Dialysis one evaluation 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

$490.63

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.

$1,141.00

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.

$82.81 with Inland Empire Health Plan vs $1,095.36 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.

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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
Inland Empire Health Plan Medicaid|All Plans $82.81 ↓ -83%
HCLA Medicaid|Preferred IPA > 21 $82.81 ↓ -83%
Partnership Health Plan Medicaid|> 21 $82.81 ↓ -83%
HCLA Medicaid|Preferred IPA < 21 $82.81 ↓ -83%
Partnership Health Plan Medicaid|< 21 $82.81 ↓ -83%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|All Plans $103.51 ↓ -79%
Health Net Medicaid|< 21 $110.14 ↓ -78%
Health Net Medicaid|> 21 $110.14 ↓ -78%
Noble IPA Medicaid|< 21 $118.15 ↓ -76%
Noble IPA Medicaid|> 21 $118.15 ↓ -76%
Kaiser Medicaid|> 21 $124.22 ↓ -75%
Kaiser Medicaid|< 21 $124.22 ↓ -75%
Angeles IPA Medicare|All Plans $131.28 ↓ -73%
Preferred IPA Medicaid|Risk $131.28 ↓ -73%
Molina Medicaid|All Plans $183.79 ↓ -63%
DHR Medicaid|< 21 $285.25 ↓ -42%
DHR Medicaid|> 21 $285.25 ↓ -42%
LA Care Medicaid|All Plans $341.18 ↓ -30%
SMIPA Medicare|All Plans $413.38 ↓ -16%
HCLA Medicare|Preferred IPA $541.05 ↑ +10%
Humana Medicare|All Plans $541.05 ↑ +10%
Molina Medicare|All Plans $541.05 ↑ +10%
Health Net Medicare|All Other Plans $541.05 ↑ +10%
Health Net Medicare|HMO $541.05 ↑ +10%
Cigna Medicare|All Plans $541.05 ↑ +10%
Kaiser Medicare|All Plans $541.05 ↑ +10%
Central Health Plan Medicare|All Plans $541.05 ↑ +10%
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|All Plans $541.05 ↑ +10%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|All Other Plans $541.05 ↑ +10%
Scan Health Plan Medicare|All Plans $541.05 ↑ +10%
LA Care Medicare|All Plans $541.05 ↑ +10%
EasyChoice Medicare|All Plans $541.05 ↑ +10%
United Medicare|All Plans $551.88 ↑ +12%
HPN Medicare|Senior $595.15 ↑ +21%
Care 1st Medicaid|All Plans $656.40 ↑ +34%
Blue Shield CA Medicaid|All Plans $656.40 ↑ +34%
United Commercial|Non-Options PPO $661.78 ↑ +35%
HCLA Commercial|Preferred IPA $676.31 ↑ +38%
LA Care Commercial|All Plans $676.31 ↑ +38%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|Trauma $676.31 ↑ +38%
United Commercial|Options PPO $707.42 ↑ +44%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $707.42 ↑ +44%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|BlueShield Promise $741.65 ↑ +51%
Kaiser Commercial|All Plans $798.70 ↑ +63%
SevenCorners Medicare|All Plans $865.68 ↑ +76%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $912.80 ↑ +86%
United Commercial|HMO $1,095.36 ↑ +123%

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Dialysis one evaluation at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
St. John's Camarillo Hospital Camarillo $1,327.58 $101.86 – $957.84
Petaluma Valley Hospital Petaluma $1,165.35 $562.31 – $573.78
Arroyo Grande Hospital Santa Maria $1,432.09 $82.81 – $3,279.08
French Hospital San Luis Obispo $1,311.64 $82.81 – $2,950.78
Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield Bakersfield $2,128.06 $82.81 – $723.20
Bakersfield Memorial Hospital Bakersfield $1,441.95 $82.81 – $714.16
Queen of The Valley Medical Center Napa $1,532.55 $592.45 – $592.45
Providence St Joseph Hospital Eureka Eureka $700.74 $536.67 – $536.67

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