Oth resp proc, indiv 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

$143.19

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.

$333.00

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.

$27.02 with SMIPA 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
SMIPA Medicare|All Plans $27.02 ↓ -81%
Humana Medicare|All Plans $31.12 ↓ -78%
Molina Medicare|All Plans $31.12 ↓ -78%
Health Net Medicare|All Other Plans $31.12 ↓ -78%
Health Net Medicare|HMO $31.12 ↓ -78%
Cigna Medicare|All Plans $31.12 ↓ -78%
Kaiser Medicare|All Plans $31.12 ↓ -78%
Central Health Plan Medicare|All Plans $31.12 ↓ -78%
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|All Plans $31.12 ↓ -78%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|All Other Plans $31.12 ↓ -78%
Scan Health Plan Medicare|All Plans $31.12 ↓ -78%
LA Care Medicare|All Plans $31.12 ↓ -78%
EasyChoice Medicare|All Plans $31.12 ↓ -78%
HCLA Medicare|Preferred IPA $31.12 ↓ -78%
United Medicare|All Plans $31.75 ↓ -78%
HPN Medicare|Senior $34.23 ↓ -76%
LA Care Commercial|All Plans $38.90 ↓ -73%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|Trauma $38.90 ↓ -73%
HCLA Commercial|Preferred IPA $38.90 ↓ -73%
SevenCorners Medicare|All Plans $49.79 ↓ -65%
Aetna Commercial|All Other Plans $69.75 ↓ -51%
Aetna Commercial|HMO $69.75 ↓ -51%
Aetna Commercial|PPO $69.75 ↓ -51%
DHR Medicaid|> 21 $83.25 ↓ -42%
DHR Medicaid|< 21 $83.25 ↓ -42%
United Commercial|Non-Options PPO $193.14 ↑ +35%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|BlueShield Promise $216.45 ↑ +51%
HPN Commercial|All Plans $223.00 ↑ +56%
Kaiser Commercial|All Plans $233.10 ↑ +63%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $266.40 ↑ +86%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|Exchange $400.00 ↑ +179%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|All Other Plans $522.00 ↑ +265%
Cigna Commercial|All Other Plans $570.00 ↑ +298%
Cigna Commercial|PPO $570.00 ↑ +298%
United Commercial|HMO $6,243.00 ↑ +4260%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $6,343.00 ↑ +4330%
United Commercial|Options PPO $6,343.00 ↑ +4330%

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Oth resp proc, indiv at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
St. John's Camarillo Hospital Camarillo $35.92 $22.14 – $1,834.00
Bakersfield Memorial Hospital Bakersfield $118.55 $31.12 – $284.24
St. Joseph's Medical Center Stockton Stockton $72.92 $29.54 – $684.00
Providence Mission Hospital - Mission Viejo Mission Viejo $95.04 $31.62 – $68.82
Mercy Medical Center Mt. Shasta Mt Shasta $53.69 $16.56 – $67.62
Mercy Medical Center Merced Merced $160.68 $30.21 – $745.00
Dominican Hospital Santa Cruz $77.40 $33.65 – $670.00
Sierra Nevada Memorial Hospital Grass Valley $55.59 $32.18 – $417.00

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