Lap paraesophag hern repair at St. Mary Medical Center
1050 Linden Ave, Long Beach, CA · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1194840421
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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.
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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.
$1,145.27 with Noble IPA vs $21,165.60 with SevenCorners — 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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| Noble IPA | Medicaid|< 21 | $1,145.27 | — |
| Noble IPA | Medicaid|> 21 | $1,145.27 | — |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicaid|All Plans | $1,272.52 | — |
| HCLA | Medicaid|Preferred IPA > 21 | $1,272.52 | — |
| HCLA | Medicaid|Preferred IPA < 21 | $1,272.52 | — |
| Angeles IPA | Medicare|All Plans | $1,272.52 | — |
| Inland Empire Health Plan | Medicaid|All Plans | $1,272.52 | — |
| Partnership Health Plan | Medicaid|< 21 | $1,272.52 | — |
| Partnership Health Plan | Medicaid|> 21 | $1,272.52 | — |
| Preferred IPA | Medicaid|Risk | $1,272.52 | — |
| Health Net | Medicaid|> 21 | $1,696.27 | — |
| Health Net | Medicaid|< 21 | $1,696.27 | — |
| Molina | Medicaid|All Plans | $1,781.53 | — |
| Kaiser | Medicaid|< 21 | $1,908.78 | — |
| Kaiser | Medicaid|> 21 | $1,908.78 | — |
| LA Care | Medicaid|All Plans | $5,242.78 | — |
| Care 1st | Medicaid|All Plans | $6,362.60 | — |
| Blue Shield CA | Medicaid|All Plans | $6,362.60 | — |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|Exchange | $8,138.00 | — |
| Health Net | Commercial|EPPO | $9,966.00 | — |
| Health Net | Commercial|Care Product | $12,101.00 | — |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|All Other Plans | $12,146.00 | — |
| EasyChoice | Medicare|All Plans | $13,228.50 | — |
| Health Net | Medicare|All Other Plans | $13,228.50 | — |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicare|All Plans | $13,228.50 | — |
| Kaiser | Medicare|All Plans | $13,228.50 | — |
| Health Net | Medicare|HMO | $13,228.50 | — |
| Humana | Medicare|All Plans | $13,228.50 | — |
| Blue Shield CA | Medicare|All Other Plans | $13,228.50 | — |
| Molina | Medicare|All Plans | $13,228.50 | — |
| Central Health Plan | Medicare|All Plans | $13,228.50 | — |
| Cigna | Medicare|All Plans | $13,228.50 | — |
| HCLA | Medicare|Preferred IPA | $13,228.50 | — |
| Scan Health Plan | Medicare|All Plans | $13,228.50 | — |
| LA Care | Medicare|All Plans | $13,228.50 | — |
| United | Medicare|All Plans | $13,493.07 | — |
| Health Net | Commercial|All Other Plans | $13,909.00 | — |
| HPN | Medicare|Senior | $14,551.35 | — |
| LA Care | Commercial|All Plans | $16,535.63 | — |
| Blue Shield CA | Medicare|Trauma | $16,535.63 | — |
| HCLA | Commercial|Preferred IPA | $16,535.63 | — |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|MCS | $18,826.00 | — |
| SevenCorners | Medicare|All Plans | $21,165.60 | — |
| United | Commercial|Options PPO | not published by hospital | — |
| United | Commercial|All Other Plans | not published by hospital | — |
| United | Commercial|Non-Options PPO | not published by hospital | — |
| Blue Shield CA | Medicare|BlueShield Promise | not published by hospital | — |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | not published by hospital | — |
| Kaiser | Commercial|All Plans | not published by hospital | — |
| DHR | Medicaid|> 21 | not published by hospital | — |
| DHR | Medicaid|< 21 | not published by hospital | — |
| United | Commercial|HMO | not published by hospital | — |
Visitor-reported prices
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Lap paraesophag hern repair at other California hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| St. John's Camarillo Hospital | Camarillo | not published | $1,925.20 – $22,809.12 |
| Banner Lassen Medical Center | Susanville | not published | $420.17 – $420.17 |
| Petaluma Valley Hospital | Petaluma | not published | $4,745.00 – $15,313.00 |
| Arroyo Grande Hospital | Santa Maria | not published | $1,272.52 – $13,228.50 |
| Mark Twain Medical Center | San Andreas | not published | $1,272.52 – $1,272.52 |
| French Hospital | San Luis Obispo | not published | $1,272.52 – $13,228.50 |
| Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield | Bakersfield | not published | $1,272.52 – $13,228.50 |
| Bakersfield Memorial Hospital | Bakersfield | not published | $1,272.52 – $13,228.50 |