Iliac/fem angio cath insert at St. Mary Medical Center
1050 Linden Ave, Long Beach, CA · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1194840421
$105.78
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.
$246.00
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.
$61.50 with DHR vs $246.00 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.
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 |
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| DHR | Medicaid|> 21 | $61.50 | ↓ -42% |
| DHR | Medicaid|< 21 | $61.50 | ↓ -42% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|Exchange | $62.31 | ↓ -41% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|All Other Plans | $92.90 | ↓ -12% |
| Healthcare Partners | Medicare|All Plans | $113.16 | ↑ +7% |
| Healthcare Partners | Commercial|All Plans | $127.92 | ↑ +21% |
| United | Commercial|Non-Options PPO | $142.68 | ↑ +35% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|MCS | $144.03 | ↑ +36% |
| United | Commercial|Options PPO | $152.52 | ↑ +44% |
| United | Commercial|All Other Plans | $152.52 | ↑ +44% |
| HPN | Commercial|All Plans | $154.98 | ↑ +47% |
| Blue Shield CA | Medicare|BlueShield Promise | $159.90 | ↑ +51% |
| Kaiser | Commercial|All Plans | $172.20 | ↑ +63% |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | $196.80 | ↑ +86% |
| United | Commercial|HMO | $236.16 | ↑ +123% |
| SMIPA | Medicare|All Plans | $246.00 | ↑ +133% |
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Iliac/fem angio cath insert at other California hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| St. John's Camarillo Hospital | Camarillo | $2,118.17 | $82.98 – $3,772.08 |
| Arroyo Grande Hospital | Santa Maria | $1,768.93 | $135.09 – $4,050.34 |
| French Hospital | San Luis Obispo | $1,652.68 | $136.07 – $4,131.68 |
| Bakersfield Memorial Hospital | Bakersfield | $1,353.13 | $99.89 – $3,650.13 |
| Queen of The Valley Medical Center | Napa | $2,443.41 | $97.02 – $100.85 |
| Providence St Joseph Hospital Eureka | Eureka | $3,664.86 | $110.03 – $110.03 |
| St. Joseph's Medical Center Stockton | Stockton | $1,605.24 | $92.34 – $4,586.40 |
| Santa Rosa Memorial Hospital | Santa Rosa | $2,443.41 | $82.54 – $93.52 |