Ortho whf rigd without jnt cstm w/fit&adj 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

$711.65

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.

$1,655.00

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.

$150.00 with BCBS - Anthem vs $842.05 with Blue Shield CA — 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
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|All Plans $150.00 ↓ -79%
Noble IPA Medicaid|> 21 $151.57 ↓ -79%
Noble IPA Medicaid|< 21 $151.57 ↓ -79%
Preferred IPA Medicaid|Risk $157.50 ↓ -78%
Partnership Health Plan Medicaid|> 21 $168.41 ↓ -76%
HCLA Medicaid|Preferred IPA > 21 $168.41 ↓ -76%
HCLA Medicaid|Preferred IPA < 21 $168.41 ↓ -76%
Angeles IPA Medicare|All Plans $168.41 ↓ -76%
Inland Empire Health Plan Medicaid|All Plans $168.41 ↓ -76%
Partnership Health Plan Medicaid|< 21 $168.41 ↓ -76%
Molina Medicaid|All Plans $172.50 ↓ -76%
DHR Medicaid|< 21 $187.50 ↓ -74%
DHR Medicaid|> 21 $187.50 ↓ -74%
HPN Commercial|All Plans $195.00 ↓ -73%
Health Net Medicaid|> 21 $224.49 ↓ -68%
Health Net Medicaid|< 21 $224.49 ↓ -68%
Cigna Commercial|All Other Plans $225.00 ↓ -68%
Cigna Commercial|PPO $225.00 ↓ -68%
Kaiser Medicaid|> 21 $252.62 ↓ -65%
Kaiser Medicaid|< 21 $252.62 ↓ -65%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Exchange $255.00 ↓ -64%
Health Net Commercial|EPPO $277.50 ↓ -61%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|Exchange $307.50 ↓ -57%
Health Net Commercial|Care Product $337.50 ↓ -53%
United Commercial|Non-Options PPO $352.50 ↓ -50%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $375.00 ↓ -47%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|MCS $375.00 ↓ -47%
United Commercial|Options PPO $375.00 ↓ -47%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|All Other Plans $375.00 ↓ -47%
Health Net Commercial|All Other Plans $390.00 ↓ -45%
United Commercial|HMO $390.00 ↓ -45%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|All Other Plans $412.50 ↓ -42%
Aetna Commercial|All Other Plans $435.00 ↓ -39%
Aetna Commercial|HMO $435.00 ↓ -39%
Aetna Commercial|PPO $435.00 ↓ -39%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|BlueShield Promise $487.50 ↓ -31%
Kaiser Commercial|All Plans $525.00 ↓ -26%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $600.00 ↓ -16%
LA Care Medicaid|All Plans $693.85 ↓ -3%
SMIPA Medicare|All Plans $750.00 ↑ +5%
Care 1st Medicaid|All Plans $842.05 ↑ +18%
Blue Shield CA Medicaid|All Plans $842.05 ↑ +18%

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Ortho whf rigd without jnt cstm w/fit&adj at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Arroyo Grande Hospital Santa Maria $2,103.20 $79.00 – $158.00
French Hospital San Luis Obispo $1,926.29 $30.02 – $158.00
Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield Bakersfield $189.21 $25.00 – $100.00
Bakersfield Memorial Hospital Bakersfield $187.17 $25.00 – $100.00
St. Joseph's Medical Center Stockton Stockton $134.95 $23.40 – $90.00
Mercy Medical Center Mt. Shasta Mt Shasta $1,262.70 $229.04 – $1,590.54
Mercy Medical Center Merced Merced $120.51 $18.40 – $80.00
Dominican Hospital Santa Cruz $298.35 $168.41 – $663.00

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