Fluoroguide for spine inject 77003-26 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

$593.40

Cash price

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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.

$1,380.00

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.

$51.19 with Noble IPA vs $1,352.00 with SMIPA — 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 $51.19 ↓ -91%
Noble IPA Medicaid|< 21 $51.19 ↓ -91%
Partnership Health Plan Medicaid|< 21 $56.88 ↓ -90%
HCLA Medicaid|Preferred IPA > 21 $56.88 ↓ -90%
Preferred IPA Medicaid|Risk $56.88 ↓ -90%
HCLA Medicaid|Preferred IPA < 21 $56.88 ↓ -90%
Angeles IPA Medicare|All Plans $56.88 ↓ -90%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|All Plans $56.88 ↓ -90%
Inland Empire Health Plan Medicaid|All Plans $56.88 ↓ -90%
Partnership Health Plan Medicaid|> 21 $56.88 ↓ -90%
Health Net Medicaid|> 21 $75.82 ↓ -87%
Health Net Medicaid|< 21 $75.82 ↓ -87%
Molina Medicaid|All Plans $79.63 ↓ -87%
Kaiser Medicaid|< 21 $85.32 ↓ -86%
Kaiser Medicaid|> 21 $85.32 ↓ -86%
DHR Medicaid|> 21 $165.75 ↓ -72%
DHR Medicaid|< 21 $165.75 ↓ -72%
Aetna Commercial|All Other Plans $226.50 ↓ -62%
Aetna Commercial|PPO $226.50 ↓ -62%
Aetna Commercial|HMO $226.50 ↓ -62%
LA Care Medicaid|All Plans $234.35 ↓ -61%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Exchange $243.61 ↓ -59%
Blue Shield CA Medicaid|All Plans $284.40 ↓ -52%
Care 1st Medicaid|All Plans $284.40 ↓ -52%
Healthcare Partners Medicare|All Plans $338.13 ↓ -43%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|All Other Plans $363.22 ↓ -39%
Healthcare Partners Commercial|All Plans $377.91 ↓ -36%
United Commercial|Non-Options PPO $384.54 ↓ -35%
United Commercial|Options PPO $411.06 ↓ -31%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $411.06 ↓ -31%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|BlueShield Promise $430.95 ↓ -27%
Kaiser Commercial|All Plans $464.10 ↓ -22%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $530.40 ↓ -11%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|MCS $563.13 ↓ -5%
United Commercial|HMO $636.48 ↑ +7%
SMIPA Medicare|All Plans $1,352.00 ↑ +128%

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Fluoroguide for spine inject 77003-26 at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
St. John's Camarillo Hospital Camarillo $623.72 $86.05 – $1,110.72
Banner Lassen Medical Center Susanville $303.73 $93.85 – $449.11
Petaluma Valley Hospital Petaluma $2,043.06 $178.95 – $300.18
Arroyo Grande Hospital Santa Maria $591.07 $56.88 – $1,041.74
Mark Twain Medical Center San Andreas $646.69 $56.88 – $518.42
French Hospital San Luis Obispo $416.70 $56.88 – $243.04
Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield Bakersfield $317.21 $56.88 – $684.00
Bakersfield Memorial Hospital Bakersfield $313.79 $56.88 – $846.45

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