Intracranial complete study at St. Mary Medical Center
1050 Linden Ave, Long Beach, CA · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1194840421
$431.29
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.
$1,003.00
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.
$224.78 with HCLA vs $6,343.00 with United — 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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| HCLA | Medicaid|Preferred IPA > 21 | $224.78 | ↓ -48% |
| Inland Empire Health Plan | Medicaid|All Plans | $224.78 | ↓ -48% |
| HCLA | Medicaid|Preferred IPA < 21 | $224.78 | ↓ -48% |
| Partnership Health Plan | Medicaid|< 21 | $224.78 | ↓ -48% |
| Partnership Health Plan | Medicaid|> 21 | $224.78 | ↓ -48% |
| DHR | Medicaid|> 21 | $248.25 | ↓ -42% |
| DHR | Medicaid|< 21 | $248.25 | ↓ -42% |
| SMIPA | Medicare|All Plans | $273.84 | ↓ -37% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicaid|All Plans | $280.97 | ↓ -35% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|> 21 | $298.96 | ↓ -31% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|< 21 | $298.96 | ↓ -31% |
| Humana | Medicare|All Plans | $307.13 | ↓ -29% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicare|All Plans | $307.13 | ↓ -29% |
| Health Net | Medicare|HMO | $307.13 | ↓ -29% |
| EasyChoice | Medicare|All Plans | $307.13 | ↓ -29% |
| LA Care | Medicare|All Plans | $307.13 | ↓ -29% |
| Cigna | Medicare|All Plans | $307.13 | ↓ -29% |
| Scan Health Plan | Medicare|All Plans | $307.13 | ↓ -29% |
| Kaiser | Medicare|All Plans | $307.13 | ↓ -29% |
| Molina | Medicare|All Plans | $307.13 | ↓ -29% |
| HCLA | Medicare|Preferred IPA | $307.13 | ↓ -29% |
| Central Health Plan | Medicare|All Plans | $307.13 | ↓ -29% |
| Blue Shield CA | Medicare|All Other Plans | $307.13 | ↓ -29% |
| Health Net | Medicare|All Other Plans | $307.13 | ↓ -29% |
| United | Medicare|All Plans | $313.28 | ↓ -27% |
| Noble IPA | Medicaid|> 21 | $320.72 | ↓ -26% |
| Noble IPA | Medicaid|< 21 | $320.72 | ↓ -26% |
| Kaiser | Medicaid|< 21 | $337.17 | ↓ -22% |
| Kaiser | Medicaid|> 21 | $337.17 | ↓ -22% |
| HPN | Medicare|Senior | $337.84 | ↓ -22% |
| Angeles IPA | Medicare|All Plans | $356.36 | ↓ -17% |
| Preferred IPA | Medicaid|Risk | $356.36 | ↓ -17% |
| Blue Shield CA | Medicare|Trauma | $383.91 | ↓ -11% |
| LA Care | Commercial|All Plans | $383.91 | ↓ -11% |
| HCLA | Commercial|Preferred IPA | $383.91 | ↓ -11% |
| SevenCorners | Medicare|All Plans | $491.41 | ↑ +14% |
| Molina | Medicaid|All Plans | $498.90 | ↑ +16% |
| United | Commercial|Non-Options PPO | $566.01 | ↑ +31% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|Exchange | $575.94 | ↑ +34% |
| Blue Shield CA | Medicare|BlueShield Promise | $645.45 | ↑ +50% |
| Kaiser | Commercial|All Plans | $695.10 | ↑ +61% |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | $794.40 | ↑ +84% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|All Other Plans | $863.91 | ↑ +100% |
| LA Care | Medicaid|All Plans | $926.09 | ↑ +115% |
| Cigna | Commercial|PPO | $936.29 | ↑ +117% |
| Cigna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $936.29 | ↑ +117% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|MCS | $993.00 | ↑ +130% |
| Care 1st | Medicaid|All Plans | $1,781.80 | ↑ +313% |
| Blue Shield CA | Medicaid|All Plans | $1,781.80 | ↑ +313% |
| United | Commercial|HMO | $6,206.00 | ↑ +1339% |
| United | Commercial|All Other Plans | $6,343.00 | ↑ +1371% |
| United | Commercial|Options PPO | $6,343.00 | ↑ +1371% |
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Intracranial complete study at other California hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| St. John's Camarillo Hospital | Camarillo | $414.35 | $255.42 – $1,113.94 |
| Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield | Bakersfield | $824.74 | $224.78 – $1,206.45 |
| Bakersfield Memorial Hospital | Bakersfield | $815.85 | $224.78 – $1,206.45 |
| St. Joseph's Behavioral Health Center | Stockton | $372.30 | $65.20 – $521.60 |
| St. Joseph's Medical Center Stockton | Stockton | $494.81 | $120.12 – $572.00 |
| Providence Mission Hospital - Mission Viejo | Mission Viejo | $1,113.60 | $260.85 – $567.73 |
| Mercy Medical Center Mt. Shasta | Mt Shasta | $286.31 | $88.32 – $368.00 |
| Mercy Medical Center Merced | Merced | $874.99 | $224.78 – $578.00 |