Plastic mod low ext pad/line 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

$322.50

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.

$750.00

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.

$93.43 with Noble IPA vs $575.00 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 $93.43 ↓ -71%
Noble IPA Medicaid|< 21 $93.43 ↓ -71%
Partnership Health Plan Medicaid|> 21 $103.81 ↓ -68%
HCLA Medicaid|Preferred IPA > 21 $103.81 ↓ -68%
Preferred IPA Medicaid|Risk $103.81 ↓ -68%
HCLA Medicaid|Preferred IPA < 21 $103.81 ↓ -68%
Angeles IPA Medicare|All Plans $103.81 ↓ -68%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|All Plans $103.81 ↓ -68%
Inland Empire Health Plan Medicaid|All Plans $103.81 ↓ -68%
Partnership Health Plan Medicaid|< 21 $103.81 ↓ -68%
Molina Medicaid|All Plans $132.25 ↓ -59%
Health Net Medicaid|< 21 $138.38 ↓ -57%
Health Net Medicaid|> 21 $138.38 ↓ -57%
DHR Medicaid|< 21 $143.75 ↓ -55%
DHR Medicaid|> 21 $143.75 ↓ -55%
HPN Commercial|All Plans $149.50 ↓ -54%
Kaiser Medicaid|> 21 $155.72 ↓ -52%
Kaiser Medicaid|< 21 $155.72 ↓ -52%
Cigna Commercial|PPO $172.50 ↓ -47%
Cigna Commercial|All Other Plans $172.50 ↓ -47%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Exchange $195.50 ↓ -39%
Health Net Commercial|EPPO $212.75 ↓ -34%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|Exchange $235.75 ↓ -27%
Health Net Commercial|Care Product $258.75 ↓ -20%
United Commercial|Non-Options PPO $270.25 ↓ -16%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|All Other Plans $287.50 ↓ -11%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $287.50 ↓ -11%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|MCS $287.50 ↓ -11%
United Commercial|Options PPO $287.50 ↓ -11%
Health Net Commercial|All Other Plans $299.00 ↓ -7%
United Commercial|HMO $299.00 ↓ -7%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|All Other Plans $316.25 ↓ -2%
Aetna Commercial|All Other Plans $333.50 ↑ +3%
Aetna Commercial|HMO $333.50 ↑ +3%
Aetna Commercial|PPO $333.50 ↑ +3%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|BlueShield Promise $373.75 ↑ +16%
Kaiser Commercial|All Plans $402.50 ↑ +25%
LA Care Medicaid|All Plans $427.70 ↑ +33%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $460.00 ↑ +43%
Care 1st Medicaid|All Plans $519.05 ↑ +61%
Blue Shield CA Medicaid|All Plans $519.05 ↑ +61%
SMIPA Medicare|All Plans $575.00 ↑ +78%

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Plastic mod low ext pad/line at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
St. John's Camarillo Hospital Camarillo $261.05 $143.04 – $464.88
Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield Bakersfield $246.72 $103.81 – $598.50
Bakersfield Memorial Hospital Bakersfield $244.06 $103.81 – $645.05
St. Joseph's Medical Center Stockton Stockton $156.41 $103.81 – $532.00
Mercy Medical Center Merced Merced $136.99 $61.18 – $255.36
Community Hospital San Bernardino San Bernardino $293.25 $103.81 – $575.00
Glendale Memorial Hospital Health Center Glendale $244.50 $40.00 – $569.25
Mercy San Juan Medical Center Carmichael $205.50 $63.25 – $488.75

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