Interstitial brachy inter at St. Mary Medical Center
1050 Linden Ave, Long Beach, CA · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1194840421
$149.64
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.
$348.00
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.
$87.00 with DHR vs $9,811.00 with Healthcare Partners — 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 | $87.00 | ↓ -42% |
| DHR | Medicaid|< 21 | $87.00 | ↓ -42% |
| Blue Shield CA | Medicaid|All Plans | $90.48 | ↓ -40% |
| Care 1st | Medicaid|All Plans | $90.48 | ↓ -40% |
| Central Health Plan | Medicare|All Plans | $139.13 | ↓ -7% |
| Humana | Medicare|All Plans | $139.13 | ↓ -7% |
| Molina | Medicare|All Plans | $139.13 | ↓ -7% |
| Health Net | Medicare|All Other Plans | $139.13 | ↓ -7% |
| Health Net | Medicare|HMO | $139.13 | ↓ -7% |
| Cigna | Medicare|All Plans | $139.13 | ↓ -7% |
| Kaiser | Medicare|All Plans | $139.13 | ↓ -7% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicare|All Plans | $139.13 | ↓ -7% |
| Blue Shield CA | Medicare|All Other Plans | $139.13 | ↓ -7% |
| Scan Health Plan | Medicare|All Plans | $139.13 | ↓ -7% |
| LA Care | Medicare|All Plans | $139.13 | ↓ -7% |
| EasyChoice | Medicare|All Plans | $139.13 | ↓ -7% |
| HCLA | Medicare|Preferred IPA | $139.13 | ↓ -7% |
| United | Medicare|All Plans | $141.92 | ↓ -5% |
| SMIPA | Medicare|All Plans | $144.19 | ↓ -4% |
| HPN | Medicare|Senior | $153.04 | ↑ +2% |
| LA Care | Commercial|All Plans | $173.91 | ↑ +16% |
| HCLA | Commercial|Preferred IPA | $173.91 | ↑ +16% |
| Blue Shield CA | Medicare|Trauma | $173.91 | ↑ +16% |
| United | Commercial|Non-Options PPO | $201.84 | ↑ +35% |
| SevenCorners | Medicare|All Plans | $222.61 | ↑ +49% |
| Blue Shield CA | Medicare|BlueShield Promise | $226.20 | ↑ +51% |
| Aetna | Commercial|HMO | $240.12 | ↑ +60% |
| Aetna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $240.12 | ↑ +60% |
| Aetna | Commercial|PPO | $240.12 | ↑ +60% |
| Kaiser | Commercial|All Plans | $243.60 | ↑ +63% |
| Cigna | Commercial|PPO | $267.96 | ↑ +79% |
| Cigna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $267.96 | ↑ +79% |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | $278.40 | ↑ +86% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicaid|All Plans | $348.00 | ↑ +133% |
| United | Commercial|All Other Plans | $348.00 | ↑ +133% |
| United | Commercial|HMO | $348.00 | ↑ +133% |
| United | Commercial|Options PPO | $348.00 | ↑ +133% |
| Healthcare Partners | Medicare|All Plans | $8,665.00 | ↑ +5691% |
| Healthcare Partners | Commercial|All Plans | $9,811.00 | ↑ +6456% |
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Interstitial brachy inter at other California hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Providence Mission Hospital - Mission Viejo | Mission Viejo | $1,758.72 | not published |
| Northridge Hospital Medical Center | Northridge | $578.65 | $139.13 – $1,549.00 |
| St Jude Medical Center | Fullerton | $638.88 | not published |
| Providence St Joseph Hospital Orange | Orange | $563.52 | not published |
| Providence Saint John's Health Center | Santa Monica | not published | $131.23 – $932.02 |