Nerve conduction studies 1-2 at St. Mary Medical Center
1050 Linden Ave, Long Beach, CA · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1194840421
$331.10
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.
$770.00
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.
$74.53 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.
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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| Noble IPA | Medicaid|< 21 | $74.53 | ↓ -77% |
| Noble IPA | Medicaid|> 21 | $74.53 | ↓ -77% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicaid|All Plans | $82.81 | ↓ -75% |
| Inland Empire Health Plan | Medicaid|All Plans | $82.81 | ↓ -75% |
| Partnership Health Plan | Medicaid|> 21 | $82.81 | ↓ -75% |
| Partnership Health Plan | Medicaid|< 21 | $82.81 | ↓ -75% |
| HCLA | Medicaid|Preferred IPA > 21 | $82.81 | ↓ -75% |
| HCLA | Medicaid|Preferred IPA < 21 | $82.81 | ↓ -75% |
| Preferred IPA | Medicaid|Risk | $82.81 | ↓ -75% |
| Angeles IPA | Medicare|All Plans | $82.81 | ↓ -75% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|< 21 | $110.39 | ↓ -67% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|> 21 | $110.39 | ↓ -67% |
| Molina | Medicaid|All Plans | $115.93 | ↓ -65% |
| Kaiser | Medicaid|< 21 | $124.22 | ↓ -62% |
| Kaiser | Medicaid|> 21 | $124.22 | ↓ -62% |
| SMIPA | Medicare|All Plans | $162.57 | ↓ -51% |
| DHR | Medicaid|< 21 | $192.50 | ↓ -42% |
| DHR | Medicaid|> 21 | $192.50 | ↓ -42% |
| Central Health Plan | Medicare|All Plans | $198.80 | ↓ -40% |
| Humana | Medicare|All Plans | $198.80 | ↓ -40% |
| Molina | Medicare|All Plans | $198.80 | ↓ -40% |
| Health Net | Medicare|All Other Plans | $198.80 | ↓ -40% |
| Health Net | Medicare|HMO | $198.80 | ↓ -40% |
| Cigna | Medicare|All Plans | $198.80 | ↓ -40% |
| Kaiser | Medicare|All Plans | $198.80 | ↓ -40% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicare|All Plans | $198.80 | ↓ -40% |
| Blue Shield CA | Medicare|All Other Plans | $198.80 | ↓ -40% |
| Scan Health Plan | Medicare|All Plans | $198.80 | ↓ -40% |
| LA Care | Medicare|All Plans | $198.80 | ↓ -40% |
| EasyChoice | Medicare|All Plans | $198.80 | ↓ -40% |
| HCLA | Medicare|Preferred IPA | $198.80 | ↓ -40% |
| United | Medicare|All Plans | $202.78 | ↓ -39% |
| HPN | Medicare|Senior | $218.68 | ↓ -34% |
| LA Care | Commercial|All Plans | $248.50 | ↓ -25% |
| Blue Shield CA | Medicare|Trauma | $248.50 | ↓ -25% |
| HCLA | Commercial|Preferred IPA | $248.50 | ↓ -25% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|Exchange | $254.89 | ↓ -23% |
| SevenCorners | Medicare|All Plans | $318.08 | ↓ -4% |
| LA Care | Medicaid|All Plans | $341.18 | ↑ +3% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|All Other Plans | $380.05 | ↑ +15% |
| Care 1st | Medicaid|All Plans | $414.05 | ↑ +25% |
| Blue Shield CA | Medicaid|All Plans | $414.05 | ↑ +25% |
| United | Commercial|Non-Options PPO | $438.90 | ↑ +33% |
| Blue Shield CA | Medicare|BlueShield Promise | $500.50 | ↑ +51% |
| Kaiser | Commercial|All Plans | $539.00 | ↑ +63% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|MCS | $589.22 | ↑ +78% |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | $616.00 | ↑ +86% |
| United | Commercial|HMO | $6,206.00 | ↑ +1774% |
| United | Commercial|Options PPO | $6,343.00 | ↑ +1816% |
| United | Commercial|All Other Plans | $6,343.00 | ↑ +1816% |
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Nerve conduction studies 1-2 at other California hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| St. John's Camarillo Hospital | Camarillo | $284.27 | $125.29 – $492.96 |
| Mark Twain Medical Center | San Andreas | $91.91 | $32.34 – $122.50 |
| Bakersfield Memorial Hospital | Bakersfield | $248.10 | $82.81 – $534.04 |
| Northridge Hospital Medical Center | Northridge | $316.11 | $82.81 – $3,827.00 |
| Providence Saint Joseph Medical Center | Burbank | $286.30 | $242.24 – $513.77 |
| Community Hospital San Bernardino | San Bernardino | $187.68 | $82.81 – $7,832.00 |
| Glendale Memorial Hospital Health Center | Glendale | $187.45 | $82.81 – $460.00 |
| St. Bernardine Medical Center | San Bernardino | $139.20 | $82.81 – $5,761.00 |