I131 iodide cap, rx at St. Mary Medical Center
1050 Linden Ave, Long Beach, CA · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1194840421
$18.92
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.
$44.00
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.
$11.00 with DHR vs $761.40 with Care 1st — 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| DHR | Medicaid|> 21 | $11.00 | ↓ -42% |
| DHR | Medicaid|< 21 | $11.00 | ↓ -42% |
| Healthcare Partners | Medicare|All Plans | $22.44 | ↑ +19% |
| SMIPA | Medicare|All Plans | $24.31 | ↑ +28% |
| Healthcare Partners | Commercial|All Plans | $25.08 | ↑ +33% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|Exchange | $26.40 | ↑ +40% |
| Blue Shield CA | Medicare|BlueShield Promise | $28.60 | ↑ +51% |
| Scan Health Plan | Medicare|All Plans | $29.39 | ↑ +55% |
| LA Care | Medicare|All Plans | $29.39 | ↑ +55% |
| EasyChoice | Medicare|All Plans | $29.39 | ↑ +55% |
| Health Net | Medicare|All Other Plans | $29.39 | ↑ +55% |
| HCLA | Medicare|Preferred IPA | $29.39 | ↑ +55% |
| Humana | Medicare|All Plans | $29.39 | ↑ +55% |
| Health Net | Medicare|HMO | $29.39 | ↑ +55% |
| Cigna | Medicare|All Plans | $29.39 | ↑ +55% |
| Kaiser | Medicare|All Plans | $29.39 | ↑ +55% |
| Central Health Plan | Medicare|All Plans | $29.39 | ↑ +55% |
| Molina | Medicare|All Plans | $29.39 | ↑ +55% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicare|All Plans | $29.39 | ↑ +55% |
| Blue Shield CA | Medicare|All Other Plans | $29.39 | ↑ +55% |
| United | Medicare|All Plans | $29.98 | ↑ +58% |
| Kaiser | Commercial|All Plans | $30.80 | ↑ +63% |
| HPN | Medicare|Senior | $32.33 | ↑ +71% |
| United | Commercial|Non-Options PPO | $33.20 | ↑ +75% |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | $35.20 | ↑ +86% |
| HCLA | Commercial|Preferred IPA | $36.74 | ↑ +94% |
| LA Care | Commercial|All Plans | $36.74 | ↑ +94% |
| Blue Shield CA | Medicare|Trauma | $36.74 | ↑ +94% |
| United | Commercial|HMO | $38.16 | ↑ +102% |
| United | Commercial|All Other Plans | $38.16 | ↑ +102% |
| United | Commercial|Options PPO | $38.16 | ↑ +102% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|All Other Plans | $39.16 | ↑ +107% |
| Noble IPA | Medicaid|< 21 | $39.60 | ↑ +109% |
| Noble IPA | Medicaid|> 21 | $39.60 | ↑ +109% |
| Angeles IPA | Medicare|All Plans | $44.00 | ↑ +133% |
| Aetna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $44.00 | ↑ +133% |
| Aetna | Commercial|PPO | $44.00 | ↑ +133% |
| Aetna | Commercial|HMO | $44.00 | ↑ +133% |
| Molina | Medicaid|All Plans | $44.00 | ↑ +133% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|< 21 | $44.00 | ↑ +133% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|> 21 | $44.00 | ↑ +133% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicaid|All Plans | $44.00 | ↑ +133% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|MCS | $44.00 | ↑ +133% |
| Partnership Health Plan | Medicaid|< 21 | $44.00 | ↑ +133% |
| Partnership Health Plan | Medicaid|> 21 | $44.00 | ↑ +133% |
| Inland Empire Health Plan | Medicaid|All Plans | $44.00 | ↑ +133% |
| HCLA | Medicaid|Preferred IPA < 21 | $44.00 | ↑ +133% |
| HCLA | Medicaid|Preferred IPA > 21 | $44.00 | ↑ +133% |
| Preferred IPA | Medicaid|Risk | $44.00 | ↑ +133% |
| SevenCorners | Medicare|All Plans | $47.02 | ↑ +149% |
| Kaiser | Medicaid|> 21 | $66.00 | ↑ +249% |
| Kaiser | Medicaid|< 21 | $66.00 | ↑ +249% |
| LA Care | Medicaid|All Plans | $181.28 | ↑ +858% |
| Blue Shield CA | Medicaid|All Plans | $761.40 | ↑ +3924% |
| Care 1st | Medicaid|All Plans | $761.40 | ↑ +3924% |
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I131 iodide cap, rx at other California hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| St. John's Camarillo Hospital | Camarillo | $31.10 | $19.17 – $261.92 |
| Arroyo Grande Hospital | Santa Maria | $26.11 | $29.39 – $75.03 |
| French Hospital | San Luis Obispo | $23.92 | $16.47 – $61.00 |
| Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield | Bakersfield | $82.37 | $29.39 – $222.00 |
| Bakersfield Memorial Hospital | Bakersfield | $81.48 | $29.39 – $222.00 |
| St. Joseph's Medical Center Stockton | Stockton | $19.41 | $13.86 – $66.00 |
| Mercy Medical Center Merced | Merced | $114.33 | $27.18 – $208.68 |
| Northridge Hospital Medical Center | Northridge | $24.00 | $21.50 – $394.74 |