Manipulation chest wall initial demonstration/evaluation 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

$95.89

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$223.00

Gross charge

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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.

$28.54 with BCBS - Anthem 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.

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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

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 $28.54 ↓ -70%
Noble IPA Medicaid|< 21 $31.91 ↓ -67%
Noble IPA Medicaid|> 21 $31.91 ↓ -67%
Inland Empire Health Plan Medicaid|All Plans $35.46 ↓ -63%
Preferred IPA Medicaid|Risk $35.46 ↓ -63%
Partnership Health Plan Medicaid|> 21 $35.46 ↓ -63%
Partnership Health Plan Medicaid|< 21 $35.46 ↓ -63%
HCLA Medicaid|Preferred IPA > 21 $35.46 ↓ -63%
Angeles IPA Medicare|All Plans $35.46 ↓ -63%
HCLA Medicaid|Preferred IPA < 21 $35.46 ↓ -63%
Health Net Medicaid|< 21 $47.27 ↓ -51%
Health Net Medicaid|> 21 $47.27 ↓ -51%
Molina Medicaid|All Plans $49.64 ↓ -48%
Kaiser Medicaid|< 21 $53.19 ↓ -45%
Kaiser Medicaid|> 21 $53.19 ↓ -45%
DHR Medicaid|< 21 $55.75 ↓ -42%
DHR Medicaid|> 21 $55.75 ↓ -42%
SMIPA Medicare|All Plans $128.12 ↑ +34%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Exchange $129.34 ↑ +35%
United Commercial|Non-Options PPO $129.34 ↑ +35%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|BlueShield Promise $144.95 ↑ +51%
LA Care Medicaid|All Plans $146.10 ↑ +52%
Kaiser Commercial|All Plans $156.10 ↑ +63%
Central Health Plan Medicare|All Plans $163.78 ↑ +71%
Humana Medicare|All Plans $163.78 ↑ +71%
Molina Medicare|All Plans $163.78 ↑ +71%
Health Net Medicare|All Other Plans $163.78 ↑ +71%
Health Net Medicare|HMO $163.78 ↑ +71%
Cigna Medicare|All Plans $163.78 ↑ +71%
Kaiser Medicare|All Plans $163.78 ↑ +71%
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|All Plans $163.78 ↑ +71%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|All Other Plans $163.78 ↑ +71%
Scan Health Plan Medicare|All Plans $163.78 ↑ +71%
LA Care Medicare|All Plans $163.78 ↑ +71%
EasyChoice Medicare|All Plans $163.78 ↑ +71%
HCLA Medicare|Preferred IPA $163.78 ↑ +71%
United Medicare|All Plans $167.06 ↑ +74%
Care 1st Medicaid|All Plans $177.30 ↑ +85%
Blue Shield CA Medicaid|All Plans $177.30 ↑ +85%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $178.40 ↑ +86%
HPN Medicare|Senior $180.16 ↑ +88%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|All Other Plans $194.01 ↑ +102%
LA Care Commercial|All Plans $204.72 ↑ +113%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|Trauma $204.72 ↑ +113%
HCLA Commercial|Preferred IPA $204.72 ↑ +113%
HPN Commercial|All Plans $223.00 ↑ +133%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|MCS $223.00 ↑ +133%
SevenCorners Medicare|All Plans $262.05 ↑ +173%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|Exchange $400.00 ↑ +317%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|All Other Plans $522.00 ↑ +444%
Cigna Commercial|All Other Plans $570.00 ↑ +494%
Cigna Commercial|PPO $570.00 ↑ +494%
United Commercial|HMO $6,243.00 ↑ +6411%
United Commercial|Options PPO $6,343.00 ↑ +6515%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $6,343.00 ↑ +6515%

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Manipulation chest wall initial demonstration/evaluation at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
St. John's Camarillo Hospital Camarillo $260.18 $40.03 – $594.00
Banner Lassen Medical Center Susanville $53.84 $25.78 – $107.67
Petaluma Valley Hospital Petaluma $534.48 $164.65 – $182.96
Arroyo Grande Hospital Santa Maria $42.80 $26.80 – $746.00
Mark Twain Medical Center San Andreas $185.82 $35.46 – $273.42
French Hospital San Luis Obispo $64.29 $26.80 – $1,149.00
Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield Bakersfield $306.82 $35.46 – $727.76
Bakersfield Memorial Hospital Bakersfield $303.51 $35.46 – $12,607.00

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