Eeg wo vid ea 12-26hr unmntr at St. Mary Medical Center

1050 Linden Ave, Long Beach, CA · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1194840421

Source: hospital's published price file ↗ · Published Feb 28, 2026 · Ingested Sep 10, 2026

$869.89

Cash price

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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.

$2,023.00

Gross charge

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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.

$238.56 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.

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Payer
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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.

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Plan
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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.

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Negotiated rate vs. cash
Noble IPA Medicaid|< 21 $238.56 ↓ -73%
Noble IPA Medicaid|> 21 $238.56 ↓ -73%
Preferred IPA Medicaid|Risk $265.07 ↓ -70%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|All Plans $265.07 ↓ -70%
Partnership Health Plan Medicaid|> 21 $265.07 ↓ -70%
Partnership Health Plan Medicaid|< 21 $265.07 ↓ -70%
HCLA Medicaid|Preferred IPA > 21 $265.07 ↓ -70%
HCLA Medicaid|Preferred IPA < 21 $265.07 ↓ -70%
Angeles IPA Medicare|All Plans $265.07 ↓ -70%
Inland Empire Health Plan Medicaid|All Plans $265.07 ↓ -70%
DHR Medicaid|< 21 $315.75 ↓ -64%
DHR Medicaid|> 21 $315.75 ↓ -64%
Health Net Medicaid|< 21 $353.34 ↓ -59%
Health Net Medicaid|> 21 $353.34 ↓ -59%
Molina Medicaid|All Plans $371.10 ↓ -57%
Kaiser Medicaid|< 21 $397.61 ↓ -54%
Kaiser Medicaid|> 21 $397.61 ↓ -54%
SMIPA Medicare|All Plans $570.63 ↓ -34%
Central Health Plan Medicare|All Plans $674.18 ↓ -22%
Humana Medicare|All Plans $674.18 ↓ -22%
Molina Medicare|All Plans $674.18 ↓ -22%
Health Net Medicare|All Other Plans $674.18 ↓ -22%
Health Net Medicare|HMO $674.18 ↓ -22%
Cigna Medicare|All Plans $674.18 ↓ -22%
Kaiser Medicare|All Plans $674.18 ↓ -22%
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|All Plans $674.18 ↓ -22%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|All Other Plans $674.18 ↓ -22%
Scan Health Plan Medicare|All Plans $674.18 ↓ -22%
LA Care Medicare|All Plans $674.18 ↓ -22%
EasyChoice Medicare|All Plans $674.18 ↓ -22%
HCLA Medicare|Preferred IPA $674.18 ↓ -22%
United Medicare|All Plans $687.67 ↓ -21%
United Commercial|Non-Options PPO $719.91 ↓ -17%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Exchange $732.54 ↓ -16%
HPN Medicare|Senior $741.60 ↓ -15%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|BlueShield Promise $820.95 ↓ -6%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|Trauma $842.72 ↓ -3%
HCLA Commercial|Preferred IPA $842.72 ↓ -3%
LA Care Commercial|All Plans $842.73 ↓ -3%
Kaiser Commercial|All Plans $884.10 ↑ +2%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $1,010.40 ↑ +16%
SevenCorners Medicare|All Plans $1,078.69 ↑ +24%
LA Care Medicaid|All Plans $1,092.09 ↑ +26%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|All Other Plans $1,098.81 ↑ +26%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|MCS $1,263.00 ↑ +45%
Care 1st Medicaid|All Plans $1,325.35 ↑ +52%
Blue Shield CA Medicaid|All Plans $1,325.35 ↑ +52%
United Commercial|HMO $6,206.00 ↑ +613%
United Commercial|Options PPO $6,343.00 ↑ +629%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $6,343.00 ↑ +629%

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Eeg wo vid ea 12-26hr unmntr at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Petaluma Valley Hospital Petaluma $1,402.50 $502.87 – $3,530.38
Arroyo Grande Hospital Santa Maria $630.88 $265.07 – $1,444.52
Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield Bakersfield $594.72 $265.07 – $1,282.40
Bakersfield Memorial Hospital Bakersfield $588.31 $265.07 – $1,266.37
Queen of The Valley Medical Center Napa $1,278.57 $529.83 – $4,461.53
Providence St Joseph Hospital Eureka Eureka $1,929.84 $479.94 – $5,059.40
St. Joseph's Behavioral Health Center Stockton $797.12 $139.60 – $1,116.80
Redwood Memorial Hospital Fortuna $1,296.93 $5,071.22 – $5,071.22

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