Echo transesophageal at St. Mary Medical Center
1050 Linden Ave, Long Beach, CA · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1194840421
$643.71
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.
$1,497.00
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.
$249.45 with Noble IPA 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Noble IPA | Medicaid|< 21 | $249.45 | ↓ -61% |
| Noble IPA | Medicaid|> 21 | $249.45 | ↓ -61% |
| Preferred IPA | Medicaid|Risk | $277.17 | ↓ -57% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicaid|All Plans | $277.17 | ↓ -57% |
| Partnership Health Plan | Medicaid|> 21 | $277.17 | ↓ -57% |
| Partnership Health Plan | Medicaid|< 21 | $277.17 | ↓ -57% |
| HCLA | Medicaid|Preferred IPA > 21 | $277.17 | ↓ -57% |
| HCLA | Medicaid|Preferred IPA < 21 | $277.17 | ↓ -57% |
| Angeles IPA | Medicare|All Plans | $277.17 | ↓ -57% |
| Inland Empire Health Plan | Medicaid|All Plans | $277.17 | ↓ -57% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|< 21 | $369.47 | ↓ -43% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|> 21 | $369.47 | ↓ -43% |
| DHR | Medicaid|< 21 | $374.25 | ↓ -42% |
| DHR | Medicaid|> 21 | $374.25 | ↓ -42% |
| Molina | Medicaid|All Plans | $388.04 | ↓ -40% |
| Kaiser | Medicaid|< 21 | $415.75 | ↓ -35% |
| Kaiser | Medicaid|> 21 | $415.75 | ↓ -35% |
| SMIPA | Medicare|All Plans | $565.90 | ↓ -12% |
| Central Health Plan | Medicare|All Plans | $696.67 | ↑ +8% |
| Humana | Medicare|All Plans | $696.67 | ↑ +8% |
| Molina | Medicare|All Plans | $696.67 | ↑ +8% |
| Health Net | Medicare|All Other Plans | $696.67 | ↑ +8% |
| Health Net | Medicare|HMO | $696.67 | ↑ +8% |
| Cigna | Medicare|All Plans | $696.67 | ↑ +8% |
| Kaiser | Medicare|All Plans | $696.67 | ↑ +8% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicare|All Plans | $696.67 | ↑ +8% |
| Blue Shield CA | Medicare|All Other Plans | $696.67 | ↑ +8% |
| Scan Health Plan | Medicare|All Plans | $696.67 | ↑ +8% |
| LA Care | Medicare|All Plans | $696.67 | ↑ +8% |
| EasyChoice | Medicare|All Plans | $696.67 | ↑ +8% |
| HCLA | Medicare|Preferred IPA | $696.67 | ↑ +8% |
| United | Medicare|All Plans | $710.61 | ↑ +10% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|Exchange | $730.55 | ↑ +13% |
| HPN | Medicare|Senior | $766.34 | ↑ +19% |
| United | Commercial|Non-Options PPO | $853.29 | ↑ +33% |
| Blue Shield CA | Medicare|Trauma | $870.84 | ↑ +35% |
| LA Care | Commercial|All Plans | $870.84 | ↑ +35% |
| HCLA | Commercial|Preferred IPA | $870.84 | ↑ +35% |
| Blue Shield CA | Medicare|BlueShield Promise | $973.05 | ↑ +51% |
| Kaiser | Commercial|All Plans | $1,047.90 | ↑ +63% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|All Other Plans | $1,089.27 | ↑ +69% |
| SevenCorners | Medicare|All Plans | $1,114.67 | ↑ +73% |
| LA Care | Medicaid|All Plans | $1,141.94 | ↑ +77% |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | $1,197.60 | ↑ +86% |
| Care 1st | Medicaid|All Plans | $1,385.85 | ↑ +115% |
| Blue Shield CA | Medicaid|All Plans | $1,385.85 | ↑ +115% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|MCS | $1,497.00 | ↑ +133% |
| United | Commercial|HMO | $6,206.00 | ↑ +864% |
| United | Commercial|Options PPO | $6,343.00 | ↑ +885% |
| United | Commercial|All Other Plans | $6,343.00 | ↑ +885% |
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Echo transesophageal at other California hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| French Hospital | San Luis Obispo | $1,578.98 | $277.17 – $3,947.44 |
| Providence Mission Hospital - Mission Viejo | Mission Viejo | $1,600.32 | $597.36 – $1,300.14 |
| Northridge Hospital Medical Center | Northridge | $857.65 | $277.17 – $3,827.00 |
| St Jude Medical Center | Fullerton | $1,321.92 | $597.36 – $1,300.14 |
| Community Hospital San Bernardino | San Bernardino | $1,763.41 | $277.17 – $7,832.00 |
| Providence St Joseph Hospital Orange | Orange | $1,957.92 | $597.36 – $1,300.14 |
| Glendale Memorial Hospital Health Center | Glendale | $536.27 | $277.17 – $1,316.00 |
| St. Bernardine Medical Center | San Bernardino | $425.25 | $277.17 – $5,761.00 |