Insert sq defib electrode 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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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.

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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.

$386.00 with Noble IPA vs $16,824.74 with SevenCorners — 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
Noble IPA Medicaid|< 21 $386.00
Noble IPA Medicaid|> 21 $386.00
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|All Plans $428.89
HCLA Medicaid|Preferred IPA > 21 $428.89
HCLA Medicaid|Preferred IPA < 21 $428.89
Angeles IPA Medicare|All Plans $428.89
Inland Empire Health Plan Medicaid|All Plans $428.89
Partnership Health Plan Medicaid|< 21 $428.89
Partnership Health Plan Medicaid|> 21 $428.89
Preferred IPA Medicaid|Risk $428.89
Health Net Medicaid|> 21 $571.71
Health Net Medicaid|< 21 $571.71
Molina Medicaid|All Plans $600.45
Kaiser Medicaid|< 21 $643.34
Kaiser Medicaid|> 21 $643.34
LA Care Medicaid|All Plans $1,767.03
Care 1st Medicaid|All Plans $2,144.45
Blue Shield CA Medicaid|All Plans $2,144.45
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Exchange $6,300.00
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|All Other Plans $9,403.00
Health Net Commercial|EPPO $9,966.00
Health Net Medicare|All Other Plans $10,515.46
Molina Medicare|All Plans $10,515.46
Blue Shield CA Medicare|All Other Plans $10,515.46
HCLA Medicare|Preferred IPA $10,515.46
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|All Plans $10,515.46
Health Net Medicare|HMO $10,515.46
Cigna Medicare|All Plans $10,515.46
Kaiser Medicare|All Plans $10,515.46
Humana Medicare|All Plans $10,515.46
Central Health Plan Medicare|All Plans $10,515.46
LA Care Medicare|All Plans $10,515.46
Scan Health Plan Medicare|All Plans $10,515.46
EasyChoice Medicare|All Plans $10,515.46
United Medicare|All Plans $10,725.77
HPN Medicare|Senior $11,567.01
Health Net Commercial|Care Product $12,101.00
HCLA Commercial|Preferred IPA $13,144.32
Blue Shield CA Medicare|Trauma $13,144.32
LA Care Commercial|All Plans $13,144.33
Health Net Commercial|All Other Plans $13,909.00
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|MCS $14,575.00
SevenCorners Medicare|All Plans $16,824.74
United Commercial|Options PPO not published by hospital
United Commercial|Non-Options PPO 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
Kaiser Commercial|All Plans not published by hospital
DHR Medicaid|> 21 not published by hospital
United Commercial|HMO not published by hospital

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Insert sq defib electrode at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
St. John's Camarillo Hospital Camarillo $6,502.11 $648.86 – $20,488.56
Bakersfield Memorial Hospital Bakersfield $2,374.49 $428.89 – $6,470.00
St. Joseph's Medical Center Stockton Stockton $3,926.96 $428.89 – $11,741.96
Mercy Medical Center Merced Merced $12,772.00 $428.89 – $24,552.00
Providence Cedars-Sinai Tarzana Medical Center Tarzana $2,462.25 $4,589.00 – $19,690.54
California Hospital Medical Center Los Angeles $13,318.59 $386.00 – $21,694.19
Providence Saint Joseph Medical Center Burbank $3,593.45 $4,589.00 – $19,690.54
Mercy San Juan Medical Center Carmichael $2,391.75 $428.89 – $10,911.25

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