.90 | ↑ +51% |
| Kaiser | Commercial|All Plans | $158.20 | ↑ +63% |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | $180.80 | ↑ +86% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|All Other Plans | $192.05 | ↑ +98% |
| SMIPA | Medicare|All Plans | $216.17 | ↑ +122% |
| HPN | Commercial|All Plans | $223.00 | ↑ +129% |
| Kaiser | Medicare|All Plans | $226.00 | ↑ +133% |
| Central Health Plan | Medicare|All Plans | $226.00 | ↑ +133% |
| Cigna | Medicare|All Plans | $226.00 | ↑ +133% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicare|All Plans | $226.00 | ↑ +133% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|MCS | $226.00 | ↑ +133% |
| Scan Health Plan | Medicare|All Plans | $226.00 | ↑ +133% |
| LA Care | Medicare|All Plans | $226.00 | ↑ +133% |
| Health Net | Medicare|All Other Plans | $226.00 | ↑ +133% |
| HCLA | Medicare|Preferred IPA | $226.00 | ↑ +133% |
| Molina | Medicare|All Plans | $226.00 | ↑ +133% |
| Humana | Medicare|All Plans | $226.00 | ↑ +133% |
| United | Medicare|All Plans | $230.52 | ↑ +137% |
| HPN | Medicare|Senior | $248.60 | ↑ +156% |
| Health Net | Medicare|HMO | $258.43 | ↑ +166% |
| Blue Shield CA | Medicare|All Other Plans | $258.43 | ↑ +166% |
| EasyChoice | Medicare|All Plans | $258.43 | ↑ +166% |
| Blue Shield CA | Medicare|Trauma | $282.50 | ↑ +191% |
| LA Care | Commercial|All Plans | $282.50 | ↑ +191% |
| HCLA | Commercial|Preferred IPA | $282.50 | ↑ +191% |
| SevenCorners | Medicare|All Plans | $361.60 | ↑ +272% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|Exchange | $400.00 | ↑ +312% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|All Other Plans | $522.00 | ↑ +437% |
| Cigna | Commercial|PPO | $570.00 | ↑ +487% |
| Cigna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $570.00 | ↑ +487% |
| United | Commercial|HMO | $6,243.00 | ↑ +6324% |
| United | Commercial|All Other Plans | $6,343.00 | ↑ +6427% |
| United | Commercial|Options PPO | $6,343.00 | ↑ +6427% |
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Demonstration/evaluation utilization aersol generator/nebulizer/metered dose inhaler/ippb device at other California hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| St. John's Camarillo Hospital | Camarillo | $192.72 | $21.22 – $480.66 |
| Banner Lassen Medical Center | Susanville | $110.10 | $26.68 – $220.19 |
| Petaluma Valley Hospital | Petaluma | $477.36 | $148.11 – $301.12 |
| Arroyo Grande Hospital | Santa Maria | $151.09 | $11.58 – $746.00 |
| Mark Twain Medical Center | San Andreas | $306.36 | $15.32 – $90.16 |
| French Hospital | San Luis Obispo | $138.38 | $11.58 – $1,149.00 |
| Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield | Bakersfield | $87.93 | $15.32 – $237.00 |
| Bakersfield Memorial Hospital | Bakersfield | $86.98 | $15.32 – $12,607.00 |