Nerve conduction 7-8 studies 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

$664.78

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.

$1,546.00

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.

$144.85 with Noble IPA 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
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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 $144.85 ↓ -78%
Noble IPA Medicaid|> 21 $144.85 ↓ -78%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|All Plans $160.95 ↓ -76%
Inland Empire Health Plan Medicaid|All Plans $160.95 ↓ -76%
Partnership Health Plan Medicaid|> 21 $160.95 ↓ -76%
Partnership Health Plan Medicaid|< 21 $160.95 ↓ -76%
HCLA Medicaid|Preferred IPA > 21 $160.95 ↓ -76%
HCLA Medicaid|Preferred IPA < 21 $160.95 ↓ -76%
Preferred IPA Medicaid|Risk $160.95 ↓ -76%
Angeles IPA Medicare|All Plans $160.95 ↓ -76%
Health Net Medicaid|< 21 $214.55 ↓ -68%
Health Net Medicaid|> 21 $214.55 ↓ -68%
Molina Medicaid|All Plans $225.33 ↓ -66%
Kaiser Medicaid|< 21 $241.42 ↓ -64%
Kaiser Medicaid|> 21 $241.42 ↓ -64%
SMIPA Medicare|All Plans $297.41 ↓ -55%
DHR Medicaid|< 21 $386.50 ↓ -42%
DHR Medicaid|> 21 $386.50 ↓ -42%
Central Health Plan Medicare|All Plans $395.66 ↓ -40%
Humana Medicare|All Plans $395.66 ↓ -40%
Molina Medicare|All Plans $395.66 ↓ -40%
Health Net Medicare|All Other Plans $395.66 ↓ -40%
Health Net Medicare|HMO $395.66 ↓ -40%
Cigna Medicare|All Plans $395.66 ↓ -40%
Kaiser Medicare|All Plans $395.66 ↓ -40%
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|All Plans $395.66 ↓ -40%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|All Other Plans $395.66 ↓ -40%
Scan Health Plan Medicare|All Plans $395.66 ↓ -40%
LA Care Medicare|All Plans $395.66 ↓ -40%
EasyChoice Medicare|All Plans $395.66 ↓ -40%
HCLA Medicare|Preferred IPA $395.66 ↓ -40%
United Medicare|All Plans $403.58 ↓ -39%
HPN Medicare|Senior $435.23 ↓ -35%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Exchange $478.02 ↓ -28%
LA Care Commercial|All Plans $494.57 ↓ -26%
HCLA Commercial|Preferred IPA $494.58 ↓ -26%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|Trauma $494.58 ↓ -26%
SevenCorners Medicare|All Plans $633.06 ↓ -5%
LA Care Medicaid|All Plans $663.11 ↓ -0%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|All Other Plans $712.75 ↑ +7%
Care 1st Medicaid|All Plans $804.75 ↑ +21%
Blue Shield CA Medicaid|All Plans $804.75 ↑ +21%
United Commercial|Non-Options PPO $881.22 ↑ +33%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|BlueShield Promise $1,004.90 ↑ +51%
Kaiser Commercial|All Plans $1,082.20 ↑ +63%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|MCS $1,105.03 ↑ +66%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $1,236.80 ↑ +86%
United Commercial|HMO $6,206.00 ↑ +834%
United Commercial|Options PPO $6,343.00 ↑ +854%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $6,343.00 ↑ +854%

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Nerve conduction 7-8 studies at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
St. John's Camarillo Hospital Camarillo $523.85 $243.50 – $932.88
Mark Twain Medical Center San Andreas $190.48 $67.01 – $253.82
Bakersfield Memorial Hospital Bakersfield $496.19 $160.95 – $1,068.08
Northridge Hospital Medical Center Northridge $614.36 $160.95 – $3,827.00
Providence Saint Joseph Medical Center Burbank $764.05 $454.30 – $887.89
Community Hospital San Bernardino San Bernardino $342.52 $160.95 – $7,832.00
Glendale Memorial Hospital Health Center Glendale $307.10 $160.95 – $753.60
St. Bernardine Medical Center San Bernardino $264.07 $160.95 – $5,761.00

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