Emg cranial nerve bilateral 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

$350.02

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What a hospital charges a self-pay patient who pays directly, without going through insurance — usually well below the gross charge.

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$814.00

Gross charge

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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.

$93.42 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.

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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
HCLA Medicaid|Preferred IPA < 21 $93.42 ↓ -73%
Inland Empire Health Plan Medicaid|All Plans $93.42 ↓ -73%
HCLA Medicaid|Preferred IPA > 21 $93.42 ↓ -73%
Partnership Health Plan Medicaid|> 21 $93.42 ↓ -73%
Partnership Health Plan Medicaid|< 21 $93.42 ↓ -73%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|All Plans $116.77 ↓ -67%
Health Net Medicaid|> 21 $124.25 ↓ -65%
Health Net Medicaid|< 21 $124.25 ↓ -65%
Noble IPA Medicaid|< 21 $133.29 ↓ -62%
Noble IPA Medicaid|> 21 $133.29 ↓ -62%
Kaiser Medicaid|< 21 $140.13 ↓ -60%
Kaiser Medicaid|> 21 $140.13 ↓ -60%
Preferred IPA Medicaid|Risk $148.10 ↓ -58%
Angeles IPA Medicare|All Plans $148.10 ↓ -58%
SMIPA Medicare|All Plans $162.57 ↓ -54%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Exchange $176.30 ↓ -50%
DHR Medicaid|< 21 $203.50 ↓ -42%
DHR Medicaid|> 21 $203.50 ↓ -42%
Molina Medicaid|All Plans $207.34 ↓ -41%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|All Other Plans $262.87 ↓ -25%
LA Care Medicaid|All Plans $384.89 ↑ +10%
Central Health Plan Medicare|All Plans $395.66 ↑ +13%
Humana Medicare|All Plans $395.66 ↑ +13%
Molina Medicare|All Plans $395.66 ↑ +13%
Health Net Medicare|All Other Plans $395.66 ↑ +13%
Health Net Medicare|HMO $395.66 ↑ +13%
Cigna Medicare|All Plans $395.66 ↑ +13%
Kaiser Medicare|All Plans $395.66 ↑ +13%
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|All Plans $395.66 ↑ +13%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|All Other Plans $395.66 ↑ +13%
Scan Health Plan Medicare|All Plans $395.66 ↑ +13%
LA Care Medicare|All Plans $395.66 ↑ +13%
EasyChoice Medicare|All Plans $395.66 ↑ +13%
HCLA Medicare|Preferred IPA $395.66 ↑ +13%
United Medicare|All Plans $403.58 ↑ +15%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|MCS $407.55 ↑ +16%
HPN Medicare|Senior $435.23 ↑ +24%
United Commercial|Non-Options PPO $463.98 ↑ +33%
LA Care Commercial|All Plans $494.57 ↑ +41%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|Trauma $494.58 ↑ +41%
HCLA Commercial|Preferred IPA $494.58 ↑ +41%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|BlueShield Promise $529.10 ↑ +51%
Kaiser Commercial|All Plans $569.80 ↑ +63%
SevenCorners Medicare|All Plans $633.06 ↑ +81%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $651.20 ↑ +86%
Care 1st Medicaid|All Plans $740.50 ↑ +112%
Blue Shield CA Medicaid|All Plans $740.50 ↑ +112%
United Commercial|HMO $6,206.00 ↑ +1673%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $6,343.00 ↑ +1712%
United Commercial|Options PPO $6,343.00 ↑ +1712%

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Emg cranial nerve bilateral at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
St. John's Camarillo Hospital Camarillo $219.88 $114.91 – $702.96
Mercy Medical Center Mt. Shasta Mt Shasta $551.61 $158.81 – $694.82
Providence Saint Joseph Medical Center Burbank $517.30 $121.06 – $513.77
Community Hospital San Bernardino San Bernardino $310.07 $93.42 – $7,832.00
Glendale Memorial Hospital Health Center Glendale $339.70 $145.96 – $833.60
Mercy Medical Center Redding Redding $432.98 $185.66 – $836.92
St. Bernardine Medical Center San Bernardino $264.07 $93.42 – $5,761.00
St. Elizabeth Community Hospital Red Bluff $500.49 $166.98 – $839.86

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