Ghs musc tst done w/n tst non ext at St. Mary Medical Center
1050 Linden Ave, Long Beach, CA · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1194840421
$157.38
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.
$366.00
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.
$68.83 with BCBS - Anthem vs $6,343.00 with United — 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 |
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| BCBS - Anthem | Medicaid|All Plans | $68.83 | ↓ -56% |
| Noble IPA | Medicaid|< 21 | $78.57 | ↓ -50% |
| Noble IPA | Medicaid|> 21 | $78.57 | ↓ -50% |
| Inland Empire Health Plan | Medicaid|All Plans | $78.98 | ↓ -50% |
| HCLA | Medicaid|Preferred IPA > 21 | $78.98 | ↓ -50% |
| HCLA | Medicaid|Preferred IPA < 21 | $78.98 | ↓ -50% |
| Partnership Health Plan | Medicaid|> 21 | $78.98 | ↓ -50% |
| Partnership Health Plan | Medicaid|< 21 | $78.98 | ↓ -50% |
| Preferred IPA | Medicaid|Risk | $87.30 | ↓ -45% |
| Angeles IPA | Medicare|All Plans | $87.30 | ↓ -45% |
| DHR | Medicaid|> 21 | $91.50 | ↓ -42% |
| DHR | Medicaid|< 21 | $91.50 | ↓ -42% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|< 21 | $105.04 | ↓ -33% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|> 21 | $105.04 | ↓ -33% |
| Kaiser | Medicaid|> 21 | $118.47 | ↓ -25% |
| Kaiser | Medicaid|< 21 | $118.47 | ↓ -25% |
| Molina | Medicaid|All Plans | $122.22 | ↓ -22% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|Exchange | $204.40 | ↑ +30% |
| United | Commercial|Non-Options PPO | $208.62 | ↑ +33% |
| Blue Shield CA | Medicare|BlueShield Promise | $237.90 | ↑ +51% |
| Kaiser | Commercial|All Plans | $256.20 | ↑ +63% |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | $292.80 | ↑ +86% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|All Other Plans | $304.77 | ↑ +94% |
| LA Care | Medicaid|All Plans | $325.40 | ↑ +107% |
| SMIPA | Medicare|All Plans | $366.00 | ↑ +133% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|MCS | $366.00 | ↑ +133% |
| Blue Shield CA | Medicaid|All Plans | $436.50 | ↑ +177% |
| Care 1st | Medicaid|All Plans | $436.50 | ↑ +177% |
| United | Commercial|HMO | $6,206.00 | ↑ +3843% |
| United | Commercial|Options PPO | $6,343.00 | ↑ +3930% |
| United | Commercial|All Other Plans | $6,343.00 | ↑ +3930% |
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Ghs musc tst done w/n tst non ext at other California hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Providence Saint Joseph Medical Center | Burbank | $481.60 | $194.26 – $195.54 |
| Community Hospital San Bernardino | San Bernardino | $539.19 | $78.98 – $7,832.00 |
| Glendale Memorial Hospital Health Center | Glendale | $285.25 | $86.04 – $700.00 |
| St. Bernardine Medical Center | San Bernardino | $459.21 | $78.98 – $5,761.00 |
| Providence Holy Cross Medical Center | Mission Hills | $147.70 | $101.10 – $153.81 |
| Providence Little Co of Mary Med Center San Pedro | San Pedro | $338.80 | $101.10 – $158.72 |
| Providence Little Company of Mary Med Center Torrance | Torrance | $338.80 | $152.46 – $164.99 |
| Petaluma Valley Hospital | Petaluma | not published | $235.05 – $235.05 |