Echo exam of fetal heart at St. Mary Medical Center
1050 Linden Ave, Long Beach, CA · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1194840421
$361.20
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.
$840.00
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.
$76.88 with Noble IPA vs $936.29 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 | $76.88 | ↓ -79% |
| Noble IPA | Medicaid|< 21 | $76.88 | ↓ -79% |
| Partnership Health Plan | Medicaid|< 21 | $85.42 | ↓ -76% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicaid|All Plans | $85.42 | ↓ -76% |
| HCLA | Medicaid|Preferred IPA > 21 | $85.42 | ↓ -76% |
| HCLA | Medicaid|Preferred IPA < 21 | $85.42 | ↓ -76% |
| Angeles IPA | Medicare|All Plans | $85.42 | ↓ -76% |
| Preferred IPA | Medicaid|Risk | $85.42 | ↓ -76% |
| Inland Empire Health Plan | Medicaid|All Plans | $85.42 | ↓ -76% |
| Partnership Health Plan | Medicaid|> 21 | $85.42 | ↓ -76% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|< 21 | $113.86 | ↓ -68% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|> 21 | $113.86 | ↓ -68% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|Exchange | $115.65 | ↓ -68% |
| Molina | Medicaid|All Plans | $119.59 | ↓ -67% |
| Kaiser | Medicaid|< 21 | $128.13 | ↓ -65% |
| Kaiser | Medicaid|> 21 | $128.13 | ↓ -65% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|All Other Plans | $172.43 | ↓ -52% |
| DHR | Medicaid|< 21 | $210.00 | ↓ -42% |
| DHR | Medicaid|> 21 | $210.00 | ↓ -42% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|MCS | $267.34 | ↓ -26% |
| SMIPA | Medicare|All Plans | $273.84 | ↓ -24% |
| HCLA | Medicare|Preferred IPA | $307.13 | ↓ -15% |
| Humana | Medicare|All Plans | $307.13 | ↓ -15% |
| Molina | Medicare|All Plans | $307.13 | ↓ -15% |
| Health Net | Medicare|All Other Plans | $307.13 | ↓ -15% |
| Health Net | Medicare|HMO | $307.13 | ↓ -15% |
| Cigna | Medicare|All Plans | $307.13 | ↓ -15% |
| Kaiser | Medicare|All Plans | $307.13 | ↓ -15% |
| Central Health Plan | Medicare|All Plans | $307.13 | ↓ -15% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicare|All Plans | $307.13 | ↓ -15% |
| Blue Shield CA | Medicare|All Other Plans | $307.13 | ↓ -15% |
| Scan Health Plan | Medicare|All Plans | $307.13 | ↓ -15% |
| LA Care | Medicare|All Plans | $307.13 | ↓ -15% |
| EasyChoice | Medicare|All Plans | $307.13 | ↓ -15% |
| United | Medicare|All Plans | $313.28 | ↓ -13% |
| HPN | Medicare|Senior | $337.84 | ↓ -6% |
| LA Care | Medicaid|All Plans | $351.93 | ↓ -3% |
| LA Care | Commercial|All Plans | $383.91 | ↑ +6% |
| HCLA | Commercial|Preferred IPA | $383.91 | ↑ +6% |
| Blue Shield CA | Medicare|Trauma | $383.91 | ↑ +6% |
| Care 1st | Medicaid|All Plans | $427.10 | ↑ +18% |
| Blue Shield CA | Medicaid|All Plans | $427.10 | ↑ +18% |
| Healthcare Partners | Medicare|All Plans | $428.40 | ↑ +19% |
| Healthcare Partners | Commercial|All Plans | $478.80 | ↑ +33% |
| SevenCorners | Medicare|All Plans | $491.41 | ↑ +36% |
| United | Commercial|HMO | $517.79 | ↑ +43% |
| United | Commercial|Options PPO | $517.79 | ↑ +43% |
| United | Commercial|All Other Plans | $517.79 | ↑ +43% |
| United | Commercial|Non-Options PPO | $517.79 | ↑ +43% |
| Blue Shield CA | Medicare|BlueShield Promise | $546.00 | ↑ +51% |
| Aetna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $585.33 | ↑ +62% |
| Aetna | Commercial|PPO | $585.33 | ↑ +62% |
| Aetna | Commercial|HMO | $585.33 | ↑ +62% |
| Kaiser | Commercial|All Plans | $588.00 | ↑ +63% |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | $672.00 | ↑ +86% |
| Cigna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $936.29 | ↑ +159% |
| Cigna | Commercial|PPO | $936.29 | ↑ +159% |
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Echo exam of fetal heart at other California hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| Arroyo Grande Hospital | Santa Maria | $977.13 | $85.42 – $2,237.34 |
| French Hospital | San Luis Obispo | $781.65 | $85.42 – $1,271.67 |
| Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield | Bakersfield | $295.69 | $85.42 – $1,206.45 |
| Bakersfield Memorial Hospital | Bakersfield | $292.50 | $85.42 – $1,206.45 |
| Providence Mission Hospital - Mission Viejo | Mission Viejo | $988.32 | $228.67 – $567.73 |
| Mercy Medical Center Mt. Shasta | Mt Shasta | $394.45 | $116.17 – $496.86 |
| Mercy Medical Center Merced | Merced | $439.81 | $85.42 – $802.76 |
| St Jude Medical Center | Fullerton | $384.48 | $215.90 – $567.73 |