Pm device progr eval dual 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

$188.34

Cash price

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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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$438.00

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.

$42.60 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 $42.60 ↓ -77%
Kaiser Medicare|All Plans $47.38 ↓ -75%
EasyChoice Medicare|All Plans $47.38 ↓ -75%
Humana Medicare|All Plans $47.38 ↓ -75%
Molina Medicare|All Plans $47.38 ↓ -75%
Central Health Plan Medicare|All Plans $47.38 ↓ -75%
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|All Plans $47.38 ↓ -75%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|All Other Plans $47.38 ↓ -75%
Health Net Medicare|HMO $47.38 ↓ -75%
Cigna Medicare|All Plans $47.38 ↓ -75%
Scan Health Plan Medicare|All Plans $47.38 ↓ -75%
HCLA Medicare|Preferred IPA $47.38 ↓ -75%
Health Net Medicare|All Other Plans $47.38 ↓ -75%
LA Care Medicare|All Plans $47.38 ↓ -75%
United Medicare|All Plans $48.33 ↓ -74%
HPN Medicare|Senior $52.12 ↓ -72%
Noble IPA Medicaid|> 21 $52.12 ↓ -72%
Noble IPA Medicaid|< 21 $52.12 ↓ -72%
Partnership Health Plan Medicaid|< 21 $57.91 ↓ -69%
Preferred IPA Medicaid|Risk $57.91 ↓ -69%
HCLA Medicaid|Preferred IPA > 21 $57.91 ↓ -69%
HCLA Medicaid|Preferred IPA < 21 $57.91 ↓ -69%
Angeles IPA Medicare|All Plans $57.91 ↓ -69%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|All Plans $57.91 ↓ -69%
Inland Empire Health Plan Medicaid|All Plans $57.91 ↓ -69%
Partnership Health Plan Medicaid|> 21 $57.91 ↓ -69%
HCLA Commercial|Preferred IPA $59.23 ↓ -69%
LA Care Commercial|All Plans $59.23 ↓ -69%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|Trauma $59.23 ↓ -69%
SevenCorners Medicare|All Plans $75.81 ↓ -60%
Health Net Medicaid|> 21 $77.19 ↓ -59%
Health Net Medicaid|< 21 $77.19 ↓ -59%
Molina Medicaid|All Plans $81.07 ↓ -57%
Kaiser Medicaid|< 21 $86.86 ↓ -54%
Kaiser Medicaid|> 21 $86.86 ↓ -54%
DHR Medicaid|< 21 $109.50 ↓ -42%
DHR Medicaid|> 21 $109.50 ↓ -42%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Exchange $131.48 ↓ -30%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|All Other Plans $196.04 ↑ +4%
LA Care Medicaid|All Plans $238.59 ↑ +27%
United Commercial|Non-Options PPO $254.04 ↑ +35%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|BlueShield Promise $284.70 ↑ +51%
Blue Shield CA Medicaid|All Plans $289.55 ↑ +54%
Care 1st Medicaid|All Plans $289.55 ↑ +54%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|MCS $303.94 ↑ +61%
Kaiser Commercial|All Plans $306.60 ↑ +63%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $350.40 ↑ +86%
Health Net Commercial|EPPO $2,417.00 ↑ +1183%
Health Net Commercial|Care Product $2,936.00 ↑ +1459%
Health Net Commercial|All Other Plans $3,375.00 ↑ +1692%
United Commercial|HMO $6,243.00 ↑ +3215%
United Commercial|Options PPO $6,343.00 ↑ +3268%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $6,343.00 ↑ +3268%

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Pm device progr eval dual at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
St. John's Camarillo Hospital Camarillo $37.67 $23.22 – $87.86
Bakersfield Memorial Hospital Bakersfield $38.91 $47.38 – $106.00
St. Joseph's Medical Center Stockton Stockton $31.17 $22.26 – $106.00
Santa Rosa Memorial Hospital Santa Rosa $223.89 $51.93 – $162.55
Providence Mission Hospital - Mission Viejo Mission Viejo $89.28 $40.80 – $88.80
Mercy Medical Center Merced Merced $54.59 $47.38 – $106.00
Northridge Hospital Medical Center Northridge $175.22 $47.38 – $4,018.00
St Jude Medical Center Fullerton $48.48 $40.80 – $88.80

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