Established Patient Office Visit (level 4) 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

$832.48

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.

$1,936.00

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.

$53.79 with BCBS - Anthem vs $334.05 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.

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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 $53.79 ↓ -94%
Noble IPA Medicaid|> 21 $60.13 ↓ -93%
Noble IPA Medicaid|< 21 $60.13 ↓ -93%
Angeles IPA Medicare|All Plans $66.81 ↓ -92%
Inland Empire Health Plan Medicaid|All Plans $66.81 ↓ -92%
HCLA Medicaid|Preferred IPA > 21 $66.81 ↓ -92%
Preferred IPA Medicaid|Risk $66.81 ↓ -92%
Partnership Health Plan Medicaid|< 21 $66.81 ↓ -92%
Partnership Health Plan Medicaid|> 21 $66.81 ↓ -92%
HCLA Medicaid|Preferred IPA < 21 $66.81 ↓ -92%
DHR Medicaid|< 21 $71.00 ↓ -91%
DHR Medicaid|> 21 $71.00 ↓ -91%
Health Net Medicaid|> 21 $89.06 ↓ -89%
Health Net Medicaid|< 21 $89.06 ↓ -89%
Molina Medicaid|All Plans $93.53 ↓ -89%
Kaiser Medicaid|< 21 $100.22 ↓ -88%
Kaiser Medicaid|> 21 $100.22 ↓ -88%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|Exchange $128.00 ↓ -85%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Exchange $142.00 ↓ -83%
United Commercial|Non-Options PPO $164.72 ↓ -80%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|All Other Plans $170.00 ↓ -80%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $176.08 ↓ -79%
United Commercial|Options PPO $176.08 ↓ -79%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|BlueShield Promise $184.60 ↓ -78%
Kaiser Commercial|All Plans $198.80 ↓ -76%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|All Other Plans $210.16 ↓ -75%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $227.20 ↓ -73%
Cigna Commercial|PPO $232.00 ↓ -72%
Cigna Commercial|All Other Plans $232.00 ↓ -72%
United Commercial|HMO $272.64 ↓ -67%
LA Care Medicaid|All Plans $275.26 ↓ -67%
SMIPA Medicare|All Plans $284.00 ↓ -66%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|MCS $284.00 ↓ -66%
Blue Shield CA Medicaid|All Plans $334.05 ↓ -60%
Care 1st Medicaid|All Plans $334.05 ↓ -60%

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Established Patient Office Visit (level 4) at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
St. John's Camarillo Hospital Camarillo $1,166.40 $83.70 – $241.80
Banner Lassen Medical Center Susanville $2,281.82 $61.88 – $475.30
Arroyo Grande Hospital Santa Maria $1,129.07 $53.79 – $381.00
Mark Twain Medical Center San Andreas $212.46 $55.63 – $210.70
French Hospital San Luis Obispo $784.40 $53.79 – $373.38
Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield Bakersfield $140.61 $66.81 – $303.20
Bakersfield Memorial Hospital Bakersfield $134.33 $66.81 – $314.82
St. Joseph's Behavioral Health Center Stockton $69.67 $12.20 – $105.53

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