Gastric emptying imag study at St. Mary Medical Center
1050 Linden Ave, Long Beach, CA · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1194840421
$649.73
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.
$1,511.00
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.
$353.29 with Noble IPA vs $1,991.18 with Cigna — 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Noble IPA | Medicaid|< 21 | $353.29 | ↓ -46% |
| Noble IPA | Medicaid|> 21 | $353.29 | ↓ -46% |
| DHR | Medicaid|< 21 | $377.75 | ↓ -42% |
| DHR | Medicaid|> 21 | $377.75 | ↓ -42% |
| Inland Empire Health Plan | Medicaid|All Plans | $392.54 | ↓ -40% |
| Partnership Health Plan | Medicaid|< 21 | $392.54 | ↓ -40% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicaid|All Plans | $392.54 | ↓ -40% |
| HCLA | Medicaid|Preferred IPA > 21 | $392.54 | ↓ -40% |
| HCLA | Medicaid|Preferred IPA < 21 | $392.54 | ↓ -40% |
| Angeles IPA | Medicare|All Plans | $392.54 | ↓ -40% |
| Preferred IPA | Medicaid|Risk | $392.54 | ↓ -40% |
| Partnership Health Plan | Medicaid|> 21 | $392.54 | ↓ -40% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|< 21 | $523.26 | ↓ -19% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|> 21 | $523.26 | ↓ -19% |
| Molina | Medicaid|All Plans | $549.56 | ↓ -15% |
| SMIPA | Medicare|All Plans | $554.61 | ↓ -15% |
| Kaiser | Medicaid|< 21 | $588.81 | ↓ -9% |
| Kaiser | Medicaid|> 21 | $588.81 | ↓ -9% |
| HCLA | Medicare|Preferred IPA | $683.93 | ↑ +5% |
| Humana | Medicare|All Plans | $683.93 | ↑ +5% |
| Molina | Medicare|All Plans | $683.93 | ↑ +5% |
| Health Net | Medicare|All Other Plans | $683.93 | ↑ +5% |
| Health Net | Medicare|HMO | $683.93 | ↑ +5% |
| Cigna | Medicare|All Plans | $683.93 | ↑ +5% |
| Kaiser | Medicare|All Plans | $683.93 | ↑ +5% |
| Central Health Plan | Medicare|All Plans | $683.93 | ↑ +5% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicare|All Plans | $683.93 | ↑ +5% |
| Blue Shield CA | Medicare|All Other Plans | $683.93 | ↑ +5% |
| Scan Health Plan | Medicare|All Plans | $683.93 | ↑ +5% |
| LA Care | Medicare|All Plans | $683.93 | ↑ +5% |
| EasyChoice | Medicare|All Plans | $683.93 | ↑ +5% |
| United | Medicare|All Plans | $697.61 | ↑ +7% |
| HPN | Medicare|Senior | $752.32 | ↑ +16% |
| Healthcare Partners | Medicare|All Plans | $770.61 | ↑ +19% |
| Blue Shield CA | Medicare|Trauma | $854.91 | ↑ +32% |
| HCLA | Commercial|Preferred IPA | $854.91 | ↑ +32% |
| LA Care | Commercial|All Plans | $854.91 | ↑ +32% |
| Healthcare Partners | Commercial|All Plans | $861.27 | ↑ +33% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|Exchange | $876.38 | ↑ +35% |
| Blue Shield CA | Medicare|BlueShield Promise | $982.15 | ↑ +51% |
| Kaiser | Commercial|All Plans | $1,057.70 | ↑ +63% |
| SevenCorners | Medicare|All Plans | $1,094.29 | ↑ +68% |
| United | Commercial|All Other Plans | $1,101.15 | ↑ +69% |
| United | Commercial|Non-Options PPO | $1,101.15 | ↑ +69% |
| United | Commercial|Options PPO | $1,101.15 | ↑ +69% |
| United | Commercial|HMO | $1,101.15 | ↑ +69% |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | $1,208.80 | ↑ +86% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|All Other Plans | $1,314.57 | ↑ +102% |
| Aetna | Commercial|PPO | $1,511.00 | ↑ +133% |
| Aetna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $1,511.00 | ↑ +133% |
| Aetna | Commercial|HMO | $1,511.00 | ↑ +133% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|MCS | $1,511.00 | ↑ +133% |
| LA Care | Medicaid|All Plans | $1,617.26 | ↑ +149% |
| Blue Shield CA | Medicaid|All Plans | $1,962.70 | ↑ +202% |
| Care 1st | Medicaid|All Plans | $1,962.70 | ↑ +202% |
| Cigna | Commercial|PPO | $1,991.18 | ↑ +206% |
| Cigna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $1,991.18 | ↑ +206% |
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Gastric emptying imag study at other California hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Dominican Hospital | Santa Cruz | $646.20 | $392.54 – $7,994.90 |
| Providence Cedars-Sinai Tarzana Medical Center | Tarzana | $927.15 | $698.35 – $1,928.68 |
| California Hospital Medical Center | Los Angeles | $1,621.36 | $353.29 – $2,640.97 |
| Providence Saint Joseph Medical Center | Burbank | $1,422.05 | $698.35 – $1,995.87 |
| Community Hospital San Bernardino | San Bernardino | $638.51 | $392.54 – $2,561.08 |
| Glendale Memorial Hospital Health Center | Glendale | $533.01 | $392.54 – $1,991.18 |
| St. Bernardine Medical Center | San Bernardino | $533.47 | $392.54 – $2,561.08 |
| Providence Holy Cross Medical Center | Mission Hills | $738.50 | $698.35 – $1,928.68 |