Icd crtp serena MRI 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

$21,676.30

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.

$50,410.00

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.

$4,588.00 with BCBS - Anthem vs $22,940.00 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
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|All Plans $4,588.00 ↓ -79%
Preferred IPA Medicaid|Risk $4,817.40 ↓ -78%
Molina Medicaid|All Plans $5,276.20 ↓ -76%
DHR Medicaid|< 21 $5,735.00 ↓ -74%
DHR Medicaid|> 21 $5,735.00 ↓ -74%
HPN Commercial|All Plans $5,964.40 ↓ -72%
Blue Shield CA Medicaid|All Plans $5,964.40 ↓ -72%
Care 1st Medicaid|All Plans $5,964.40 ↓ -72%
Cigna Commercial|PPO $6,882.00 ↓ -68%
Cigna Commercial|All Other Plans $6,882.00 ↓ -68%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Exchange $7,799.60 ↓ -64%
Angeles IPA Medicare|All Plans $8,029.00 ↓ -63%
Health Net Commercial|EPPO $8,487.80 ↓ -61%
Health Net Commercial|Care Product $10,323.00 ↓ -52%
United Commercial|Non-Options PPO $10,781.80 ↓ -50%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|MCS $11,470.00 ↓ -47%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|All Other Plans $11,470.00 ↓ -47%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $11,470.00 ↓ -47%
United Commercial|Options PPO $11,470.00 ↓ -47%
Health Net Commercial|All Other Plans $11,928.80 ↓ -45%
United Commercial|HMO $11,928.80 ↓ -45%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|BlueShield Promise $14,911.00 ↓ -31%
Kaiser Commercial|All Plans $16,058.00 ↓ -26%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $18,352.00 ↓ -15%
SMIPA Medicare|All Plans $22,940.00 ↑ +6%

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Icd crtp serena MRI at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
St. John's Camarillo Hospital Camarillo $20,865.01 $4,383.12 – $14,245.14
Banner Lassen Medical Center Susanville $30,536.64 $2,503.05 – $5,921.85
Petaluma Valley Hospital Petaluma $18,604.80 not published
Arroyo Grande Hospital Santa Maria $22,428.49 $4,201.18 – $17,900.68
French Hospital San Luis Obispo $20,541.98 $3,470.54 – $17,900.68
Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield Bakersfield $12,725.30 $5,073.75 – $16,236.00
Bakersfield Memorial Hospital Bakersfield $23,504.52 $5,073.75 – $16,033.05
Queen of The Valley Medical Center Napa $18,604.80 not published

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