Myelography thoracic spine at St. Mary Medical Center
1050 Linden Ave, Long Beach, CA · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1194840421
$1,197.12
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.
$2,784.00
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.
$112.34 with Noble IPA vs $2,911.10 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.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Noble IPA | Medicaid|< 21 | $112.34 | ↓ -91% |
| Noble IPA | Medicaid|> 21 | $112.34 | ↓ -91% |
| Partnership Health Plan | Medicaid|< 21 | $124.82 | ↓ -90% |
| Partnership Health Plan | Medicaid|> 21 | $124.82 | ↓ -90% |
| Inland Empire Health Plan | Medicaid|All Plans | $124.82 | ↓ -90% |
| Angeles IPA | Medicare|All Plans | $124.82 | ↓ -90% |
| HCLA | Medicaid|Preferred IPA > 21 | $124.82 | ↓ -90% |
| HCLA | Medicaid|Preferred IPA < 21 | $124.82 | ↓ -90% |
| Preferred IPA | Medicaid|Risk | $124.82 | ↓ -90% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicaid|All Plans | $142.79 | ↓ -88% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|< 21 | $166.39 | ↓ -86% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|> 21 | $166.39 | ↓ -86% |
| Molina | Medicaid|All Plans | $174.75 | ↓ -85% |
| Kaiser | Medicaid|< 21 | $187.23 | ↓ -84% |
| Kaiser | Medicaid|> 21 | $187.23 | ↓ -84% |
| DHR | Medicaid|> 21 | $286.50 | ↓ -76% |
| DHR | Medicaid|< 21 | $286.50 | ↓ -76% |
| LA Care | Medicaid|All Plans | $514.26 | ↓ -57% |
| Healthcare Partners | Medicare|All Plans | $584.46 | ↓ -51% |
| Blue Shield CA | Medicaid|All Plans | $624.10 | ↓ -48% |
| Care 1st | Medicaid|All Plans | $624.10 | ↓ -48% |
| Aetna | Commercial|HMO | $632.25 | ↓ -47% |
| Aetna | Commercial|PPO | $632.25 | ↓ -47% |
| Aetna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $632.25 | ↓ -47% |
| Healthcare Partners | Commercial|All Plans | $653.22 | ↓ -45% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|Exchange | $664.68 | ↓ -44% |
| Blue Shield CA | Medicare|BlueShield Promise | $744.90 | ↓ -38% |
| SMIPA | Medicare|All Plans | $800.02 | ↓ -33% |
| Kaiser | Commercial|All Plans | $802.20 | ↓ -33% |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | $916.80 | ↓ -23% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|All Other Plans | $997.02 | ↓ -17% |
| Cigna | Medicare|All Plans | $1,003.85 | ↓ -16% |
| Scan Health Plan | Medicare|All Plans | $1,003.85 | ↓ -16% |
| LA Care | Medicare|All Plans | $1,003.85 | ↓ -16% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicare|All Plans | $1,003.85 | ↓ -16% |
| Central Health Plan | Medicare|All Plans | $1,003.85 | ↓ -16% |
| Kaiser | Medicare|All Plans | $1,003.85 | ↓ -16% |
| Blue Shield CA | Medicare|All Other Plans | $1,003.85 | ↓ -16% |
| Humana | Medicare|All Plans | $1,003.85 | ↓ -16% |
| Health Net | Medicare|HMO | $1,003.85 | ↓ -16% |
| Health Net | Medicare|All Other Plans | $1,003.85 | ↓ -16% |
| EasyChoice | Medicare|All Plans | $1,003.85 | ↓ -16% |
| HCLA | Medicare|Preferred IPA | $1,003.85 | ↓ -16% |
| Molina | Medicare|All Plans | $1,003.85 | ↓ -16% |
| United | Medicare|All Plans | $1,023.93 | ↓ -14% |
| HPN | Medicare|Senior | $1,104.23 | ↓ -8% |
| United | Commercial|All Other Plans | $1,146.00 | ↓ -4% |
| United | Commercial|Options PPO | $1,146.00 | ↓ -4% |
| United | Commercial|Non-Options PPO | $1,146.00 | ↓ -4% |
| United | Commercial|HMO | $1,146.00 | ↓ -4% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|MCS | $1,146.00 | ↓ -4% |
| LA Care | Commercial|All Plans | $1,254.81 | ↑ +5% |
| Blue Shield CA | Medicare|Trauma | $1,254.81 | ↑ +5% |
| HCLA | Commercial|Preferred IPA | $1,254.81 | ↑ +5% |
| SevenCorners | Medicare|All Plans | $1,606.16 | ↑ +34% |
| Cigna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $2,911.10 | ↑ +143% |
| Cigna | Commercial|PPO | $2,911.10 | ↑ +143% |
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Myelography thoracic spine at other California hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| St. John's Camarillo Hospital | Camarillo | $759.93 | $188.84 – $3,463.45 |
| Arroyo Grande Hospital | Santa Maria | $2,938.65 | $124.82 – $6,408.22 |
| Mark Twain Medical Center | San Andreas | $1,539.80 | $124.82 – $621.32 |
| French Hospital | San Luis Obispo | $2,344.95 | $124.82 – $3,953.87 |
| Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield | Bakersfield | $1,362.69 | $124.82 – $3,751.09 |
| Bakersfield Memorial Hospital | Bakersfield | $1,348.00 | $124.82 – $3,751.09 |
| St. Joseph's Medical Center Stockton | Stockton | $1,255.68 | $124.82 – $1,036.00 |
| Mercy Medical Center Merced | Merced | $1,794.78 | $124.82 – $873.40 |