Eeg during surgery at St. Mary Medical Center
1050 Linden Ave, Long Beach, CA · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1194840421
$1,581.11
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.
$3,677.00
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.
$127.56 with HCLA 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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| HCLA | Medicaid|Preferred IPA > 21 | $127.56 | ↓ -92% |
| Partnership Health Plan | Medicaid|< 21 | $127.56 | ↓ -92% |
| Inland Empire Health Plan | Medicaid|All Plans | $127.56 | ↓ -92% |
| HCLA | Medicaid|Preferred IPA < 21 | $127.56 | ↓ -92% |
| Partnership Health Plan | Medicaid|> 21 | $127.56 | ↓ -92% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicaid|All Plans | $159.45 | ↓ -90% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|< 21 | $169.65 | ↓ -89% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|> 21 | $169.65 | ↓ -89% |
| Noble IPA | Medicaid|< 21 | $182.00 | ↓ -88% |
| Noble IPA | Medicaid|> 21 | $182.00 | ↓ -88% |
| Kaiser | Medicaid|< 21 | $191.34 | ↓ -88% |
| Kaiser | Medicaid|> 21 | $191.34 | ↓ -88% |
| Angeles IPA | Medicare|All Plans | $202.22 | ↓ -87% |
| Preferred IPA | Medicaid|Risk | $202.22 | ↓ -87% |
| Molina | Medicaid|All Plans | $283.11 | ↓ -82% |
| LA Care | Medicaid|All Plans | $525.55 | ↓ -67% |
| DHR | Medicaid|< 21 | $919.25 | ↓ -42% |
| DHR | Medicaid|> 21 | $919.25 | ↓ -42% |
| Care 1st | Medicaid|All Plans | $1,011.10 | ↓ -36% |
| Blue Shield CA | Medicaid|All Plans | $1,011.10 | ↓ -36% |
| United | Commercial|Non-Options PPO | $2,095.89 | ↑ +33% |
| Blue Shield CA | Medicare|BlueShield Promise | $2,390.05 | ↑ +51% |
| Kaiser | Commercial|All Plans | $2,573.90 | ↑ +63% |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | $2,941.60 | ↑ +86% |
| SMIPA | Medicare|All Plans | $3,677.00 | ↑ +133% |
| United | Commercial|HMO | $6,206.00 | ↑ +293% |
| United | Commercial|Options PPO | $6,343.00 | ↑ +301% |
| United | Commercial|All Other Plans | $6,343.00 | ↑ +301% |
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Eeg during surgery at other California hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| St. John's Camarillo Hospital | Camarillo | $214.62 | $132.30 – $382.20 |
| Arroyo Grande Hospital | Santa Maria | $65.49 | $76.50 – $156.90 |
| French Hospital | San Luis Obispo | $54.88 | $37.80 – $140.00 |
| Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield | Bakersfield | $324.26 | $127.56 – $699.20 |
| Bakersfield Memorial Hospital | Bakersfield | $320.76 | $127.56 – $874.00 |
| St. Joseph's Medical Center Stockton | Stockton | $254.31 | $127.56 – $709.30 |
| Mercy Medical Center Mt. Shasta | Mt Shasta | $1,212.13 | $216.85 – $1,526.84 |
| Mercy Medical Center Merced | Merced | $428.48 | $127.56 – $832.00 |