Echo guide for amniocentesis at St. Mary Medical Center
1050 Linden Ave, Long Beach, CA · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1194840421
$120.83
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.
$281.00
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.
$36.99 with Noble IPA vs $281.00 with BCBS - Anthem — 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 | $36.99 | ↓ -69% |
| Noble IPA | Medicaid|> 21 | $36.99 | ↓ -69% |
| Preferred IPA | Medicaid|Risk | $41.10 | ↓ -66% |
| Partnership Health Plan | Medicaid|< 21 | $41.10 | ↓ -66% |
| Partnership Health Plan | Medicaid|> 21 | $41.10 | ↓ -66% |
| Inland Empire Health Plan | Medicaid|All Plans | $41.10 | ↓ -66% |
| Angeles IPA | Medicare|All Plans | $41.10 | ↓ -66% |
| HCLA | Medicaid|Preferred IPA < 21 | $41.10 | ↓ -66% |
| HCLA | Medicaid|Preferred IPA > 21 | $41.10 | ↓ -66% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|> 21 | $54.79 | ↓ -55% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|< 21 | $54.79 | ↓ -55% |
| Molina | Medicaid|All Plans | $57.54 | ↓ -52% |
| Kaiser | Medicaid|> 21 | $61.65 | ↓ -49% |
| Kaiser | Medicaid|< 21 | $61.65 | ↓ -49% |
| DHR | Medicaid|< 21 | $70.25 | ↓ -42% |
| DHR | Medicaid|> 21 | $70.25 | ↓ -42% |
| Aetna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $132.72 | ↑ +10% |
| Aetna | Commercial|HMO | $132.72 | ↑ +10% |
| Aetna | Commercial|PPO | $132.72 | ↑ +10% |
| Healthcare Partners | Medicare|All Plans | $143.31 | ↑ +19% |
| Healthcare Partners | Commercial|All Plans | $160.17 | ↑ +33% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|Exchange | $162.98 | ↑ +35% |
| United | Commercial|Non-Options PPO | $162.98 | ↑ +35% |
| LA Care | Medicaid|All Plans | $169.33 | ↑ +40% |
| United | Commercial|Options PPO | $174.22 | ↑ +44% |
| United | Commercial|All Other Plans | $174.22 | ↑ +44% |
| Blue Shield CA | Medicare|BlueShield Promise | $182.65 | ↑ +51% |
| Kaiser | Commercial|All Plans | $196.70 | ↑ +63% |
| Care 1st | Medicaid|All Plans | $205.50 | ↑ +70% |
| Blue Shield CA | Medicaid|All Plans | $205.50 | ↑ +70% |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | $224.80 | ↑ +86% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|All Other Plans | $244.47 | ↑ +102% |
| United | Commercial|HMO | $269.76 | ↑ +123% |
| SMIPA | Medicare|All Plans | $281.00 | ↑ +133% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|MCS | $281.00 | ↑ +133% |
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Echo guide for amniocentesis at other California hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| St. John's Camarillo Hospital | Camarillo | $487.06 | $62.10 – $867.36 |
| Banner Lassen Medical Center | Susanville | $522.81 | $47.27 – $646.02 |
| Arroyo Grande Hospital | Santa Maria | $240.54 | $41.10 – $550.76 |
| Mark Twain Medical Center | San Andreas | $242.43 | $23.55 – $89.18 |
| French Hospital | San Luis Obispo | $176.01 | $41.10 – $440.02 |
| Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield | Bakersfield | $159.91 | $41.10 – $344.80 |
| Bakersfield Memorial Hospital | Bakersfield | $158.18 | $41.10 – $426.69 |
| St. Joseph's Medical Center Stockton | Stockton | $122.60 | $41.10 – $175.56 |