Device sut capio slim opn 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

$3,450.75

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.

$8,025.00

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.

$431.00 with BCBS - Anthem vs $2,155.00 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.

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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
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|All Plans $431.00 ↓ -88%
Preferred IPA Medicaid|Risk $452.55 ↓ -87%
Molina Medicaid|All Plans $495.65 ↓ -86%
DHR Medicaid|> 21 $538.75 ↓ -84%
DHR Medicaid|< 21 $538.75 ↓ -84%
HPN Commercial|All Plans $560.30 ↓ -84%
HCLA Medicaid|Preferred IPA > 21 $646.50 ↓ -81%
Cigna Commercial|All Other Plans $646.50 ↓ -81%
Cigna Commercial|PPO $646.50 ↓ -81%
HCLA Medicaid|Preferred IPA < 21 $646.50 ↓ -81%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Exchange $732.70 ↓ -79%
Angeles IPA Medicare|All Plans $754.25 ↓ -78%
Health Net Commercial|EPPO $797.35 ↓ -77%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|Exchange $883.55 ↓ -74%
Health Net Commercial|Care Product $969.75 ↓ -72%
United Commercial|Non-Options PPO $1,012.85 ↓ -71%
United Commercial|Options PPO $1,077.50 ↓ -69%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $1,077.50 ↓ -69%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|All Other Plans $1,077.50 ↓ -69%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|MCS $1,077.50 ↓ -69%
Health Net Commercial|All Other Plans $1,120.60 ↓ -68%
United Commercial|HMO $1,120.60 ↓ -68%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|All Other Plans $1,185.25 ↓ -66%
Aetna Commercial|HMO $1,249.90 ↓ -64%
Aetna Commercial|PPO $1,249.90 ↓ -64%
Aetna Commercial|All Other Plans $1,249.90 ↓ -64%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|BlueShield Promise $1,400.75 ↓ -59%
Kaiser Commercial|All Plans $1,508.50 ↓ -56%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $1,724.00 ↓ -50%
SMIPA Medicare|All Plans $2,155.00 ↓ -38%

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Device sut capio slim opn at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
St. John's Camarillo Hospital Camarillo $2,151.46 $411.60 – $1,337.70
Banner Lassen Medical Center Susanville $7,029.06 $992.61 – $2,348.37
Petaluma Valley Hospital Petaluma $2,138.40 not published
Arroyo Grande Hospital Santa Maria $2,734.92 $513.36 – $2,187.36
French Hospital San Luis Obispo $2,504.88 $424.08 – $2,187.36
Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield Bakersfield $920.08 $476.25 – $1,714.50
Bakersfield Memorial Hospital Bakersfield $910.16 $476.25 – $1,847.85
Queen of The Valley Medical Center Napa $7,929.48 not published

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