Ghs moderate sedation < 5 yr, 30 min, other 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

$322.93

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.

$751.00

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.

$70.49 with Noble IPA vs $751.00 with SMIPA — 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 $70.49 ↓ -78%
Noble IPA Medicaid|> 21 $70.49 ↓ -78%
HCLA Medicaid|Preferred IPA > 21 $78.32 ↓ -76%
Preferred IPA Medicaid|Risk $78.32 ↓ -76%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|All Plans $78.32 ↓ -76%
Partnership Health Plan Medicaid|< 21 $78.32 ↓ -76%
Partnership Health Plan Medicaid|> 21 $78.32 ↓ -76%
Inland Empire Health Plan Medicaid|All Plans $78.32 ↓ -76%
Angeles IPA Medicare|All Plans $78.32 ↓ -76%
HCLA Medicaid|Preferred IPA < 21 $78.32 ↓ -76%
Health Net Medicaid|> 21 $104.40 ↓ -68%
Health Net Medicaid|< 21 $104.40 ↓ -68%
Molina Medicaid|All Plans $109.65 ↓ -66%
Kaiser Medicaid|< 21 $117.48 ↓ -64%
Kaiser Medicaid|> 21 $117.48 ↓ -64%
DHR Medicaid|> 21 $187.75 ↓ -42%
DHR Medicaid|< 21 $187.75 ↓ -42%
LA Care Medicaid|All Plans $322.68 ↓ -0%
Care 1st Medicaid|All Plans $391.60 ↑ +21%
Blue Shield CA Medicaid|All Plans $391.60 ↑ +21%
United Commercial|Non-Options PPO $435.58 ↑ +35%
United Commercial|Options PPO $465.62 ↑ +44%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $465.62 ↑ +44%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|BlueShield Promise $488.15 ↑ +51%
Kaiser Commercial|All Plans $525.70 ↑ +63%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $600.80 ↑ +86%
United Commercial|HMO $720.96 ↑ +123%
SMIPA Medicare|All Plans $751.00 ↑ +133%

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Ghs moderate sedation < 5 yr, 30 min, other at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
St. John's Camarillo Hospital Camarillo $171.70 $105.84 – $305.76
Banner Lassen Medical Center Susanville $213.84 $129.23 – $374.42
Petaluma Valley Hospital Petaluma $514.59 not published
Arroyo Grande Hospital Santa Maria $174.63 $78.32 – $399.84
French Hospital San Luis Obispo $159.94 $78.32 – $399.84
Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield Bakersfield $302.00 $78.32 – $651.20
Bakersfield Memorial Hospital Bakersfield $298.74 $78.32 – $805.86
Queen of The Valley Medical Center Napa $639.54 not published

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