Interrog device eval heart 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

$155.23

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$361.00

Gross charge

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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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$42.60 with SMIPA vs $6,343.00 with United — same scan, same building. Share

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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

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
SMIPA Medicare|All Plans $42.60 ↓ -73%
Kaiser Medicare|All Plans $47.38 ↓ -69%
EasyChoice Medicare|All Plans $47.38 ↓ -69%
Humana Medicare|All Plans $47.38 ↓ -69%
Molina Medicare|All Plans $47.38 ↓ -69%
Central Health Plan Medicare|All Plans $47.38 ↓ -69%
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|All Plans $47.38 ↓ -69%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|All Other Plans $47.38 ↓ -69%
Health Net Medicare|HMO $47.38 ↓ -69%
Cigna Medicare|All Plans $47.38 ↓ -69%
Scan Health Plan Medicare|All Plans $47.38 ↓ -69%
HCLA Medicare|Preferred IPA $47.38 ↓ -69%
Health Net Medicare|All Other Plans $47.38 ↓ -69%
LA Care Medicare|All Plans $47.38 ↓ -69%
United Medicare|All Plans $48.33 ↓ -69%
HPN Medicare|Senior $52.12 ↓ -66%
Noble IPA Medicaid|> 21 $52.38 ↓ -66%
Noble IPA Medicaid|< 21 $52.38 ↓ -66%
Partnership Health Plan Medicaid|< 21 $58.20 ↓ -63%
Preferred IPA Medicaid|Risk $58.20 ↓ -63%
HCLA Medicaid|Preferred IPA > 21 $58.20 ↓ -63%
HCLA Medicaid|Preferred IPA < 21 $58.20 ↓ -63%
Angeles IPA Medicare|All Plans $58.20 ↓ -63%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|All Plans $58.20 ↓ -63%
Inland Empire Health Plan Medicaid|All Plans $58.20 ↓ -63%
Partnership Health Plan Medicaid|> 21 $58.20 ↓ -63%
HCLA Commercial|Preferred IPA $59.23 ↓ -62%
LA Care Commercial|All Plans $59.23 ↓ -62%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|Trauma $59.23 ↓ -62%
SevenCorners Medicare|All Plans $75.81 ↓ -51%
Health Net Medicaid|> 21 $77.58 ↓ -50%
Health Net Medicaid|< 21 $77.58 ↓ -50%
Molina Medicaid|All Plans $81.48 ↓ -48%
Kaiser Medicaid|< 21 $87.30 ↓ -44%
Kaiser Medicaid|> 21 $87.30 ↓ -44%
DHR Medicaid|< 21 $90.25 ↓ -42%
DHR Medicaid|> 21 $90.25 ↓ -42%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Exchange $131.48 ↓ -15%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|All Other Plans $196.04 ↑ +26%
United Commercial|Non-Options PPO $209.38 ↑ +35%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|BlueShield Promise $234.65 ↑ +51%
LA Care Medicaid|All Plans $239.78 ↑ +54%
Kaiser Commercial|All Plans $252.70 ↑ +63%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $288.80 ↑ +86%
Blue Shield CA Medicaid|All Plans $291.00 ↑ +87%
Care 1st Medicaid|All Plans $291.00 ↑ +87%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|MCS $303.94 ↑ +96%
Health Net Commercial|EPPO $2,417.00 ↑ +1457%
Health Net Commercial|Care Product $2,936.00 ↑ +1791%
Health Net Commercial|All Other Plans $3,375.00 ↑ +2074%
United Commercial|HMO $6,243.00 ↑ +3922%
United Commercial|Options PPO $6,343.00 ↑ +3986%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $6,343.00 ↑ +3986%

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Interrog device eval heart at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Bakersfield Memorial Hospital Bakersfield $66.06 $47.38 – $142.20
St. Joseph's Medical Center Stockton Stockton $38.22 $27.30 – $130.00
Santa Rosa Memorial Hospital Santa Rosa $86.19 $51.93 – $162.55
Providence Mission Hospital - Mission Viejo Mission Viejo $99.36 $40.80 – $88.80
Mercy Medical Center Merced Merced $105.58 $47.38 – $205.00
St Jude Medical Center Fullerton $69.12 $40.80 – $88.80
Community Hospital San Bernardino San Bernardino $41.45 $47.38 – $8,268.00
Providence St Joseph Hospital Orange Orange $280.80 $40.80 – $88.80

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