Encephalitis, st louis igg/igm at St. Mary Medical Center
1050 Linden Ave, Long Beach, CA · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1194840421
$7.46
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.
$17.34
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.
$4.34 with DHR vs $84.05 with Care 1st — 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| DHR | Medicaid|> 21 | $4.34 | ↓ -42% |
| DHR | Medicaid|< 21 | $4.34 | ↓ -42% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|Exchange | $6.59 | ↓ -12% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|All Other Plans | $8.50 | ↑ +14% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|Exchange | $10.06 | ↑ +35% |
| Blue Shield CA | Medicare|BlueShield Promise | $11.28 | ↑ +51% |
| Kaiser | Commercial|All Plans | $12.14 | ↑ +63% |
| Molina | Medicare|All Plans | $13.19 | ↑ +77% |
| United | Medicare|All Plans | $13.19 | ↑ +77% |
| Blue Shield CA | Medicare|All Other Plans | $13.19 | ↑ +77% |
| Health Net | Medicare|HMO | $13.19 | ↑ +77% |
| Cigna | Medicare|All Plans | $13.19 | ↑ +77% |
| Kaiser | Medicare|All Plans | $13.19 | ↑ +77% |
| LA Care | Medicare|All Plans | $13.19 | ↑ +77% |
| Central Health Plan | Medicare|All Plans | $13.19 | ↑ +77% |
| HPN | Medicare|Senior | $13.19 | ↑ +77% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicare|All Plans | $13.19 | ↑ +77% |
| SMIPA | Medicare|All Plans | $13.19 | ↑ +77% |
| Scan Health Plan | Medicare|All Plans | $13.19 | ↑ +77% |
| Humana | Medicare|All Plans | $13.19 | ↑ +77% |
| HCLA | Medicare|Preferred IPA | $13.19 | ↑ +77% |
| Health Net | Medicare|All Other Plans | $13.19 | ↑ +77% |
| EasyChoice | Medicare|All Plans | $13.19 | ↑ +77% |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | $13.88 | ↑ +86% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|All Other Plans | $15.09 | ↑ +102% |
| Noble IPA | Medicaid|> 21 | $15.13 | ↑ +103% |
| Noble IPA | Medicaid|< 21 | $15.13 | ↑ +103% |
| United | Commercial|All Other Plans | $15.83 | ↑ +112% |
| United | Commercial|Options PPO | $15.83 | ↑ +112% |
| United | Commercial|Non-Options PPO | $15.83 | ↑ +112% |
| United | Commercial|HMO | $15.83 | ↑ +112% |
| HCLA | Commercial|Preferred IPA | $16.49 | ↑ +121% |
| Blue Shield CA | Medicare|Trauma | $16.49 | ↑ +121% |
| LA Care | Commercial|All Plans | $16.49 | ↑ +121% |
| HCLA | Medicaid|Preferred IPA < 21 | $16.81 | ↑ +125% |
| Partnership Health Plan | Medicaid|< 21 | $16.81 | ↑ +125% |
| Partnership Health Plan | Medicaid|> 21 | $16.81 | ↑ +125% |
| Inland Empire Health Plan | Medicaid|All Plans | $16.81 | ↑ +125% |
| Angeles IPA | Medicare|All Plans | $16.81 | ↑ +125% |
| HCLA | Medicaid|Preferred IPA > 21 | $16.81 | ↑ +125% |
| Preferred IPA | Medicaid|Risk | $16.81 | ↑ +125% |
| Aetna | Commercial|HMO | $17.34 | ↑ +132% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|< 21 | $17.34 | ↑ +132% |
| Aetna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $17.34 | ↑ +132% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicaid|All Plans | $17.34 | ↑ +132% |
| Molina | Medicaid|All Plans | $17.34 | ↑ +132% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|MCS | $17.34 | ↑ +132% |
| Aetna | Commercial|PPO | $17.34 | ↑ +132% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|> 21 | $17.34 | ↑ +132% |
| SevenCorners | Medicare|All Plans | $21.10 | ↑ +183% |
| Kaiser | Medicaid|< 21 | $25.21 | ↑ +238% |
| Kaiser | Medicaid|> 21 | $25.21 | ↑ +238% |
| Cigna | Commercial|PPO | $29.40 | ↑ +294% |
| Cigna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $29.40 | ↑ +294% |
| LA Care | Medicaid|All Plans | $48.29 | ↑ +547% |
| Blue Shield CA | Medicaid|All Plans | $84.05 | ↑ +1027% |
| Care 1st | Medicaid|All Plans | $84.05 | ↑ +1027% |
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Encephalitis, st louis igg/igm at other California hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| Banner Lassen Medical Center | Susanville | $8.92 | $2.64 – $19.34 |
| Petaluma Valley Hospital | Petaluma | $43.76 | $12.93 – $107.66 |
| Arroyo Grande Hospital | Santa Maria | $7.43 | $8.67 – $33.97 |
| French Hospital | San Luis Obispo | $6.80 | $4.69 – $39.94 |
| Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield | Bakersfield | $6.44 | $8.24 – $37.89 |
| Bakersfield Memorial Hospital | Bakersfield | $6.37 | $8.24 – $37.89 |
| Queen of The Valley Medical Center | Napa | $43.76 | $13.19 – $136.06 |
| Providence St Joseph Hospital Eureka | Eureka | $43.76 | $13.19 – $154.29 |