Pd hl 3.5in 4d med rbr mld 6432 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

$49.45

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.

$115.00

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.

$8.48 with Noble IPA vs $85.00 with SMIPA — 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 $8.48 ↓ -83%
Noble IPA Medicaid|< 21 $8.48 ↓ -83%
HCLA Medicaid|Preferred IPA > 21 $9.42 ↓ -81%
Partnership Health Plan Medicaid|< 21 $9.42 ↓ -81%
HCLA Medicaid|Preferred IPA < 21 $9.42 ↓ -81%
Angeles IPA Medicare|All Plans $9.42 ↓ -81%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|All Plans $9.42 ↓ -81%
Inland Empire Health Plan Medicaid|All Plans $9.42 ↓ -81%
Partnership Health Plan Medicaid|> 21 $9.42 ↓ -81%
Preferred IPA Medicaid|Risk $9.42 ↓ -81%
Health Net Medicaid|< 21 $12.56 ↓ -75%
Health Net Medicaid|> 21 $12.56 ↓ -75%
Molina Medicaid|All Plans $13.19 ↓ -73%
Kaiser Medicaid|< 21 $14.13 ↓ -71%
Kaiser Medicaid|> 21 $14.13 ↓ -71%
DHR Medicaid|> 21 $21.25 ↓ -57%
DHR Medicaid|< 21 $21.25 ↓ -57%
HPN Commercial|All Plans $22.10 ↓ -55%
Cigna Commercial|PPO $25.50 ↓ -48%
Cigna Commercial|All Other Plans $25.50 ↓ -48%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Exchange $28.90 ↓ -42%
Health Net Commercial|EPPO $31.45 ↓ -36%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|Exchange $34.85 ↓ -30%
Health Net Commercial|Care Product $38.25 ↓ -23%
LA Care Medicaid|All Plans $38.81 ↓ -22%
United Commercial|Non-Options PPO $39.95 ↓ -19%
United Commercial|Options PPO $42.50 ↓ -14%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $42.50 ↓ -14%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|MCS $42.50 ↓ -14%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|All Other Plans $42.50 ↓ -14%
United Commercial|HMO $44.20 ↓ -11%
Health Net Commercial|All Other Plans $44.20 ↓ -11%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|All Other Plans $46.75 ↓ -5%
Blue Shield CA Medicaid|All Plans $47.10 ↓ -5%
Care 1st Medicaid|All Plans $47.10 ↓ -5%
Aetna Commercial|PPO $49.30 ↓ -0%
Aetna Commercial|HMO $49.30 ↓ -0%
Aetna Commercial|All Other Plans $49.30 ↓ -0%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|BlueShield Promise $55.25 ↑ +12%
Kaiser Commercial|All Plans $59.50 ↑ +20%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $68.00 ↑ +38%
SMIPA Medicare|All Plans $85.00 ↑ +72%

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Pd hl 3.5in 4d med rbr mld 6432 at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield Bakersfield $37.10 $9.42 – $90.00
Bakersfield Memorial Hospital Bakersfield $36.70 $9.42 – $97.00
St. Joseph's Medical Center Stockton Stockton $26.46 $9.42 – $90.00
Mercy Medical Center Merced Merced $41.20 $9.42 – $76.80
Community Hospital San Bernardino San Bernardino $44.97 $9.42 – $85.00
Glendale Memorial Hospital Health Center Glendale $37.49 $9.42 – $84.15
St. Bernardine Medical Center San Bernardino $38.30 $9.42 – $69.70
Providence Cedars-Sinai Tarzana Medical Center Tarzana not published $27.48 – $50.84

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