Diagnostic radio unlisted proc 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

$236.93

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.

$551.00

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.

$93.78 with SMIPA vs $432.80 with MultiPlan — 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
SMIPA Medicare|All Plans $93.78 ↓ -60%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|All Other Plans $111.88 ↓ -53%
HCLA Medicare|Preferred IPA $111.88 ↓ -53%
Humana Medicare|All Plans $111.88 ↓ -53%
LA Care Medicare|All Plans $111.88 ↓ -53%
Health Net Medicare|All Other Plans $111.88 ↓ -53%
Health Net Medicare|HMO $111.88 ↓ -53%
Scan Health Plan Medicare|All Plans $111.88 ↓ -53%
Cigna Medicare|All Plans $111.88 ↓ -53%
Kaiser Medicare|All Plans $111.88 ↓ -53%
Central Health Plan Medicare|All Plans $111.88 ↓ -53%
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|All Plans $111.88 ↓ -53%
EasyChoice Medicare|All Plans $111.88 ↓ -53%
Molina Medicare|All Plans $111.88 ↓ -53%
United Medicare|All Plans $114.12 ↓ -52%
HPN Medicare|Senior $123.07 ↓ -48%
DHR Medicaid|< 21 $135.25 ↓ -43%
DHR Medicaid|> 21 $135.25 ↓ -43%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|All Plans $136.54 ↓ -42%
LA Care Commercial|All Plans $139.85 ↓ -41%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|Trauma $139.85 ↓ -41%
HCLA Commercial|Preferred IPA $139.85 ↓ -41%
Care 1st Medicaid|All Plans $140.66 ↓ -41%
Blue Shield CA Medicaid|All Plans $140.66 ↓ -41%
SevenCorners Medicare|All Plans $179.01 ↓ -24%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $182.03 ↓ -23%
United Commercial|Non-Options PPO $182.03 ↓ -23%
United Commercial|Options PPO $182.03 ↓ -23%
United Commercial|HMO $182.03 ↓ -23%
Healthcare Partners Medicare|All Plans $275.91 ↑ +16%
Healthcare Partners Commercial|All Plans $308.37 ↑ +30%
Aetna Commercial|PPO $310.97 ↑ +31%
Aetna Commercial|All Other Plans $310.97 ↑ +31%
Aetna Commercial|HMO $310.97 ↑ +31%
Cigna Commercial|PPO $329.14 ↑ +39%
Cigna Commercial|All Other Plans $329.14 ↑ +39%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|BlueShield Promise $351.65 ↑ +48%
Kaiser Commercial|All Plans $378.70 ↑ +60%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $432.80 ↑ +83%

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Diagnostic radio unlisted proc at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Arroyo Grande Hospital Santa Maria $281.20 $111.88 – $380.27
French Hospital San Luis Obispo $224.23 $64.53 – $447.03
Healdsburg Hospital Healdsburg $314.67 $117.25 – $141.49
Santa Rosa Memorial Hospital Santa Rosa $700.23 $121.09 – $127.70
Providence Mission Hospital - Mission Viejo Mission Viejo $122.88 $95.14 – $207.07
California Hospital Medical Center Los Angeles $67.90 $35.00 – $292.78
St Jude Medical Center Fullerton $156.96 $95.14 – $207.07
Providence St Joseph Hospital Orange Orange $145.92 $95.14 – $207.07

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