I-123 iobenguane diag 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

$2,867.24

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.

Full explanation →

What you pay up front if you don't use insurance.

$6,668.00

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.

Full explanation →

The hospital's undiscounted list price — almost no one pays this.

$1,667.00 with DHR vs $6,668.00 with SMIPA — same scan, same building. Share

Negotiated rates by payer
?

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
DHR Medicaid|> 21 $1,667.00 ↓ -42%
DHR Medicaid|< 21 $1,667.00 ↓ -42%
Blue Shield CA Medicaid|All Plans $1,733.68 ↓ -40%
Care 1st Medicaid|All Plans $1,733.68 ↓ -40%
Central Health Plan Medicare|All Plans $2,636.25 ↓ -8%
Humana Medicare|All Plans $2,636.25 ↓ -8%
Molina Medicare|All Plans $2,636.25 ↓ -8%
Health Net Medicare|All Other Plans $2,636.25 ↓ -8%
Health Net Medicare|HMO $2,636.25 ↓ -8%
Cigna Medicare|All Plans $2,636.25 ↓ -8%
Kaiser Medicare|All Plans $2,636.25 ↓ -8%
EasyChoice Medicare|All Plans $2,636.25 ↓ -8%
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|All Plans $2,636.25 ↓ -8%
HCLA Medicare|Preferred IPA $2,636.25 ↓ -8%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|All Other Plans $2,636.25 ↓ -8%
Scan Health Plan Medicare|All Plans $2,636.25 ↓ -8%
LA Care Medicare|All Plans $2,636.25 ↓ -8%
United Medicare|All Plans $2,688.98 ↓ -6%
HPN Medicare|Senior $2,899.88 ↑ +1%
HCLA Commercial|Preferred IPA $3,295.31 ↑ +15%
LA Care Commercial|All Plans $3,295.31 ↑ +15%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|Trauma $3,295.31 ↑ +15%
Healthcare Partners Medicare|All Plans $3,400.68 ↑ +19%
United Commercial|Options PPO $3,423.44 ↑ +19%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $3,423.44 ↑ +19%
United Commercial|HMO $3,423.44 ↑ +19%
Healthcare Partners Commercial|All Plans $3,800.76 ↑ +33%
United Commercial|Non-Options PPO $3,825.15 ↑ +33%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Exchange $4,000.80 ↑ +40%
SevenCorners Medicare|All Plans $4,218.00 ↑ +47%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|BlueShield Promise $4,334.20 ↑ +51%
Kaiser Commercial|All Plans $4,667.60 ↑ +63%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $5,334.40 ↑ +86%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|All Other Plans $5,934.52 ↑ +107%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|MCS $6,668.00 ↑ +133%
SMIPA Medicare|All Plans $6,668.00 ↑ +133%

Visitor-reported prices

visitor-reported
Report what you paid sign in to post

Comments

Add a comment sign in to post

I-123 iobenguane diag at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
St. John's Camarillo Hospital Camarillo $3,577.59 $2,181.06 – $6,371.04
California Hospital Medical Center Los Angeles $4,760.28 $2,453.75 – $7,753.85
Community Hospital San Bernardino San Bernardino $2,607.19 $1,800.36 – $6,668.00
Glendale Memorial Hospital Health Center Glendale $2,173.77 $1,667.00 – $5,334.40
St. Bernardine Medical Center San Bernardino $2,220.45 $1,733.68 – $5,667.80
Petaluma Valley Hospital Petaluma not published $2,271.15 – $4,504.17
Queen of The Valley Medical Center Napa not published $2,317.50 – $4,875.56
Providence St Joseph Hospital Eureka Eureka not published $2,317.50 – $5,815.73

All California hospitals for this procedure →