Fracture assessment via dxa 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

$362.92

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.

$844.00

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.

$27.20 with Noble IPA vs $661.60 with MultiPlan — 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 $27.20 ↓ -93%
Noble IPA Medicaid|> 21 $27.20 ↓ -93%
Preferred IPA Medicaid|Risk $30.22 ↓ -92%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|All Plans $30.22 ↓ -92%
HCLA Medicaid|Preferred IPA > 21 $30.22 ↓ -92%
HCLA Medicaid|Preferred IPA < 21 $30.22 ↓ -92%
Angeles IPA Medicare|All Plans $30.22 ↓ -92%
Inland Empire Health Plan Medicaid|All Plans $30.22 ↓ -92%
Partnership Health Plan Medicaid|> 21 $30.22 ↓ -92%
Partnership Health Plan Medicaid|< 21 $30.22 ↓ -92%
Health Net Medicaid|< 21 $40.28 ↓ -89%
Health Net Medicaid|> 21 $40.28 ↓ -89%
Molina Medicaid|All Plans $42.31 ↓ -88%
Kaiser Medicaid|< 21 $45.33 ↓ -88%
Kaiser Medicaid|> 21 $45.33 ↓ -88%
SMIPA Medicare|All Plans $93.78 ↓ -74%
Molina Medicare|All Plans $111.88 ↓ -69%
Humana Medicare|All Plans $111.88 ↓ -69%
Health Net Medicare|All Other Plans $111.88 ↓ -69%
Health Net Medicare|HMO $111.88 ↓ -69%
Cigna Medicare|All Plans $111.88 ↓ -69%
Kaiser Medicare|All Plans $111.88 ↓ -69%
Central Health Plan Medicare|All Plans $111.88 ↓ -69%
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|All Plans $111.88 ↓ -69%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|All Other Plans $111.88 ↓ -69%
Scan Health Plan Medicare|All Plans $111.88 ↓ -69%
LA Care Medicare|All Plans $111.88 ↓ -69%
EasyChoice Medicare|All Plans $111.88 ↓ -69%
HCLA Medicare|Preferred IPA $111.88 ↓ -69%
United Medicare|All Plans $114.12 ↓ -69%
HPN Medicare|Senior $123.07 ↓ -66%
LA Care Medicaid|All Plans $124.51 ↓ -66%
HCLA Commercial|Preferred IPA $139.85 ↓ -61%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|Trauma $139.85 ↓ -61%
LA Care Commercial|All Plans $139.85 ↓ -61%
Care 1st Medicaid|All Plans $151.10 ↓ -58%
Blue Shield CA Medicaid|All Plans $151.10 ↓ -58%
Aetna Commercial|PPO $175.65 ↓ -52%
Aetna Commercial|HMO $175.65 ↓ -52%
Aetna Commercial|All Other Plans $175.65 ↓ -52%
SevenCorners Medicare|All Plans $179.01 ↓ -51%
United Commercial|Non-Options PPO $182.03 ↓ -50%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $182.03 ↓ -50%
United Commercial|HMO $182.03 ↓ -50%
United Commercial|Options PPO $182.03 ↓ -50%
DHR Medicaid|< 21 $206.75 ↓ -43%
DHR Medicaid|> 21 $206.75 ↓ -43%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Exchange $263.05 ↓ -28%
Cigna Commercial|PPO $329.14 ↓ -9%
Cigna Commercial|All Other Plans $329.14 ↓ -9%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|All Other Plans $392.22 ↑ +8%
Healthcare Partners Medicare|All Plans $421.77 ↑ +16%
Healthcare Partners Commercial|All Plans $471.39 ↑ +30%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|BlueShield Promise $537.55 ↑ +48%
Kaiser Commercial|All Plans $578.90 ↑ +60%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|MCS $608.08 ↑ +68%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $661.60 ↑ +82%

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Fracture assessment via dxa at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Banner Lassen Medical Center Susanville $173.18 $17.61 – $256.08
Mark Twain Medical Center San Andreas $359.64 $30.22 – $157.78
Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield Bakersfield $69.01 $30.22 – $424.11
Bakersfield Memorial Hospital Bakersfield $68.27 $30.22 – $424.11
Healdsburg Hospital Healdsburg $88.74 $84.24 – $171.35
St. Joseph's Medical Center Stockton Stockton $327.81 $30.22 – $182.03
Mercy Medical Center Mt. Shasta Mt Shasta $178.94 $41.10 – $225.40
Mercy Medical Center Merced Merced $103.52 $30.22 – $96.80

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