Echo transthoracic at St. Mary Medical Center
1050 Linden Ave, Long Beach, CA · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1194840421
$798.51
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.
$1,857.00
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.
$95.79 with Inland Empire Health Plan 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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| Inland Empire Health Plan | Medicaid|All Plans | $95.79 | ↓ -88% |
| Partnership Health Plan | Medicaid|< 21 | $95.79 | ↓ -88% |
| Partnership Health Plan | Medicaid|> 21 | $95.79 | ↓ -88% |
| HCLA | Medicaid|Preferred IPA > 21 | $95.79 | ↓ -88% |
| HCLA | Medicaid|Preferred IPA < 21 | $95.79 | ↓ -88% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicaid|All Plans | $119.74 | ↓ -85% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|< 21 | $127.40 | ↓ -84% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|> 21 | $127.40 | ↓ -84% |
| Noble IPA | Medicaid|> 21 | $136.67 | ↓ -83% |
| Noble IPA | Medicaid|< 21 | $136.67 | ↓ -83% |
| Kaiser | Medicaid|< 21 | $143.69 | ↓ -82% |
| Kaiser | Medicaid|> 21 | $143.69 | ↓ -82% |
| Preferred IPA | Medicaid|Risk | $151.86 | ↓ -81% |
| Angeles IPA | Medicare|All Plans | $151.86 | ↓ -81% |
| Molina | Medicaid|All Plans | $212.60 | ↓ -73% |
| LA Care | Medicaid|All Plans | $394.65 | ↓ -51% |
| Healthcare Partners | Medicare|All Plans | $418.00 | ↓ -48% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|Exchange | $430.17 | ↓ -46% |
| DHR | Medicaid|> 21 | $464.25 | ↓ -42% |
| DHR | Medicaid|< 21 | $464.25 | ↓ -42% |
| Healthcare Partners | Commercial|All Plans | $473.00 | ↓ -41% |
| SMIPA | Medicare|All Plans | $565.90 | ↓ -29% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|All Other Plans | $641.39 | ↓ -20% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicare|All Plans | $696.67 | ↓ -13% |
| Cigna | Medicare|All Plans | $696.67 | ↓ -13% |
| Kaiser | Medicare|All Plans | $696.67 | ↓ -13% |
| Central Health Plan | Medicare|All Plans | $696.67 | ↓ -13% |
| Blue Shield CA | Medicare|All Other Plans | $696.67 | ↓ -13% |
| Health Net | Medicare|HMO | $696.67 | ↓ -13% |
| Scan Health Plan | Medicare|All Plans | $696.67 | ↓ -13% |
| LA Care | Medicare|All Plans | $696.67 | ↓ -13% |
| Health Net | Medicare|All Other Plans | $696.67 | ↓ -13% |
| EasyChoice | Medicare|All Plans | $696.67 | ↓ -13% |
| HCLA | Medicare|Preferred IPA | $696.67 | ↓ -13% |
| Molina | Medicare|All Plans | $696.67 | ↓ -13% |
| Humana | Medicare|All Plans | $696.67 | ↓ -13% |
| United | Medicare|All Plans | $710.61 | ↓ -11% |
| Blue Shield CA | Medicaid|All Plans | $759.30 | ↓ -5% |
| Care 1st | Medicaid|All Plans | $759.30 | ↓ -5% |
| HPN | Medicare|Senior | $766.34 | ↓ -4% |
| LA Care | Commercial|All Plans | $870.84 | ↑ +9% |
| HCLA | Commercial|Preferred IPA | $870.84 | ↑ +9% |
| Blue Shield CA | Medicare|Trauma | $870.84 | ↑ +9% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|MCS | $994.40 | ↑ +25% |
| United | Commercial|Non-Options PPO | $1,058.49 | ↑ +33% |
| SevenCorners | Medicare|All Plans | $1,114.67 | ↑ +40% |
| Blue Shield CA | Medicare|BlueShield Promise | $1,207.05 | ↑ +51% |
| Kaiser | Commercial|All Plans | $1,299.90 | ↑ +63% |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | $1,485.60 | ↑ +86% |
| Health Net | Commercial|EPPO | $2,417.00 | ↑ +203% |
| Health Net | Commercial|Care Product | $2,936.00 | ↑ +268% |
| Health Net | Commercial|All Other Plans | $3,375.00 | ↑ +323% |
| United | Commercial|HMO | $6,206.00 | ↑ +677% |
| United | Commercial|All Other Plans | $6,343.00 | ↑ +694% |
| United | Commercial|Options PPO | $6,343.00 | ↑ +694% |
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Echo transthoracic at other California hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Banner Lassen Medical Center | Susanville | $626.58 | $109.66 – $1,030.14 |
| Arroyo Grande Hospital | Santa Maria | $1,072.57 | $95.79 – $2,455.88 |
| Mark Twain Medical Center | San Andreas | $1,252.08 | $95.79 – $1,842.40 |
| French Hospital | San Luis Obispo | $982.36 | $95.79 – $2,455.88 |
| Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield | Bakersfield | $1,412.77 | $95.79 – $3,046.40 |
| Bakersfield Memorial Hospital | Bakersfield | $1,397.54 | $95.79 – $3,008.32 |
| Providence St Joseph Hospital Eureka | Eureka | $765.51 | $702.78 – $3,331.00 |
| St. Joseph's Medical Center Stockton | Stockton | $1,017.54 | $95.79 – $2,838.02 |