Granulocyte pheresis ea unit 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

$3,817.54

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.

$8,878.00

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.

$1,248.80 with Noble IPA vs $8,878.00 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 $1,248.80 ↓ -67%
Noble IPA Medicaid|< 21 $1,248.80 ↓ -67%
HCLA Medicaid|Preferred IPA < 21 $1,387.55 ↓ -64%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|All Plans $1,387.55 ↓ -64%
Inland Empire Health Plan Medicaid|All Plans $1,387.55 ↓ -64%
Partnership Health Plan Medicaid|> 21 $1,387.55 ↓ -64%
Partnership Health Plan Medicaid|< 21 $1,387.55 ↓ -64%
Preferred IPA Medicaid|Risk $1,387.55 ↓ -64%
Angeles IPA Medicare|All Plans $1,387.55 ↓ -64%
HCLA Medicaid|Preferred IPA > 21 $1,387.55 ↓ -64%
Healthcare Partners Medicare|All Plans $1,420.48 ↓ -63%
Healthcare Partners Commercial|All Plans $1,598.04 ↓ -58%
Health Net Medicaid|> 21 $1,849.60 ↓ -52%
Health Net Medicaid|< 21 $1,849.60 ↓ -52%
Molina Medicaid|All Plans $1,942.57 ↓ -49%
Kaiser Medicaid|> 21 $2,081.32 ↓ -45%
Kaiser Medicaid|< 21 $2,081.32 ↓ -45%
DHR Medicaid|< 21 $2,219.50 ↓ -42%
DHR Medicaid|> 21 $2,219.50 ↓ -42%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Exchange $4,439.00 ↑ +16%
United Commercial|Non-Options PPO $5,149.24 ↑ +35%
LA Care Medicaid|All Plans $5,716.71 ↑ +50%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|BlueShield Promise $5,770.70 ↑ +51%
Kaiser Commercial|All Plans $6,214.60 ↑ +63%
United Commercial|HMO $6,243.00 ↑ +64%
United Commercial|Options PPO $6,343.00 ↑ +66%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $6,343.00 ↑ +66%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|All Other Plans $6,569.72 ↑ +72%
Care 1st Medicaid|All Plans $6,937.75 ↑ +82%
Blue Shield CA Medicaid|All Plans $6,937.75 ↑ +82%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $7,102.40 ↑ +86%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|MCS $8,878.00 ↑ +133%
SMIPA Medicare|All Plans $8,878.00 ↑ +133%

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Granulocyte pheresis ea unit at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
St. John's Camarillo Hospital Camarillo $1,466.87 $904.23 – $2,612.22
Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield Bakersfield $1,780.43 $1,387.55 – $3,839.20
Bakersfield Memorial Hospital Bakersfield $1,761.24 $1,387.55 – $4,799.00
St. Joseph's Medical Center Stockton Stockton $1,112.50 $794.64 – $3,427.25
Mercy Medical Center Mt. Shasta Mt Shasta $3,073.10 $905.28 – $3,696.56
Mercy Medical Center Merced Merced $2,430.29 $1,387.55 – $4,719.00
Northridge Hospital Medical Center Northridge $888.06 $795.75 – $6,368.85
Sierra Nevada Memorial Hospital Grass Valley $2,495.01 $1,387.55 – $4,486.44

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