Inj peritoneal venous shunt 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

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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.

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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.

$46.99 with HCLA vs $6,054.00 with BCBS - Anthem — 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
HCLA Medicaid|Preferred IPA < 21 $46.99
Partnership Health Plan Medicaid|< 21 $46.99
Partnership Health Plan Medicaid|> 21 $46.99
Inland Empire Health Plan Medicaid|All Plans $46.99
HCLA Medicaid|Preferred IPA > 21 $46.99
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|All Plans $58.74
Health Net Medicaid|> 21 $62.50
Health Net Medicaid|< 21 $62.50
Noble IPA Medicaid|< 21 $66.68
Noble IPA Medicaid|> 21 $66.68
Kaiser Medicaid|< 21 $70.48
Kaiser Medicaid|> 21 $70.48
Preferred IPA Medicaid|Risk $74.09
Angeles IPA Medicare|All Plans $74.09
Molina Medicaid|All Plans $103.73
LA Care Medicaid|All Plans $193.60
Care 1st Medicaid|All Plans $370.45
Blue Shield CA Medicaid|All Plans $370.45
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Exchange $2,617.00
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|All Other Plans $3,906.00
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|MCS $6,054.00
Kaiser Commercial|All Plans not published by hospital
United Commercial|Non-Options PPO not published by hospital
United Commercial|Options PPO not published by hospital
United Commercial|HMO not published by hospital
United Commercial|All Other Plans not published by hospital
Blue Shield CA Medicare|BlueShield Promise not published by hospital
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans not published by hospital
DHR Medicaid|< 21 not published by hospital
DHR Medicaid|> 21 not published by hospital

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Inj peritoneal venous shunt at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield Bakersfield $616.24 $46.99 – $1,478.29
Bakersfield Memorial Hospital Bakersfield $609.59 $46.99 – $1,644.39
St. Joseph's Medical Center Stockton Stockton $464.52 $46.99 – $645.12
Santa Rosa Memorial Hospital Santa Rosa $619.65 $1,716.00 – $12,908.00
Mercy Medical Center Merced Merced $867.26 $46.99 – $718.74
Dominican Hospital Santa Cruz $265.50 $46.99 – $531.00
Providence Cedars-Sinai Tarzana Medical Center Tarzana $764.40 $1,287.00 – $4,776.00
California Hospital Medical Center Los Angeles $297.31 $46.99 – $484.27

All California hospitals for this procedure →