ER Visit (level 2) at St. Mary Medical Center
1050 Linden Ave, Long Beach, CA · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1194840421
$602.00
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.
$1,400.00
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.
$31.47 with Noble IPA vs $5,826.00 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.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Noble IPA | Medicaid|> 21 | $31.47 | ↓ -95% |
| Noble IPA | Medicaid|< 21 | $31.47 | ↓ -95% |
| Inland Empire Health Plan | Medicaid|All Plans | $34.97 | ↓ -94% |
| Preferred IPA | Medicaid|Risk | $34.97 | ↓ -94% |
| Angeles IPA | Medicare|All Plans | $34.97 | ↓ -94% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicaid|All Plans | $34.97 | ↓ -94% |
| Partnership Health Plan | Medicaid|> 21 | $34.97 | ↓ -94% |
| HCLA | Medicaid|Preferred IPA > 21 | $34.97 | ↓ -94% |
| HCLA | Medicaid|Preferred IPA < 21 | $34.97 | ↓ -94% |
| Partnership Health Plan | Medicaid|< 21 | $34.97 | ↓ -94% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|< 21 | $46.62 | ↓ -92% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|> 21 | $46.62 | ↓ -92% |
| Molina | Medicaid|All Plans | $48.96 | ↓ -92% |
| Kaiser | Medicaid|< 21 | $52.45 | ↓ -91% |
| Kaiser | Medicaid|> 21 | $52.45 | ↓ -91% |
| LA Care | Medicaid|All Plans | $144.08 | ↓ -76% |
| SMIPA | Medicare|All Plans | $150.36 | ↓ -75% |
| Blue Shield CA | Medicaid|All Plans | $174.85 | ↓ -71% |
| Care 1st | Medicaid|All Plans | $174.85 | ↓ -71% |
| Health Net | Medicare|HMO | $201.21 | ↓ -67% |
| Health Net | Medicare|All Other Plans | $201.21 | ↓ -67% |
| Blue Shield CA | Medicare|All Other Plans | $201.21 | ↓ -67% |
| LA Care | Medicare|All Plans | $201.21 | ↓ -67% |
| Cigna | Medicare|All Plans | $201.21 | ↓ -67% |
| Scan Health Plan | Medicare|All Plans | $201.21 | ↓ -67% |
| Kaiser | Medicare|All Plans | $201.21 | ↓ -67% |
| EasyChoice | Medicare|All Plans | $201.21 | ↓ -67% |
| Central Health Plan | Medicare|All Plans | $201.21 | ↓ -67% |
| HCLA | Medicare|Preferred IPA | $201.21 | ↓ -67% |
| Molina | Medicare|All Plans | $201.21 | ↓ -67% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicare|All Plans | $201.21 | ↓ -67% |
| Humana | Medicare|All Plans | $201.21 | ↓ -67% |
| United | Medicare|All Plans | $205.24 | ↓ -66% |
| HPN | Medicare|Senior | $221.33 | ↓ -63% |
| Blue Shield CA | Medicare|Trauma | $251.51 | ↓ -58% |
| LA Care | Commercial|All Plans | $251.51 | ↓ -58% |
| HCLA | Commercial|Preferred IPA | $251.51 | ↓ -58% |
| SevenCorners | Medicare|All Plans | $321.94 | ↓ -47% |
| DHR | Medicaid|< 21 | $350.00 | ↓ -42% |
| DHR | Medicaid|> 21 | $350.00 | ↓ -42% |
| Healthcare Partners | Medicare|All Plans | $644.00 | ↑ +7% |
| Healthcare Partners | Commercial|All Plans | $728.00 | ↑ +21% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|Exchange | $812.00 | ↑ +35% |
| Cigna | Commercial|PPO | $868.00 | ↑ +44% |
| Cigna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $868.00 | ↑ +44% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|All Other Plans | $896.00 | ↑ +49% |
| Blue Shield CA | Medicare|BlueShield Promise | $910.00 | ↑ +51% |
| Health Net | Commercial|EPPO | $929.00 | ↑ +54% |
| Aetna | Commercial|PPO | $952.00 | ↑ +58% |
| Aetna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $952.00 | ↑ +58% |
| Aetna | Commercial|HMO | $952.00 | ↑ +58% |
| Kaiser | Commercial|All Plans | $980.00 | ↑ +63% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|Exchange | $1,061.00 | ↑ +76% |
| HPN | Commercial|All Plans | $1,078.00 | ↑ +79% |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | $1,120.00 | ↑ +86% |
| Health Net | Commercial|Care Product | $1,129.00 | ↑ +88% |
| Health Net | Commercial|All Other Plans | $1,294.00 | ↑ +115% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|All Other Plans | $1,584.00 | ↑ +163% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|MCS | $2,455.00 | ↑ +308% |
| United | Commercial|HMO | $3,632.00 | ↑ +503% |
| United | Commercial|Non-Options PPO | $4,671.00 | ↑ +676% |
| United | Commercial|All Other Plans | $5,826.00 | ↑ +868% |
| United | Commercial|Options PPO | $5,826.00 | ↑ +868% |
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ER Visit (level 2) at other California hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| St. John's Camarillo Hospital | Camarillo | $556.26 | $52.90 – $887.24 |
| Banner Lassen Medical Center | Susanville | $502.82 | $31.67 – $606.25 |
| Petaluma Valley Hospital | Petaluma | $1,094.46 | $206.92 – $211.14 |
| Arroyo Grande Hospital | Santa Maria | $510.18 | $34.97 – $1,060.36 |
| Mark Twain Medical Center | San Andreas | $458.88 | $31.57 – $119.56 |
| French Hospital | San Luis Obispo | $467.27 | $34.97 – $1,168.16 |
| Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield | Bakersfield | $554.65 | $34.97 – $1,225.90 |
| Bakersfield Memorial Hospital | Bakersfield | $548.67 | $34.97 – $1,225.90 |