Phys blood bank serv authrj 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

$42.57

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.

$99.00

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.

$12.75 with DHR vs $312.40 with Care 1st — 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
DHR Medicaid|> 21 $12.75 ↓ -70%
DHR Medicaid|< 21 $12.75 ↓ -70%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|Exchange $19.38 ↓ -54%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|All Other Plans $24.99 ↓ -41%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Exchange $29.58 ↓ -31%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|BlueShield Promise $33.15 ↓ -22%
Kaiser Commercial|All Plans $35.70 ↓ -16%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $40.80 ↓ -4%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|All Other Plans $44.37 ↑ +4%
Noble IPA Medicaid|< 21 $45.90 ↑ +8%
Noble IPA Medicaid|> 21 $45.90 ↑ +8%
Health Net Medicare|All Other Plans $51.00 ↑ +20%
Health Net Medicaid|< 21 $51.00 ↑ +20%
Health Net Medicaid|> 21 $51.00 ↑ +20%
Cigna Medicare|All Plans $51.00 ↑ +20%
Kaiser Medicare|All Plans $51.00 ↑ +20%
Central Health Plan Medicare|All Plans $51.00 ↑ +20%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|All Plans $51.00 ↑ +20%
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|All Plans $51.00 ↑ +20%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|MCS $51.00 ↑ +20%
LA Care Medicare|All Plans $51.00 ↑ +20%
Humana Medicare|All Plans $51.00 ↑ +20%
Aetna Commercial|All Other Plans $51.00 ↑ +20%
Aetna Commercial|PPO $51.00 ↑ +20%
Aetna Commercial|HMO $51.00 ↑ +20%
Molina Medicaid|All Plans $51.00 ↑ +20%
Molina Medicare|All Plans $51.00 ↑ +20%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $51.00 ↑ +20%
United Commercial|HMO $51.00 ↑ +20%
United Commercial|Options PPO $51.00 ↑ +20%
United Commercial|Non-Options PPO $51.00 ↑ +20%
Partnership Health Plan Medicaid|< 21 $51.00 ↑ +20%
Partnership Health Plan Medicaid|> 21 $51.00 ↑ +20%
Scan Health Plan Medicare|All Plans $51.00 ↑ +20%
Inland Empire Health Plan Medicaid|All Plans $51.00 ↑ +20%
Angeles IPA Medicare|All Plans $51.00 ↑ +20%
HCLA Medicaid|Preferred IPA < 21 $51.00 ↑ +20%
HCLA Medicaid|Preferred IPA > 21 $51.00 ↑ +20%
HCLA Medicare|Preferred IPA $51.00 ↑ +20%
Preferred IPA Medicaid|Risk $51.00 ↑ +20%
United Medicare|All Plans $52.02 ↑ +22%
HPN Medicare|Senior $56.10 ↑ +32%
SMIPA Medicare|All Plans $58.13 ↑ +37%
LA Care Commercial|All Plans $63.75 ↑ +50%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|Trauma $63.75 ↑ +50%
HCLA Commercial|Preferred IPA $63.75 ↑ +50%
EasyChoice Medicare|All Plans $67.89 ↑ +59%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|All Other Plans $67.89 ↑ +59%
Health Net Medicare|HMO $67.89 ↑ +59%
Kaiser Medicaid|< 21 $76.50 ↑ +80%
Kaiser Medicaid|> 21 $76.50 ↑ +80%
SevenCorners Medicare|All Plans $81.60 ↑ +92%
Cigna Commercial|PPO $111.13 ↑ +161%
Cigna Commercial|All Other Plans $111.13 ↑ +161%
LA Care Medicaid|All Plans $179.47 ↑ +322%
Blue Shield CA Medicaid|All Plans $312.40 ↑ +634%
Care 1st Medicaid|All Plans $312.40 ↑ +634%

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Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Community Hospital San Bernardino San Bernardino $224.83 $59.71 – $575.00
Glendale Memorial Hospital Health Center Glendale $72.38 $44.40 – $187.46
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Queen of The Valley Medical Center Napa not published $73.99 – $306.84
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Healdsburg Hospital Healdsburg not published $70.21 – $139.84
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