MRI breast without cont bi 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

$596.84

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.

$1,388.00

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.

$192.66 with Noble IPA vs $1,922.00 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 $192.66 ↓ -68%
Noble IPA Medicaid|< 21 $192.66 ↓ -68%
Preferred IPA Medicaid|Risk $214.07 ↓ -64%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|All Plans $214.07 ↓ -64%
Partnership Health Plan Medicaid|> 21 $214.07 ↓ -64%
HCLA Medicaid|Preferred IPA > 21 $214.07 ↓ -64%
HCLA Medicaid|Preferred IPA < 21 $214.07 ↓ -64%
Inland Empire Health Plan Medicaid|All Plans $214.07 ↓ -64%
Angeles IPA Medicare|All Plans $214.07 ↓ -64%
Partnership Health Plan Medicaid|< 21 $214.07 ↓ -64%
SMIPA Medicare|All Plans $273.84 ↓ -54%
Health Net Medicaid|> 21 $285.36 ↓ -52%
Health Net Medicaid|< 21 $285.36 ↓ -52%
Molina Medicaid|All Plans $299.70 ↓ -50%
Molina Medicare|All Plans $307.13 ↓ -49%
Humana Medicare|All Plans $307.13 ↓ -49%
Health Net Medicare|All Other Plans $307.13 ↓ -49%
Health Net Medicare|HMO $307.13 ↓ -49%
Cigna Medicare|All Plans $307.13 ↓ -49%
Kaiser Medicare|All Plans $307.13 ↓ -49%
Central Health Plan Medicare|All Plans $307.13 ↓ -49%
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|All Plans $307.13 ↓ -49%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|All Other Plans $307.13 ↓ -49%
Scan Health Plan Medicare|All Plans $307.13 ↓ -49%
LA Care Medicare|All Plans $307.13 ↓ -49%
EasyChoice Medicare|All Plans $307.13 ↓ -49%
HCLA Medicare|Preferred IPA $307.13 ↓ -49%
United Medicare|All Plans $313.28 ↓ -48%
Kaiser Medicaid|> 21 $321.11 ↓ -46%
Kaiser Medicaid|< 21 $321.11 ↓ -46%
HPN Medicare|Senior $337.84 ↓ -43%
DHR Medicaid|< 21 $347.00 ↓ -42%
DHR Medicaid|> 21 $347.00 ↓ -42%
HCLA Commercial|Preferred IPA $383.91 ↓ -36%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|Trauma $383.91 ↓ -36%
LA Care Commercial|All Plans $383.91 ↓ -36%
SevenCorners Medicare|All Plans $491.41 ↓ -18%
United Commercial|Non-Options PPO $517.79 ↓ -13%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $517.79 ↓ -13%
United Commercial|HMO $517.79 ↓ -13%
United Commercial|Options PPO $517.79 ↓ -13%
Healthcare Partners Medicare|All Plans $695.00 ↑ +16%
Healthcare Partners Commercial|All Plans $787.00 ↑ +32%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Exchange $805.04 ↑ +35%
LA Care Medicaid|All Plans $881.97 ↑ +48%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|BlueShield Promise $902.20 ↑ +51%
Kaiser Commercial|All Plans $971.60 ↑ +63%
Care 1st Medicaid|All Plans $1,070.35 ↑ +79%
Blue Shield CA Medicaid|All Plans $1,070.35 ↑ +79%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $1,110.40 ↑ +86%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|All Other Plans $1,207.56 ↑ +102%
Aetna Commercial|All Other Plans $1,388.00 ↑ +133%
Aetna Commercial|PPO $1,388.00 ↑ +133%
Aetna Commercial|HMO $1,388.00 ↑ +133%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|MCS $1,388.00 ↑ +133%
Cigna Commercial|PPO $1,922.00 ↑ +222%
Cigna Commercial|All Other Plans $1,922.00 ↑ +222%

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MRI breast without cont bi at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
St. John's Camarillo Hospital Camarillo $2,141.82 $307.13 – $3,814.20
Banner Lassen Medical Center Susanville $1,241.96 $48.34 – $1,733.39
Arroyo Grande Hospital Santa Maria $1,581.89 $214.07 – $3,294.76
Mark Twain Medical Center San Andreas $10,247.08 $214.07 – $3,829.84
French Hospital San Luis Obispo $1,263.81 $214.07 – $2,111.00
Queen of The Valley Medical Center Napa $4,849.59 $338.78 – $1,767.69
Providence St Joseph Hospital Eureka Eureka $3,839.28 $306.88 – $1,932.98
St. Joseph's Medical Center Stockton Stockton $1,526.75 $214.07 – $4,258.26

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