Oscillation chest wall mechanical per session 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

$175.01

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$407.00

Gross charge

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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.

$23.36 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 $23.36 ↓ -87%
Noble IPA Medicaid|< 21 $23.36 ↓ -87%
Partnership Health Plan Medicaid|> 21 $25.96 ↓ -85%
Preferred IPA Medicaid|Risk $25.96 ↓ -85%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|All Plans $25.96 ↓ -85%
Partnership Health Plan Medicaid|< 21 $25.96 ↓ -85%
Inland Empire Health Plan Medicaid|All Plans $25.96 ↓ -85%
HCLA Medicaid|Preferred IPA > 21 $25.96 ↓ -85%
HCLA Medicaid|Preferred IPA < 21 $25.96 ↓ -85%
Angeles IPA Medicare|All Plans $25.96 ↓ -85%
Health Net Medicaid|< 21 $34.60 ↓ -80%
Health Net Medicaid|> 21 $34.60 ↓ -80%
Molina Medicaid|All Plans $36.34 ↓ -79%
Kaiser Medicaid|< 21 $38.94 ↓ -78%
Kaiser Medicaid|> 21 $38.94 ↓ -78%
DHR Medicaid|< 21 $101.75 ↓ -42%
DHR Medicaid|> 21 $101.75 ↓ -42%
LA Care Medicaid|All Plans $106.96 ↓ -39%
Care 1st Medicaid|All Plans $129.80 ↓ -26%
Blue Shield CA Medicaid|All Plans $129.80 ↓ -26%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Exchange $199.70 ↑ +14%
SMIPA Medicare|All Plans $216.17 ↑ +24%
HPN Commercial|All Plans $223.00 ↑ +27%
United Commercial|Non-Options PPO $236.06 ↑ +35%
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|All Plans $258.43 ↑ +48%
Humana Medicare|All Plans $258.43 ↑ +48%
Molina Medicare|All Plans $258.43 ↑ +48%
HCLA Medicare|Preferred IPA $258.43 ↑ +48%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|All Other Plans $258.43 ↑ +48%
EasyChoice Medicare|All Plans $258.43 ↑ +48%
LA Care Medicare|All Plans $258.43 ↑ +48%
Central Health Plan Medicare|All Plans $258.43 ↑ +48%
Kaiser Medicare|All Plans $258.43 ↑ +48%
Cigna Medicare|All Plans $258.43 ↑ +48%
Health Net Medicare|All Other Plans $258.43 ↑ +48%
Health Net Medicare|HMO $258.43 ↑ +48%
Scan Health Plan Medicare|All Plans $258.43 ↑ +48%
United Medicare|All Plans $263.60 ↑ +51%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|BlueShield Promise $264.55 ↑ +51%
HPN Medicare|Senior $284.27 ↑ +62%
Kaiser Commercial|All Plans $284.90 ↑ +63%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|All Other Plans $297.75 ↑ +70%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|Trauma $323.04 ↑ +85%
HCLA Commercial|Preferred IPA $323.04 ↑ +85%
LA Care Commercial|All Plans $323.04 ↑ +85%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $325.60 ↑ +86%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|Exchange $400.00 ↑ +129%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|MCS $407.00 ↑ +133%
SevenCorners Medicare|All Plans $413.49 ↑ +136%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|All Other Plans $522.00 ↑ +198%
Cigna Commercial|PPO $570.00 ↑ +226%
Cigna Commercial|All Other Plans $570.00 ↑ +226%
United Commercial|HMO $6,243.00 ↑ +3467%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $6,343.00 ↑ +3524%
United Commercial|Options PPO $6,343.00 ↑ +3524%

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Oscillation chest wall mechanical per session at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
St. John's Camarillo Hospital Camarillo $127.02 $39.27 – $480.66
Petaluma Valley Hospital Petaluma $295.29 $229.67 – $301.12
Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield Bakersfield $87.93 $25.96 – $237.00
Bakersfield Memorial Hospital Bakersfield $86.98 $25.96 – $12,607.00
Queen of The Valley Medical Center Napa $325.89 $290.24 – $310.92
Providence St Joseph Hospital Eureka Eureka $419.73 $281.64 – $329.13
St. Joseph's Behavioral Health Center Stockton $149.61 $26.20 – $209.60
Healdsburg Hospital Healdsburg $221.34 $131.30 – $295.04

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