Kit cath ivl 2.5x40mm 135cm shockwave s4 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

$12,824.75

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.

$29,825.00

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.

$5,965.00 with BCBS - Anthem vs $29,825.00 with SMIPA — 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
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|All Plans $5,965.00 ↓ -53%
Preferred IPA Medicaid|Risk $6,263.25 ↓ -51%
Molina Medicaid|All Plans $6,859.75 ↓ -47%
DHR Medicaid|> 21 $7,456.25 ↓ -42%
DHR Medicaid|< 21 $7,456.25 ↓ -42%
HPN Commercial|All Plans $7,754.50 ↓ -40%
HCLA Medicaid|Preferred IPA > 21 $8,947.50 ↓ -30%
Cigna Commercial|All Other Plans $8,947.50 ↓ -30%
Cigna Commercial|PPO $8,947.50 ↓ -30%
HCLA Medicaid|Preferred IPA < 21 $8,947.50 ↓ -30%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Exchange $10,140.50 ↓ -21%
Angeles IPA Medicare|All Plans $10,438.75 ↓ -19%
Health Net Commercial|EPPO $11,035.25 ↓ -14%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|Exchange $12,228.25 ↓ -5%
Health Net Commercial|Care Product $13,421.25 ↑ +5%
United Commercial|Non-Options PPO $14,017.75 ↑ +9%
United Commercial|Options PPO $14,912.50 ↑ +16%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $14,912.50 ↑ +16%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|All Other Plans $14,912.50 ↑ +16%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|MCS $14,912.50 ↑ +16%
Health Net Commercial|All Other Plans $15,509.00 ↑ +21%
United Commercial|HMO $15,509.00 ↑ +21%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|All Other Plans $16,403.75 ↑ +28%
Aetna Commercial|HMO $17,298.50 ↑ +35%
Aetna Commercial|PPO $17,298.50 ↑ +35%
Aetna Commercial|All Other Plans $17,298.50 ↑ +35%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|BlueShield Promise $19,386.25 ↑ +51%
Kaiser Commercial|All Plans $20,877.50 ↑ +63%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $23,860.00 ↑ +86%
SMIPA Medicare|All Plans $29,825.00 ↑ +133%

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Kit cath ivl 2.5x40mm 135cm shockwave s4 at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
St. John's Camarillo Hospital Camarillo $10,399.88 $5,698.56 – $18,520.32
Petaluma Valley Hospital Petaluma $14,621.70 not published
Arroyo Grande Hospital Santa Maria $10,163.72 $5,461.81 – $23,272.06
French Hospital San Luis Obispo $9,308.83 $4,511.93 – $23,272.06
Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield Bakersfield $9,788.84 $6,596.25 – $23,746.50
Bakersfield Memorial Hospital Bakersfield $9,683.30 $6,596.25 – $25,593.45
Queen of The Valley Medical Center Napa $14,621.70 not published
Providence St Joseph Hospital Eureka Eureka $6,256.17 not published

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