Established Patient Office Visit (level 2) 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

$90.73

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.

$211.00

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.

$25.96 with BCBS - Anthem vs $232.00 with Cigna — 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
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|All Plans $25.96 ↓ -71%
Noble IPA Medicaid|> 21 $29.02 ↓ -68%
Noble IPA Medicaid|< 21 $29.02 ↓ -68%
Partnership Health Plan Medicaid|> 21 $32.25 ↓ -64%
Partnership Health Plan Medicaid|< 21 $32.25 ↓ -64%
HCLA Medicaid|Preferred IPA > 21 $32.25 ↓ -64%
HCLA Medicaid|Preferred IPA < 21 $32.25 ↓ -64%
Preferred IPA Medicaid|Risk $32.25 ↓ -64%
Angeles IPA Medicare|All Plans $32.25 ↓ -64%
Inland Empire Health Plan Medicaid|All Plans $32.25 ↓ -64%
Health Net Medicaid|< 21 $42.99 ↓ -53%
Health Net Medicaid|> 21 $42.99 ↓ -53%
Molina Medicaid|All Plans $45.15 ↓ -50%
Kaiser Medicaid|< 21 $48.38 ↓ -47%
Kaiser Medicaid|> 21 $48.38 ↓ -47%
DHR Medicaid|< 21 $52.75 ↓ -42%
DHR Medicaid|> 21 $52.75 ↓ -42%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Exchange $105.50 ↑ +16%
United Commercial|Non-Options PPO $122.38 ↑ +35%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|Exchange $128.00 ↑ +41%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $130.82 ↑ +44%
United Commercial|Options PPO $130.82 ↑ +44%
LA Care Medicaid|All Plans $132.87 ↑ +46%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|BlueShield Promise $137.15 ↑ +51%
Kaiser Commercial|All Plans $147.70 ↑ +63%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|All Other Plans $156.14 ↑ +72%
Blue Shield CA Medicaid|All Plans $161.25 ↑ +78%
Care 1st Medicaid|All Plans $161.25 ↑ +78%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $168.80 ↑ +86%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|All Other Plans $170.00 ↑ +87%
United Commercial|HMO $202.56 ↑ +123%
SMIPA Medicare|All Plans $211.00 ↑ +133%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|MCS $211.00 ↑ +133%
Cigna Commercial|PPO $232.00 ↑ +156%
Cigna Commercial|All Other Plans $232.00 ↑ +156%

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Established Patient Office Visit (level 2) at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
St. John's Camarillo Hospital Camarillo $559.01 $28.15 – $226.00
Banner Lassen Medical Center Susanville $737.20 $29.86 – $276.45
Arroyo Grande Hospital Santa Maria $130.54 $16.37 – $305.00
Mark Twain Medical Center San Andreas $68.60 $8.28 – $32.00
French Hospital San Luis Obispo $119.56 $16.37 – $298.90
Bakersfield Memorial Hospital Bakersfield $86.25 $32.25 – $232.00
Healdsburg Hospital Healdsburg $205.02 not published
Redwood Memorial Hospital Fortuna $55.08 not published

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