Lead acuity x4 spiral l 86cm at St. Mary Medical Center
1050 Linden Ave, Long Beach, CA · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1194840421
$9,864.20
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.
$22,940.00
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.
$949.00 with BCBS - Anthem vs $4,745.00 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.
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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| BCBS - Anthem | Medicaid|All Plans | $949.00 | ↓ -90% |
| Preferred IPA | Medicaid|Risk | $996.45 | ↓ -90% |
| Molina | Medicaid|All Plans | $1,091.35 | ↓ -89% |
| DHR | Medicaid|> 21 | $1,186.25 | ↓ -88% |
| DHR | Medicaid|< 21 | $1,186.25 | ↓ -88% |
| HPN | Commercial|All Plans | $1,233.70 | ↓ -87% |
| Cigna | Commercial|PPO | $1,423.50 | ↓ -86% |
| Cigna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $1,423.50 | ↓ -86% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|Exchange | $1,613.30 | ↓ -84% |
| Angeles IPA | Medicare|All Plans | $1,660.75 | ↓ -83% |
| Health Net | Commercial|EPPO | $1,755.65 | ↓ -82% |
| Health Net | Commercial|Care Product | $2,135.25 | ↓ -78% |
| United | Commercial|Non-Options PPO | $2,230.15 | ↓ -77% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|MCS | $2,372.50 | ↓ -76% |
| United | Commercial|All Other Plans | $2,372.50 | ↓ -76% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|All Other Plans | $2,372.50 | ↓ -76% |
| United | Commercial|Options PPO | $2,372.50 | ↓ -76% |
| United | Commercial|HMO | $2,467.40 | ↓ -75% |
| Health Net | Commercial|All Other Plans | $2,467.40 | ↓ -75% |
| Blue Shield CA | Medicare|BlueShield Promise | $3,084.25 | ↓ -69% |
| Kaiser | Commercial|All Plans | $3,321.50 | ↓ -66% |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | $3,796.00 | ↓ -62% |
| SMIPA | Medicare|All Plans | $4,745.00 | ↓ -52% |
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Lead acuity x4 spiral l 86cm at other California hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| St. John's Camarillo Hospital | Camarillo | $7,999.20 | $906.72 – $2,946.84 |
| Banner Lassen Medical Center | Susanville | $18,613.05 | $3,798.65 – $8,987.05 |
| Petaluma Valley Hospital | Petaluma | $5,362.34 | not published |
| Arroyo Grande Hospital | Santa Maria | $7,817.85 | $869.40 – $3,704.40 |
| French Hospital | San Luis Obispo | $7,160.28 | $718.20 – $3,704.40 |
| Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield | Bakersfield | $7,529.45 | $807.50 – $2,584.00 |
| Bakersfield Memorial Hospital | Bakersfield | $7,448.27 | $807.50 – $2,551.70 |
| Queen of The Valley Medical Center | Napa | $5,149.06 | not published |