Emg needle test 4-extremities 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

$814.85

Cash price

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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.

$1,895.00

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.

$162.57 with SMIPA 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
SMIPA Medicare|All Plans $162.57 ↓ -80%
Partnership Health Plan Medicaid|< 21 $188.19 ↓ -77%
HCLA Medicaid|Preferred IPA > 21 $188.19 ↓ -77%
HCLA Medicaid|Preferred IPA < 21 $188.19 ↓ -77%
Inland Empire Health Plan Medicaid|All Plans $188.19 ↓ -77%
Partnership Health Plan Medicaid|> 21 $188.19 ↓ -77%
Central Health Plan Medicare|All Plans $198.80 ↓ -76%
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|All Plans $198.80 ↓ -76%
Molina Medicare|All Plans $198.80 ↓ -76%
EasyChoice Medicare|All Plans $198.80 ↓ -76%
Health Net Medicare|All Other Plans $198.80 ↓ -76%
Humana Medicare|All Plans $198.80 ↓ -76%
HCLA Medicare|Preferred IPA $198.80 ↓ -76%
Health Net Medicare|HMO $198.80 ↓ -76%
Cigna Medicare|All Plans $198.80 ↓ -76%
LA Care Medicare|All Plans $198.80 ↓ -76%
Kaiser Medicare|All Plans $198.80 ↓ -76%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|All Other Plans $198.80 ↓ -76%
Scan Health Plan Medicare|All Plans $198.80 ↓ -76%
United Medicare|All Plans $202.78 ↓ -75%
HPN Medicare|Senior $218.68 ↓ -73%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|All Plans $235.24 ↓ -71%
LA Care Commercial|All Plans $248.50 ↓ -70%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|Trauma $248.50 ↓ -70%
HCLA Commercial|Preferred IPA $248.50 ↓ -70%
Health Net Medicaid|> 21 $250.29 ↓ -69%
Health Net Medicaid|< 21 $250.29 ↓ -69%
Noble IPA Medicaid|> 21 $268.52 ↓ -67%
Noble IPA Medicaid|< 21 $268.52 ↓ -67%
Kaiser Medicaid|> 21 $282.28 ↓ -65%
Kaiser Medicaid|< 21 $282.28 ↓ -65%
Angeles IPA Medicare|All Plans $298.36 ↓ -63%
Preferred IPA Medicaid|Risk $298.36 ↓ -63%
SevenCorners Medicare|All Plans $318.08 ↓ -61%
Molina Medicaid|All Plans $417.70 ↓ -49%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Exchange $451.26 ↓ -45%
DHR Medicaid|> 21 $473.75 ↓ -42%
DHR Medicaid|< 21 $473.75 ↓ -42%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|All Other Plans $672.85 ↓ -17%
LA Care Medicaid|All Plans $775.34 ↓ -5%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|MCS $1,043.17 ↑ +28%
United Commercial|Non-Options PPO $1,080.15 ↑ +33%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|BlueShield Promise $1,231.75 ↑ +51%
Kaiser Commercial|All Plans $1,326.50 ↑ +63%
Care 1st Medicaid|All Plans $1,491.80 ↑ +83%
Blue Shield CA Medicaid|All Plans $1,491.80 ↑ +83%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $1,516.00 ↑ +86%
United Commercial|HMO $6,206.00 ↑ +662%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $6,343.00 ↑ +678%
United Commercial|Options PPO $6,343.00 ↑ +678%

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Emg needle test 4-extremities at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
St. John's Camarillo Hospital Camarillo $579.04 $198.80 – $1,031.16
Bakersfield Memorial Hospital Bakersfield $663.91 $188.19 – $1,429.11
Mercy Medical Center Mt. Shasta Mt Shasta $729.77 $225.12 – $938.00
Northridge Hospital Medical Center Northridge $493.56 $188.19 – $3,827.00
Providence Cedars-Sinai Tarzana Medical Center Tarzana $1,709.75 $159.50 – $306.17
Providence Saint Joseph Medical Center Burbank $2,856.00 $165.49 – $308.49
Community Hospital San Bernardino San Bernardino $249.85 $188.19 – $7,832.00
Glendale Memorial Hospital Health Center Glendale $404.90 $198.80 – $993.60

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