Ft insert ucb berkeley shell 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

$546.10

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.

$1,270.00

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.

$227.19 with BCBS - Anthem vs $1,629.40 with Blue Shield CA — 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 $227.19 ↓ -58%
Preferred IPA Medicaid|Risk $266.70 ↓ -51%
Molina Medicaid|All Plans $292.10 ↓ -47%
Noble IPA Medicaid|< 21 $293.29 ↓ -46%
Noble IPA Medicaid|> 21 $293.29 ↓ -46%
DHR Medicaid|< 21 $317.50 ↓ -42%
DHR Medicaid|> 21 $317.50 ↓ -42%
Partnership Health Plan Medicaid|> 21 $325.88 ↓ -40%
HCLA Medicaid|Preferred IPA > 21 $325.88 ↓ -40%
HCLA Medicaid|Preferred IPA < 21 $325.88 ↓ -40%
Angeles IPA Medicare|All Plans $325.88 ↓ -40%
Inland Empire Health Plan Medicaid|All Plans $325.88 ↓ -40%
Partnership Health Plan Medicaid|< 21 $325.88 ↓ -40%
HPN Commercial|All Plans $330.20 ↓ -40%
Cigna Commercial|All Other Plans $381.00 ↓ -30%
Cigna Commercial|PPO $381.00 ↓ -30%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Exchange $431.80 ↓ -21%
Health Net Medicaid|> 21 $434.40 ↓ -20%
Health Net Medicaid|< 21 $434.40 ↓ -20%
Health Net Commercial|EPPO $469.90 ↓ -14%
Kaiser Medicaid|> 21 $488.82 ↓ -10%
Kaiser Medicaid|< 21 $488.82 ↓ -10%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|Exchange $520.70 ↓ -5%
Health Net Commercial|Care Product $571.50 ↑ +5%
United Commercial|Non-Options PPO $596.90 ↑ +9%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $635.00 ↑ +16%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|All Other Plans $635.00 ↑ +16%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|MCS $635.00 ↑ +16%
United Commercial|Options PPO $635.00 ↑ +16%
Health Net Commercial|All Other Plans $660.40 ↑ +21%
United Commercial|HMO $660.40 ↑ +21%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|All Other Plans $698.50 ↑ +28%
Aetna Commercial|All Other Plans $736.60 ↑ +35%
Aetna Commercial|HMO $736.60 ↑ +35%
Aetna Commercial|PPO $736.60 ↑ +35%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|BlueShield Promise $825.50 ↑ +51%
Kaiser Commercial|All Plans $889.00 ↑ +63%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $1,016.00 ↑ +86%
SMIPA Medicare|All Plans $1,270.00 ↑ +133%
LA Care Medicaid|All Plans $1,342.63 ↑ +146%
Care 1st Medicaid|All Plans $1,629.40 ↑ +198%
Blue Shield CA Medicaid|All Plans $1,629.40 ↑ +198%

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Ft insert ucb berkeley shell at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Community Hospital San Bernardino San Bernardino $496.57 $266.70 – $1,629.40
Glendale Memorial Hospital Health Center Glendale $414.02 $40.00 – $1,378.47
St. Bernardine Medical Center San Bernardino $422.91 $254.00 – $1,629.40
Providence Cedars-Sinai Tarzana Medical Center Tarzana not published $376.80 – $697.08
Providence Saint Joseph Medical Center Burbank not published $376.80 – $697.08
Providence St Joseph Hospital Orange Orange not published $320.28 – $697.08
Providence Holy Cross Medical Center Mission Hills not published $376.80 – $697.08
Providence Little Co of Mary Med Center San Pedro San Pedro not published $376.80 – $697.08

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