Injection radioactive tracer sentinel node (both sides) at St. Mary Medical Center
1050 Linden Ave, Long Beach, CA · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1194840421
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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.
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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.
$270.21 with BCBS - Anthem 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.
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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| BCBS - Anthem | Medicaid|All Plans | $270.21 | — |
| SMIPA | Medicare|All Plans | $432.58 | — |
| Molina | Medicare|All Plans | $510.57 | — |
| HCLA | Medicare|Preferred IPA | $510.57 | — |
| Health Net | Medicare|All Other Plans | $510.57 | — |
| Humana | Medicare|All Plans | $510.57 | — |
| Health Net | Medicare|HMO | $510.57 | — |
| Cigna | Medicare|All Plans | $510.57 | — |
| Kaiser | Medicare|All Plans | $510.57 | — |
| Central Health Plan | Medicare|All Plans | $510.57 | — |
| Blue Shield CA | Medicare|All Other Plans | $510.57 | — |
| EasyChoice | Medicare|All Plans | $510.57 | — |
| LA Care | Medicare|All Plans | $510.57 | — |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicare|All Plans | $510.57 | — |
| Scan Health Plan | Medicare|All Plans | $510.57 | — |
| United | Medicare|All Plans | $520.79 | — |
| HPN | Medicare|Senior | $561.63 | — |
| HCLA | Commercial|Preferred IPA | $638.21 | — |
| LA Care | Commercial|All Plans | $638.21 | — |
| Blue Shield CA | Medicare|Trauma | $638.21 | — |
| SevenCorners | Medicare|All Plans | $816.91 | — |
| Health Net | Commercial|EPPO | $2,417.00 | — |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|Exchange | $2,617.00 | — |
| Health Net | Commercial|Care Product | $2,936.00 | — |
| Health Net | Commercial|All Other Plans | $3,375.00 | — |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|All Other Plans | $3,906.00 | — |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|MCS | $6,054.00 | — |
| Blue Shield CA | Medicaid|All Plans | not published by hospital | — |
| United | Commercial|Non-Options PPO | not published by hospital | — |
| DHR | Medicaid|< 21 | not published by hospital | — |
| DHR | Medicaid|> 21 | 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 | — |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | not published by hospital | — |
| Blue Shield CA | Medicare|BlueShield Promise | not published by hospital | — |
| Care 1st | Medicaid|All Plans | not published by hospital | — |
| Kaiser | Commercial|All Plans | not published by hospital | — |
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Injection radioactive tracer sentinel node (both sides) at other California hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| St. John's Camarillo Hospital | Camarillo | $406.47 | $250.56 – $975.58 |
| Banner Lassen Medical Center | Susanville | $375.32 | $196.39 – $464.63 |
| Arroyo Grande Hospital | Santa Maria | $481.93 | $510.57 – $1,103.48 |
| Mark Twain Medical Center | San Andreas | $951.72 | $19.92 – $75.46 |
| French Hospital | San Luis Obispo | $503.72 | $330.48 – $1,199.52 |
| Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield | Bakersfield | $481.93 | $350.73 – $1,039.20 |
| Bakersfield Memorial Hospital | Bakersfield | $476.74 | $350.73 – $1,026.21 |
| Queen of The Valley Medical Center | Napa | $817.02 | $314.54 – $6,200.00 |