Nasopharyngoscopy w/endoscope at St. Mary Medical Center
1050 Linden Ave, Long Beach, CA · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1194840421
$273.91
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.
$637.00
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.
$47.95 with Partnership Health Plan vs $6,054.00 with BCBS - Anthem — 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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| Partnership Health Plan | Medicaid|< 21 | $47.95 | ↓ -82% |
| HCLA | Medicaid|Preferred IPA > 21 | $47.95 | ↓ -82% |
| HCLA | Medicaid|Preferred IPA < 21 | $47.95 | ↓ -82% |
| Inland Empire Health Plan | Medicaid|All Plans | $47.95 | ↓ -82% |
| Partnership Health Plan | Medicaid|> 21 | $47.95 | ↓ -82% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicaid|All Plans | $59.94 | ↓ -78% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|> 21 | $63.77 | ↓ -77% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|< 21 | $63.77 | ↓ -77% |
| Noble IPA | Medicaid|< 21 | $68.42 | ↓ -75% |
| Noble IPA | Medicaid|> 21 | $68.42 | ↓ -75% |
| Kaiser | Medicaid|< 21 | $71.93 | ↓ -74% |
| Kaiser | Medicaid|> 21 | $71.93 | ↓ -74% |
| Preferred IPA | Medicaid|Risk | $76.02 | ↓ -72% |
| Angeles IPA | Medicare|All Plans | $76.02 | ↓ -72% |
| Molina | Medicaid|All Plans | $106.43 | ↓ -61% |
| DHR | Medicaid|< 21 | $159.25 | ↓ -42% |
| DHR | Medicaid|> 21 | $159.25 | ↓ -42% |
| SMIPA | Medicare|All Plans | $183.96 | ↓ -33% |
| LA Care | Medicaid|All Plans | $197.55 | ↓ -28% |
| Health Net | Medicare|All Other Plans | $246.67 | ↓ -10% |
| Humana | Medicare|All Plans | $246.67 | ↓ -10% |
| Molina | Medicare|All Plans | $246.67 | ↓ -10% |
| Health Net | Medicare|HMO | $246.67 | ↓ -10% |
| Cigna | Medicare|All Plans | $246.67 | ↓ -10% |
| Kaiser | Medicare|All Plans | $246.67 | ↓ -10% |
| Central Health Plan | Medicare|All Plans | $246.67 | ↓ -10% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicare|All Plans | $246.67 | ↓ -10% |
| Blue Shield CA | Medicare|All Other Plans | $246.67 | ↓ -10% |
| Scan Health Plan | Medicare|All Plans | $246.67 | ↓ -10% |
| LA Care | Medicare|All Plans | $246.67 | ↓ -10% |
| EasyChoice | Medicare|All Plans | $246.67 | ↓ -10% |
| HCLA | Medicare|Preferred IPA | $246.67 | ↓ -10% |
| United | Medicare|All Plans | $251.61 | ↓ -8% |
| HPN | Medicare|Senior | $271.34 | ↓ -1% |
| Healthcare Partners | Medicare|All Plans | $293.02 | ↑ +7% |
| LA Care | Commercial|All Plans | $308.34 | ↑ +13% |
| HCLA | Commercial|Preferred IPA | $308.34 | ↑ +13% |
| Blue Shield CA | Medicare|Trauma | $308.34 | ↑ +13% |
| Healthcare Partners | Commercial|All Plans | $331.24 | ↑ +21% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|Exchange | $369.46 | ↑ +35% |
| Blue Shield CA | Medicaid|All Plans | $380.10 | ↑ +39% |
| Care 1st | Medicaid|All Plans | $380.10 | ↑ +39% |
| SevenCorners | Medicare|All Plans | $394.67 | ↑ +44% |
| Cigna | Commercial|PPO | $394.94 | ↑ +44% |
| Cigna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $394.94 | ↑ +44% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|All Other Plans | $407.68 | ↑ +49% |
| Blue Shield CA | Medicare|BlueShield Promise | $414.05 | ↑ +51% |
| Aetna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $433.16 | ↑ +58% |
| Aetna | Commercial|PPO | $433.16 | ↑ +58% |
| Aetna | Commercial|HMO | $433.16 | ↑ +58% |
| Kaiser | Commercial|All Plans | $445.90 | ↑ +63% |
| HPN | Commercial|All Plans | $490.49 | ↑ +79% |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | $509.60 | ↑ +86% |
| Health Net | Commercial|EPPO | $2,417.00 | ↑ +782% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|Exchange | $2,617.00 | ↑ +855% |
| Health Net | Commercial|Care Product | $2,936.00 | ↑ +972% |
| Health Net | Commercial|All Other Plans | $3,375.00 | ↑ +1132% |
| United | Commercial|HMO | $3,632.00 | ↑ +1226% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|All Other Plans | $3,906.00 | ↑ +1326% |
| United | Commercial|Non-Options PPO | $4,671.00 | ↑ +1605% |
| United | Commercial|All Other Plans | $5,826.00 | ↑ +2027% |
| United | Commercial|Options PPO | $5,826.00 | ↑ +2027% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|MCS | $6,054.00 | ↑ +2110% |
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Nasopharyngoscopy w/endoscope at other California hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| St. John's Camarillo Hospital | Camarillo | $276.38 | $51.90 – $517.42 |
| Petaluma Valley Hospital | Petaluma | $415.14 | $268.99 – $274.48 |
| Arroyo Grande Hospital | Santa Maria | $373.65 | $47.95 – $855.54 |
| Mark Twain Medical Center | San Andreas | $203.80 | $47.95 – $299.88 |
| French Hospital | San Luis Obispo | $323.01 | $47.95 – $807.52 |
| Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield | Bakersfield | $197.75 | $47.95 – $437.06 |
| Bakersfield Memorial Hospital | Bakersfield | $195.62 | $47.95 – $437.06 |
| Queen of The Valley Medical Center | Napa | $553.86 | $283.41 – $6,200.00 |