Digital analysis of eeg at St. Mary Medical Center
1050 Linden Ave, Long Beach, CA · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1194840421
$135.45
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.
$315.00
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.
$78.75 with DHR 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 |
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| DHR | Medicaid|> 21 | $78.75 | ↓ -42% |
| DHR | Medicaid|< 21 | $78.75 | ↓ -42% |
| Inland Empire Health Plan | Medicaid|All Plans | $133.51 | ↓ -1% |
| HCLA | Medicaid|Preferred IPA > 21 | $133.51 | ↓ -1% |
| Partnership Health Plan | Medicaid|< 21 | $133.51 | ↓ -1% |
| Partnership Health Plan | Medicaid|> 21 | $133.51 | ↓ -1% |
| HCLA | Medicaid|Preferred IPA < 21 | $133.51 | ↓ -1% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicaid|All Plans | $166.89 | ↑ +23% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|> 21 | $177.57 | ↑ +31% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|< 21 | $177.57 | ↑ +31% |
| United | Commercial|Non-Options PPO | $179.55 | ↑ +33% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|Exchange | $182.70 | ↑ +35% |
| Noble IPA | Medicaid|< 21 | $190.50 | ↑ +41% |
| Noble IPA | Medicaid|> 21 | $190.50 | ↑ +41% |
| Kaiser | Medicaid|> 21 | $200.26 | ↑ +48% |
| Kaiser | Medicaid|< 21 | $200.26 | ↑ +48% |
| Blue Shield CA | Medicare|BlueShield Promise | $204.75 | ↑ +51% |
| Preferred IPA | Medicaid|Risk | $211.67 | ↑ +56% |
| Angeles IPA | Medicare|All Plans | $211.67 | ↑ +56% |
| Kaiser | Commercial|All Plans | $220.50 | ↑ +63% |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | $252.00 | ↑ +86% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|All Other Plans | $274.05 | ↑ +102% |
| Molina | Medicaid|All Plans | $296.34 | ↑ +119% |
| SMIPA | Medicare|All Plans | $315.00 | ↑ +133% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|MCS | $315.00 | ↑ +133% |
| LA Care | Medicaid|All Plans | $550.06 | ↑ +306% |
| Blue Shield CA | Medicaid|All Plans | $1,058.35 | ↑ +681% |
| Care 1st | Medicaid|All Plans | $1,058.35 | ↑ +681% |
| United | Commercial|HMO | $6,206.00 | ↑ +4482% |
| United | Commercial|Options PPO | $6,343.00 | ↑ +4583% |
| United | Commercial|All Other Plans | $6,343.00 | ↑ +4583% |
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Digital analysis of eeg at other California hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield | Bakersfield | $150.63 | $133.51 – $406.00 |
| Bakersfield Memorial Hospital | Bakersfield | $149.01 | $133.51 – $406.00 |
| St. Joseph's Behavioral Health Center | Stockton | $261.52 | $45.80 – $366.40 |
| Providence Mission Hospital - Mission Viejo | Mission Viejo | $1,216.32 | $2,547.75 – $2,547.75 |
| Mercy Medical Center Merced | Merced | $209.09 | $133.51 – $406.00 |
| Community Hospital San Bernardino | San Bernardino | $120.82 | $133.51 – $7,832.00 |
| Glendale Memorial Hospital Health Center | Glendale | $119.32 | $91.50 – $895.36 |
| St. Bernardine Medical Center | San Bernardino | $133.20 | $116.00 – $5,761.00 |