Mastoids complete 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

$195.22

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.

$454.00

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.

$59.17 with Noble IPA vs $443.01 with Cigna — 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 $59.17 ↓ -70%
Noble IPA Medicaid|> 21 $59.17 ↓ -70%
Inland Empire Health Plan Medicaid|All Plans $65.75 ↓ -66%
Partnership Health Plan Medicaid|< 21 $65.75 ↓ -66%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|All Plans $65.75 ↓ -66%
HCLA Medicaid|Preferred IPA > 21 $65.75 ↓ -66%
HCLA Medicaid|Preferred IPA < 21 $65.75 ↓ -66%
Angeles IPA Medicare|All Plans $65.75 ↓ -66%
Preferred IPA Medicaid|Risk $65.75 ↓ -66%
Partnership Health Plan Medicaid|> 21 $65.75 ↓ -66%
Health Net Medicaid|> 21 $87.64 ↓ -55%
Health Net Medicaid|< 21 $87.64 ↓ -55%
Molina Medicaid|All Plans $92.05 ↓ -53%
Kaiser Medicaid|< 21 $98.63 ↓ -49%
Kaiser Medicaid|> 21 $98.63 ↓ -49%
DHR Medicaid|< 21 $111.25 ↓ -43%
DHR Medicaid|> 21 $111.25 ↓ -43%
SMIPA Medicare|All Plans $131.70 ↓ -33%
HCLA Medicare|Preferred IPA $135.12 ↓ -31%
Humana Medicare|All Plans $135.12 ↓ -31%
Molina Medicare|All Plans $135.12 ↓ -31%
Health Net Medicare|All Other Plans $135.12 ↓ -31%
Health Net Medicare|HMO $135.12 ↓ -31%
Cigna Medicare|All Plans $135.12 ↓ -31%
Kaiser Medicare|All Plans $135.12 ↓ -31%
Central Health Plan Medicare|All Plans $135.12 ↓ -31%
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|All Plans $135.12 ↓ -31%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|All Other Plans $135.12 ↓ -31%
Scan Health Plan Medicare|All Plans $135.12 ↓ -31%
LA Care Medicare|All Plans $135.12 ↓ -31%
EasyChoice Medicare|All Plans $135.12 ↓ -31%
United Medicare|All Plans $137.83 ↓ -29%
HPN Medicare|Senior $148.63 ↓ -24%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Exchange $149.68 ↓ -23%
HCLA Commercial|Preferred IPA $168.90 ↓ -13%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|Trauma $168.90 ↓ -13%
LA Care Commercial|All Plans $168.90 ↓ -13%
SevenCorners Medicare|All Plans $216.19 ↑ +11%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|All Other Plans $223.17 ↑ +14%
Healthcare Partners Medicare|All Plans $226.95 ↑ +16%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $245.18 ↑ +26%
United Commercial|Non-Options PPO $245.18 ↑ +26%
United Commercial|Options PPO $245.18 ↑ +26%
United Commercial|HMO $245.18 ↑ +26%
Healthcare Partners Commercial|All Plans $253.65 ↑ +30%
LA Care Medicaid|All Plans $270.89 ↑ +39%
Aetna Commercial|PPO $273.43 ↑ +40%
Aetna Commercial|All Other Plans $273.43 ↑ +40%
Aetna Commercial|HMO $273.43 ↑ +40%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|BlueShield Promise $289.25 ↑ +48%
Kaiser Commercial|All Plans $311.50 ↑ +60%
Care 1st Medicaid|All Plans $328.75 ↑ +68%
Blue Shield CA Medicaid|All Plans $328.75 ↑ +68%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|MCS $346.00 ↑ +77%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $356.00 ↑ +82%
Cigna Commercial|All Other Plans $443.01 ↑ +127%
Cigna Commercial|PPO $443.01 ↑ +127%

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Mastoids complete at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
St. John's Camarillo Hospital Camarillo $597.00 $99.47 – $1,063.14
Banner Lassen Medical Center Susanville $356.21 $75.64 – $526.71
Mark Twain Medical Center San Andreas $773.90 $65.75 – $286.16
Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield Bakersfield $246.35 $65.75 – $570.84
Bakersfield Memorial Hospital Bakersfield $243.69 $65.75 – $570.84
Queen of The Valley Medical Center Napa $878.73 $148.44 – $233.08
Providence St Joseph Hospital Eureka Eureka $1,268.88 $134.46 – $264.32
St. Joseph's Medical Center Stockton Stockton $115.55 $38.01 – $181.00

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