Gastric emptying imag study at St. Mary Medical Center
1050 Linden Ave, Long Beach, CA · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1194840421
$489.34
Cash price 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.
$1,138.00
Gross charge 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.
$284.50 with DHR vs $1,749.00 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.
Full explanation →
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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.
Full explanation →Payer ?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. Full explanation → |
Plan ?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. Full explanation → |
Negotiated rate | vs. cash |
|---|---|---|---|
| DHR | Medicaid|> 21 | $284.50 | ↓ -42% |
| DHR | Medicaid|< 21 | $284.50 | ↓ -42% |
| Noble IPA | Medicaid|> 21 | $314.82 | ↓ -36% |
| Noble IPA | Medicaid|< 21 | $314.82 | ↓ -36% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicaid|All Plans | $349.80 | ↓ -29% |
| HCLA | Medicaid|Preferred IPA < 21 | $349.80 | ↓ -29% |
| Angeles IPA | Medicare|All Plans | $349.80 | ↓ -29% |
| HCLA | Medicaid|Preferred IPA > 21 | $349.80 | ↓ -29% |
| Inland Empire Health Plan | Medicaid|All Plans | $349.80 | ↓ -29% |
| Partnership Health Plan | Medicaid|> 21 | $349.80 | ↓ -29% |
| Partnership Health Plan | Medicaid|< 21 | $349.80 | ↓ -29% |
| Preferred IPA | Medicaid|Risk | $349.80 | ↓ -29% |
| SMIPA | Medicare|All Plans | $432.58 | ↓ -12% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|> 21 | $466.28 | ↓ -5% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|< 21 | $466.28 | ↓ -5% |
| Molina | Medicaid|All Plans | $489.72 | ↑ +0% |
| HCLA | Medicare|Preferred IPA | $510.57 | ↑ +4% |
| Humana | Medicare|All Plans | $510.57 | ↑ +4% |
| Molina | Medicare|All Plans | $510.57 | ↑ +4% |
| Health Net | Medicare|All Other Plans | $510.57 | ↑ +4% |
| Health Net | Medicare|HMO | $510.57 | ↑ +4% |
| Cigna | Medicare|All Plans | $510.57 | ↑ +4% |
| Kaiser | Medicare|All Plans | $510.57 | ↑ +4% |
| Central Health Plan | Medicare|All Plans | $510.57 | ↑ +4% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicare|All Plans | $510.57 | ↑ +4% |
| Blue Shield CA | Medicare|All Other Plans | $510.57 | ↑ +4% |
| Scan Health Plan | Medicare|All Plans | $510.57 | ↑ +4% |
| LA Care | Medicare|All Plans | $510.57 | ↑ +4% |
| EasyChoice | Medicare|All Plans | $510.57 | ↑ +4% |
| United | Medicare|All Plans | $520.79 | ↑ +6% |
| Kaiser | Medicaid|> 21 | $524.70 | ↑ +7% |
| Kaiser | Medicaid|< 21 | $524.70 | ↑ +7% |
| HPN | Medicare|Senior | $561.63 | ↑ +15% |
| Healthcare Partners | Medicare|All Plans | $580.38 | ↑ +19% |
| HCLA | Commercial|Preferred IPA | $638.21 | ↑ +30% |
| Blue Shield CA | Medicare|Trauma | $638.21 | ↑ +30% |
| LA Care | Commercial|All Plans | $638.21 | ↑ +30% |
| Healthcare Partners | Commercial|All Plans | $648.66 | ↑ +33% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|Exchange | $660.04 | ↑ +35% |
| Blue Shield CA | Medicare|BlueShield Promise | $739.70 | ↑ +51% |
| Kaiser | Commercial|All Plans | $796.60 | ↑ +63% |
| SevenCorners | Medicare|All Plans | $816.91 | ↑ +67% |
| United | Commercial|Options PPO | $848.52 | ↑ +73% |
| United | Commercial|Non-Options PPO | $848.52 | ↑ +73% |
| United | Commercial|HMO | $848.52 | ↑ +73% |
| United | Commercial|All Other Plans | $848.52 | ↑ +73% |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | $910.40 | ↑ +86% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|All Other Plans | $990.06 | ↑ +102% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|MCS | $1,138.00 | ↑ +133% |
| Aetna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $1,138.00 | ↑ +133% |
| Aetna | Commercial|PPO | $1,138.00 | ↑ +133% |
| Aetna | Commercial|HMO | $1,138.00 | ↑ +133% |
| LA Care | Medicaid|All Plans | $1,441.18 | ↑ +195% |
| Cigna | Commercial|PPO | $1,533.86 | ↑ +213% |
| Cigna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $1,533.86 | ↑ +213% |
| Blue Shield CA | Medicaid|All Plans | $1,749.00 | ↑ +257% |
| Care 1st | Medicaid|All Plans | $1,749.00 | ↑ +257% |
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Gastric emptying imag study at other California hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mercy Medical Center Mt. Shasta | Mt Shasta | $1,184.90 | $365.52 – $1,504.14 |
| Dominican Hospital | Santa Cruz | $486.90 | $349.80 – $6,158.70 |
| Providence Cedars-Sinai Tarzana Medical Center | Tarzana | $842.10 | $514.17 – $1,439.81 |
| California Hospital Medical Center | Los Angeles | $1,621.36 | $314.82 – $2,640.97 |
| Providence Saint Joseph Medical Center | Burbank | $1,292.90 | $514.17 – $1,667.90 |
| Community Hospital San Bernardino | San Bernardino | $480.93 | $349.80 – $1,972.88 |
| Glendale Memorial Hospital Health Center | Glendale | $408.81 | $313.50 – $1,533.86 |
| Mercy Medical Center Redding | Redding | $2,110.14 | $510.57 – $4,078.76 |