Endoluminl ivus oct c 1st 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

$847.10

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.

$1,970.00

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.

$290.71 with Noble IPA vs $6,054.00 with BCBS - Anthem — 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 $290.71 ↓ -66%
Noble IPA Medicaid|< 21 $290.71 ↓ -66%
HCLA Medicaid|Preferred IPA < 21 $323.01 ↓ -62%
Preferred IPA Medicaid|Risk $323.01 ↓ -62%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|All Plans $323.01 ↓ -62%
Partnership Health Plan Medicaid|< 21 $323.01 ↓ -62%
Partnership Health Plan Medicaid|> 21 $323.01 ↓ -62%
Inland Empire Health Plan Medicaid|All Plans $323.01 ↓ -62%
Angeles IPA Medicare|All Plans $323.01 ↓ -62%
HCLA Medicaid|Preferred IPA > 21 $323.01 ↓ -62%
Health Net Medicaid|> 21 $430.57 ↓ -49%
Health Net Medicaid|< 21 $430.57 ↓ -49%
Molina Medicaid|All Plans $452.21 ↓ -47%
Kaiser Medicaid|< 21 $484.51 ↓ -43%
Kaiser Medicaid|> 21 $484.51 ↓ -43%
DHR Medicaid|> 21 $492.50 ↓ -42%
DHR Medicaid|< 21 $492.50 ↓ -42%
Healthcare Partners Medicare|All Plans $906.20 ↑ +7%
Healthcare Partners Commercial|All Plans $1,024.40 ↑ +21%
United Commercial|Non-Options PPO $1,142.60 ↑ +35%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $1,221.40 ↑ +44%
United Commercial|Options PPO $1,221.40 ↑ +44%
HPN Commercial|All Plans $1,241.10 ↑ +47%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|BlueShield Promise $1,280.50 ↑ +51%
LA Care Medicaid|All Plans $1,330.80 ↑ +57%
Kaiser Commercial|All Plans $1,379.00 ↑ +63%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $1,576.00 ↑ +86%
Care 1st Medicaid|All Plans $1,615.05 ↑ +91%
Blue Shield CA Medicaid|All Plans $1,615.05 ↑ +91%
United Commercial|HMO $1,891.20 ↑ +123%
SMIPA Medicare|All Plans $1,970.00 ↑ +133%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Exchange $2,617.00 ↑ +209%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|All Other Plans $3,906.00 ↑ +361%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|MCS $6,054.00 ↑ +615%

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Endoluminl ivus oct c 1st at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
St. John's Camarillo Hospital Camarillo $3,335.81 $488.68 – $5,940.48
Arroyo Grande Hospital Santa Maria $3,857.57 $323.01 – $8,832.74
French Hospital San Luis Obispo $3,604.05 $323.01 – $9,010.12
Bakersfield Memorial Hospital Bakersfield $1,789.86 $323.01 – $4,828.23
Queen of The Valley Medical Center Napa $17,827.05 $1,659.53 – $6,200.00
Providence St Joseph Hospital Eureka Eureka $1,157.19 $2,699.00 – $8,018.00
St. Joseph's Medical Center Stockton Stockton $6,620.30 $323.01 – $18,915.12
Santa Rosa Memorial Hospital Santa Rosa $13,929.12 $1,633.34 – $4,042.00

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