Kidney imag w/bld flow multi 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

$1,219.91

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.

$2,837.00

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.

$235.76 with Noble IPA vs $2,269.60 with MultiPlan — 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 $235.76 ↓ -81%
Noble IPA Medicaid|> 21 $235.76 ↓ -81%
Preferred IPA Medicaid|Risk $261.96 ↓ -79%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|All Plans $261.96 ↓ -79%
HCLA Medicaid|Preferred IPA > 21 $261.96 ↓ -79%
HCLA Medicaid|Preferred IPA < 21 $261.96 ↓ -79%
Angeles IPA Medicare|All Plans $261.96 ↓ -79%
Inland Empire Health Plan Medicaid|All Plans $261.96 ↓ -79%
Partnership Health Plan Medicaid|> 21 $261.96 ↓ -79%
Partnership Health Plan Medicaid|< 21 $261.96 ↓ -79%
Health Net Medicaid|< 21 $349.19 ↓ -71%
Health Net Medicaid|> 21 $349.19 ↓ -71%
Molina Medicaid|All Plans $366.74 ↓ -70%
Kaiser Medicaid|< 21 $392.94 ↓ -68%
Kaiser Medicaid|> 21 $392.94 ↓ -68%
SMIPA Medicare|All Plans $554.61 ↓ -55%
Molina Medicare|All Plans $683.93 ↓ -44%
Humana Medicare|All Plans $683.93 ↓ -44%
Health Net Medicare|All Other Plans $683.93 ↓ -44%
Health Net Medicare|HMO $683.93 ↓ -44%
Cigna Medicare|All Plans $683.93 ↓ -44%
Kaiser Medicare|All Plans $683.93 ↓ -44%
Central Health Plan Medicare|All Plans $683.93 ↓ -44%
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|All Plans $683.93 ↓ -44%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|All Other Plans $683.93 ↓ -44%
Scan Health Plan Medicare|All Plans $683.93 ↓ -44%
LA Care Medicare|All Plans $683.93 ↓ -44%
EasyChoice Medicare|All Plans $683.93 ↓ -44%
HCLA Medicare|Preferred IPA $683.93 ↓ -44%
United Medicare|All Plans $697.61 ↓ -43%
DHR Medicaid|> 21 $709.25 ↓ -42%
DHR Medicaid|< 21 $709.25 ↓ -42%
HPN Medicare|Senior $752.32 ↓ -38%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Exchange $847.62 ↓ -31%
HCLA Commercial|Preferred IPA $854.91 ↓ -30%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|Trauma $854.91 ↓ -30%
LA Care Commercial|All Plans $854.91 ↓ -30%
LA Care Medicaid|All Plans $1,079.28 ↓ -12%
SevenCorners Medicare|All Plans $1,094.29 ↓ -10%
United Commercial|HMO $1,101.15 ↓ -10%
United Commercial|Options PPO $1,101.15 ↓ -10%
United Commercial|Non-Options PPO $1,101.15 ↓ -10%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $1,101.15 ↓ -10%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|All Other Plans $1,263.83 ↑ +4%
Blue Shield CA Medicaid|All Plans $1,309.80 ↑ +7%
Care 1st Medicaid|All Plans $1,309.80 ↑ +7%
Healthcare Partners Medicare|All Plans $1,446.87 ↑ +19%
Healthcare Partners Commercial|All Plans $1,617.09 ↑ +33%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|BlueShield Promise $1,844.05 ↑ +51%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|MCS $1,959.42 ↑ +61%
Kaiser Commercial|All Plans $1,985.90 ↑ +63%
Cigna Commercial|PPO $1,991.18 ↑ +63%
Cigna Commercial|All Other Plans $1,991.18 ↑ +63%
Aetna Commercial|HMO $2,049.12 ↑ +68%
Aetna Commercial|PPO $2,049.12 ↑ +68%
Aetna Commercial|All Other Plans $2,049.12 ↑ +68%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $2,269.60 ↑ +86%

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Kidney imag w/bld flow multi at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
St. John's Camarillo Hospital Camarillo $2,047.22 $396.32 – $3,645.72
Banner Lassen Medical Center Susanville $1,328.58 $107.65 – $1,920.60
Arroyo Grande Hospital Santa Maria $2,906.98 $261.96 – $5,747.70
Mark Twain Medical Center San Andreas $5,696.97 $261.96 – $3,948.42
French Hospital San Luis Obispo $2,323.39 $261.96 – $2,704.43
Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield Bakersfield $1,251.76 $261.96 – $2,699.20
Bakersfield Memorial Hospital Bakersfield $1,238.26 $261.96 – $2,665.46
Queen of The Valley Medical Center Napa $3,581.22 $755.17 – $1,319.94

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