Platelet aggregation each agent teg 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

$217.15

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.

$505.00

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.

$15.20 with BCBS - Anthem vs $105.00 with Aetna — 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
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|All Plans $15.20 ↓ -93%
Noble IPA Medicaid|< 21 $15.36 ↓ -93%
Noble IPA Medicaid|> 21 $15.36 ↓ -93%
Partnership Health Plan Medicaid|< 21 $17.07 ↓ -92%
Preferred IPA Medicaid|Risk $17.07 ↓ -92%
Inland Empire Health Plan Medicaid|All Plans $17.07 ↓ -92%
Partnership Health Plan Medicaid|> 21 $17.07 ↓ -92%
HCLA Medicaid|Preferred IPA > 21 $17.07 ↓ -92%
HCLA Medicaid|Preferred IPA < 21 $17.07 ↓ -92%
Angeles IPA Medicare|All Plans $17.07 ↓ -92%
Health Net Medicaid|> 21 $22.75 ↓ -90%
Health Net Medicaid|< 21 $22.75 ↓ -90%
Molina Medicaid|All Plans $23.90 ↓ -89%
Molina Medicare|All Plans $24.91 ↓ -89%
Humana Medicare|All Plans $24.91 ↓ -89%
United Medicare|All Plans $24.91 ↓ -89%
Health Net Medicare|All Other Plans $24.91 ↓ -89%
Health Net Medicare|HMO $24.91 ↓ -89%
Cigna Medicare|All Plans $24.91 ↓ -89%
Kaiser Medicare|All Plans $24.91 ↓ -89%
Central Health Plan Medicare|All Plans $24.91 ↓ -89%
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|All Plans $24.91 ↓ -89%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|All Other Plans $24.91 ↓ -89%
Scan Health Plan Medicare|All Plans $24.91 ↓ -89%
HPN Medicare|Senior $24.91 ↓ -89%
LA Care Medicare|All Plans $24.91 ↓ -89%
EasyChoice Medicare|All Plans $24.91 ↓ -89%
HCLA Medicare|Preferred IPA $24.91 ↓ -89%
SMIPA Medicare|All Plans $24.91 ↓ -89%
Kaiser Medicaid|> 21 $25.61 ↓ -88%
Kaiser Medicaid|< 21 $25.61 ↓ -88%
DHR Medicaid|> 21 $26.25 ↓ -88%
DHR Medicaid|< 21 $26.25 ↓ -88%
United Commercial|Options PPO $29.89 ↓ -86%
United Commercial|Non-Options PPO $29.89 ↓ -86%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $29.89 ↓ -86%
United Commercial|HMO $29.89 ↓ -86%
HCLA Commercial|Preferred IPA $31.14 ↓ -86%
LA Care Commercial|All Plans $31.14 ↓ -86%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|Trauma $31.14 ↓ -86%
SevenCorners Medicare|All Plans $39.86 ↓ -82%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|Exchange $39.90 ↓ -82%
LA Care Medicaid|All Plans $49.03 ↓ -77%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|All Other Plans $51.45 ↓ -76%
Cigna Commercial|All Other Plans $55.55 ↓ -74%
Cigna Commercial|PPO $55.55 ↓ -74%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Exchange $60.90 ↓ -72%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|BlueShield Promise $68.25 ↓ -69%
Kaiser Commercial|All Plans $73.50 ↓ -66%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $84.00 ↓ -61%
Blue Shield CA Medicaid|All Plans $85.35 ↓ -61%
Care 1st Medicaid|All Plans $85.35 ↓ -61%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|All Other Plans $91.35 ↓ -58%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|MCS $105.00 ↓ -52%
Aetna Commercial|PPO $105.00 ↓ -52%
Aetna Commercial|HMO $105.00 ↓ -52%
Aetna Commercial|All Other Plans $105.00 ↓ -52%

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Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
St. John's Camarillo Hospital Camarillo $121.77 $24.91 – $77.72
Arroyo Grande Hospital Santa Maria $130.54 $17.07 – $72.52
Mark Twain Medical Center San Andreas $71.27 $17.07 – $104.86
French Hospital San Luis Obispo $119.56 $17.07 – $75.45
Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield Bakersfield $67.53 $16.72 – $107.25
Bakersfield Memorial Hospital Bakersfield $66.80 $16.72 – $115.70
Queen of The Valley Medical Center Napa $141.27 $24.91 – $188.28
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