Ghs mbp 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

$10.11

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.

$23.50

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.

$5.88 with DHR vs $109.65 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.

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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
DHR Medicaid|> 21 $5.88 ↓ -42%
DHR Medicaid|< 21 $5.88 ↓ -42%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|Exchange $8.93 ↓ -12%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|All Other Plans $11.52 ↑ +14%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Exchange $13.63 ↑ +35%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|BlueShield Promise $15.28 ↑ +51%
Kaiser Commercial|All Plans $16.45 ↑ +63%
Molina Medicare|All Plans $17.20 ↑ +70%
United Medicare|All Plans $17.20 ↑ +70%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|All Other Plans $17.20 ↑ +70%
Health Net Medicare|HMO $17.20 ↑ +70%
Cigna Medicare|All Plans $17.20 ↑ +70%
Kaiser Medicare|All Plans $17.20 ↑ +70%
LA Care Medicare|All Plans $17.20 ↑ +70%
Central Health Plan Medicare|All Plans $17.20 ↑ +70%
HPN Medicare|Senior $17.20 ↑ +70%
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|All Plans $17.20 ↑ +70%
SMIPA Medicare|All Plans $17.20 ↑ +70%
Scan Health Plan Medicare|All Plans $17.20 ↑ +70%
Humana Medicare|All Plans $17.20 ↑ +70%
HCLA Medicare|Preferred IPA $17.20 ↑ +70%
Health Net Medicare|All Other Plans $17.20 ↑ +70%
EasyChoice Medicare|All Plans $17.20 ↑ +70%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $18.80 ↑ +86%
Noble IPA Medicaid|> 21 $19.74 ↑ +95%
Noble IPA Medicaid|< 21 $19.74 ↑ +95%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|All Other Plans $20.45 ↑ +102%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $20.64 ↑ +104%
United Commercial|Options PPO $20.64 ↑ +104%
United Commercial|Non-Options PPO $20.64 ↑ +104%
United Commercial|HMO $20.64 ↑ +104%
HCLA Commercial|Preferred IPA $21.50 ↑ +113%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|Trauma $21.50 ↑ +113%
LA Care Commercial|All Plans $21.50 ↑ +113%
HCLA Medicaid|Preferred IPA < 21 $21.93 ↑ +117%
Partnership Health Plan Medicaid|< 21 $21.93 ↑ +117%
Partnership Health Plan Medicaid|> 21 $21.93 ↑ +117%
Inland Empire Health Plan Medicaid|All Plans $21.93 ↑ +117%
Angeles IPA Medicare|All Plans $21.93 ↑ +117%
HCLA Medicaid|Preferred IPA > 21 $21.93 ↑ +117%
Preferred IPA Medicaid|Risk $21.93 ↑ +117%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|All Plans $23.15 ↑ +129%
Aetna Commercial|PPO $23.50 ↑ +132%
Aetna Commercial|HMO $23.50 ↑ +132%
Health Net Medicaid|> 21 $23.50 ↑ +132%
Health Net Medicaid|< 21 $23.50 ↑ +132%
Aetna Commercial|All Other Plans $23.50 ↑ +132%
Molina Medicaid|All Plans $23.50 ↑ +132%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|MCS $23.50 ↑ +132%
SevenCorners Medicare|All Plans $27.52 ↑ +172%
Kaiser Medicaid|> 21 $32.89 ↑ +225%
Kaiser Medicaid|< 21 $32.89 ↑ +225%
Cigna Commercial|PPO $38.36 ↑ +279%
Cigna Commercial|All Other Plans $38.36 ↑ +279%
LA Care Medicaid|All Plans $62.99 ↑ +523%
Blue Shield CA Medicaid|All Plans $109.65 ↑ +985%
Care 1st Medicaid|All Plans $109.65 ↑ +985%

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