Graft wnd mtrx grfx core 1.5x2cm-q4132-cost per sq cm 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

$5,835.10

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.

$13,570.00

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.

$118.28 with Noble IPA vs $2,805.00 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 $118.28 ↓ -98%
Noble IPA Medicaid|< 21 $118.28 ↓ -98%
HCLA Medicaid|Preferred IPA > 21 $131.42 ↓ -98%
Inland Empire Health Plan Medicaid|All Plans $131.42 ↓ -98%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|All Plans $131.42 ↓ -98%
Partnership Health Plan Medicaid|< 21 $131.42 ↓ -98%
Partnership Health Plan Medicaid|> 21 $131.42 ↓ -98%
Angeles IPA Medicare|All Plans $131.42 ↓ -98%
HCLA Medicaid|Preferred IPA < 21 $131.42 ↓ -98%
Preferred IPA Medicaid|Risk $131.42 ↓ -98%
Health Net Medicaid|< 21 $175.18 ↓ -97%
Health Net Medicaid|> 21 $175.18 ↓ -97%
Molina Medicaid|All Plans $183.99 ↓ -97%
Kaiser Medicaid|< 21 $197.13 ↓ -97%
Kaiser Medicaid|> 21 $197.13 ↓ -97%
United Commercial|Options PPO $225.80 ↓ -96%
United Commercial|HMO $225.80 ↓ -96%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $225.80 ↓ -96%
LA Care Medicaid|All Plans $541.45 ↓ -91%
Care 1st Medicaid|All Plans $657.10 ↓ -89%
Blue Shield CA Medicaid|All Plans $657.10 ↓ -89%
DHR Medicaid|> 21 $701.25 ↓ -88%
DHR Medicaid|< 21 $701.25 ↓ -88%
HPN Commercial|All Plans $729.30 ↓ -88%
Cigna Commercial|PPO $841.50 ↓ -86%
Cigna Commercial|All Other Plans $841.50 ↓ -86%
United Commercial|Non-Options PPO $936.38 ↓ -84%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Exchange $959.21 ↓ -84%
Health Net Commercial|EPPO $1,037.85 ↓ -82%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|Exchange $1,150.05 ↓ -80%
Health Net Commercial|Care Product $1,262.25 ↓ -78%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|All Other Plans $1,431.65 ↓ -75%
Health Net Commercial|All Other Plans $1,458.60 ↓ -75%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|All Other Plans $1,542.75 ↓ -74%
Aetna Commercial|HMO $1,626.90 ↓ -72%
Aetna Commercial|All Other Plans $1,626.90 ↓ -72%
Aetna Commercial|PPO $1,626.90 ↓ -72%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|BlueShield Promise $1,823.25 ↓ -69%
Kaiser Commercial|All Plans $1,963.50 ↓ -66%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|MCS $2,218.86 ↓ -62%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $2,244.00 ↓ -62%
SMIPA Medicare|All Plans $2,805.00 ↓ -52%

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Graft wnd mtrx grfx core 1.5x2cm-q4132-cost per sq cm at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
St. John's Camarillo Hospital Camarillo $5,829.51 $198.83 – $2,075.76
Petaluma Valley Hospital Petaluma $8,482.32 $80.63 – $195.71
Arroyo Grande Hospital Santa Maria $4,624.54 $131.42 – $10,588.90
French Hospital San Luis Obispo $4,235.56 $131.42 – $10,588.90
Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield Bakersfield $5,791.31 $131.42 – $10,804.50
Bakersfield Memorial Hospital Bakersfield $5,728.87 $61.88 – $2,405.60
Queen of The Valley Medical Center Napa $7,160.40 $80.63 – $211.85
Providence St Joseph Hospital Eureka Eureka $4,199.85 $80.63 – $252.70

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