Echo exam of fetal heart at St. Mary Medical Center
1050 Linden Ave, Long Beach, CA · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1194840421
$619.20
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.
$1,440.00
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.
$105.18 with Noble IPA vs $1,966.10 with Cigna — 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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| Noble IPA | Medicaid|< 21 | $105.18 | ↓ -83% |
| Noble IPA | Medicaid|> 21 | $105.18 | ↓ -83% |
| Preferred IPA | Medicaid|Risk | $116.87 | ↓ -81% |
| HCLA | Medicaid|Preferred IPA > 21 | $116.87 | ↓ -81% |
| Partnership Health Plan | Medicaid|> 21 | $116.87 | ↓ -81% |
| HCLA | Medicaid|Preferred IPA < 21 | $116.87 | ↓ -81% |
| Angeles IPA | Medicare|All Plans | $116.87 | ↓ -81% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicaid|All Plans | $116.87 | ↓ -81% |
| Partnership Health Plan | Medicaid|< 21 | $116.87 | ↓ -81% |
| Inland Empire Health Plan | Medicaid|All Plans | $116.87 | ↓ -81% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|< 21 | $155.79 | ↓ -75% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|> 21 | $155.79 | ↓ -75% |
| Molina | Medicaid|All Plans | $163.62 | ↓ -74% |
| Kaiser | Medicaid|< 21 | $175.31 | ↓ -72% |
| Kaiser | Medicaid|> 21 | $175.31 | ↓ -72% |
| DHR | Medicaid|< 21 | $360.00 | ↓ -42% |
| DHR | Medicaid|> 21 | $360.00 | ↓ -42% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|Exchange | $364.25 | ↓ -41% |
| LA Care | Medicaid|All Plans | $481.50 | ↓ -22% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|All Other Plans | $543.11 | ↓ -12% |
| SMIPA | Medicare|All Plans | $565.90 | ↓ -9% |
| Care 1st | Medicaid|All Plans | $584.35 | ↓ -6% |
| Blue Shield CA | Medicaid|All Plans | $584.35 | ↓ -6% |
| Kaiser | Medicare|All Plans | $696.67 | ↑ +13% |
| Central Health Plan | Medicare|All Plans | $696.67 | ↑ +13% |
| Cigna | Medicare|All Plans | $696.67 | ↑ +13% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicare|All Plans | $696.67 | ↑ +13% |
| Blue Shield CA | Medicare|All Other Plans | $696.67 | ↑ +13% |
| Health Net | Medicare|HMO | $696.67 | ↑ +13% |
| Health Net | Medicare|All Other Plans | $696.67 | ↑ +13% |
| Scan Health Plan | Medicare|All Plans | $696.67 | ↑ +13% |
| LA Care | Medicare|All Plans | $696.67 | ↑ +13% |
| EasyChoice | Medicare|All Plans | $696.67 | ↑ +13% |
| Molina | Medicare|All Plans | $696.67 | ↑ +13% |
| HCLA | Medicare|Preferred IPA | $696.67 | ↑ +13% |
| Humana | Medicare|All Plans | $696.67 | ↑ +13% |
| United | Medicare|All Plans | $710.61 | ↑ +15% |
| Healthcare Partners | Medicare|All Plans | $734.40 | ↑ +19% |
| HPN | Medicare|Senior | $766.34 | ↑ +24% |
| Healthcare Partners | Commercial|All Plans | $820.80 | ↑ +33% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|MCS | $842.02 | ↑ +36% |
| LA Care | Commercial|All Plans | $870.84 | ↑ +41% |
| HCLA | Commercial|Preferred IPA | $870.84 | ↑ +41% |
| Blue Shield CA | Medicare|Trauma | $870.84 | ↑ +41% |
| Blue Shield CA | Medicare|BlueShield Promise | $936.00 | ↑ +51% |
| Aetna | Commercial|PPO | $939.43 | ↑ +52% |
| Aetna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $939.43 | ↑ +52% |
| Aetna | Commercial|HMO | $939.43 | ↑ +52% |
| Kaiser | Commercial|All Plans | $1,008.00 | ↑ +63% |
| United | Commercial|HMO | $1,086.50 | ↑ +75% |
| United | Commercial|All Other Plans | $1,086.50 | ↑ +75% |
| United | Commercial|Options PPO | $1,086.50 | ↑ +75% |
| United | Commercial|Non-Options PPO | $1,086.50 | ↑ +75% |
| SevenCorners | Medicare|All Plans | $1,114.67 | ↑ +80% |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | $1,152.00 | ↑ +86% |
| Cigna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $1,966.10 | ↑ +218% |
| Cigna | Commercial|PPO | $1,966.10 | ↑ +218% |
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Echo exam of fetal heart at other California hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| Arroyo Grande Hospital | Santa Maria | $1,286.14 | $116.87 – $2,832.20 |
| Mark Twain Medical Center | San Andreas | $3,066.27 | $116.87 – $4,511.92 |
| French Hospital | San Luis Obispo | $1,030.96 | $116.87 – $2,670.37 |
| Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield | Bakersfield | $591.38 | $116.87 – $2,533.41 |
| Bakersfield Memorial Hospital | Bakersfield | $585.00 | $116.87 – $2,533.41 |
| St. Joseph's Medical Center Stockton | Stockton | $2,147.38 | $116.87 – $5,989.28 |
| Providence Mission Hospital - Mission Viejo | Mission Viejo | $1,462.56 | $597.36 – $1,300.14 |
| Mercy Medical Center Mt. Shasta | Mt Shasta | $828.57 | $158.94 – $1,043.70 |