Pm phone r-strip device eval 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

$201.67

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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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What you pay up front if you don't use insurance.

$469.00

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 ↓ -79%
Central Health Plan Medicare|All Plans $47.38 ↓ -77%
EasyChoice Medicare|All Plans $47.38 ↓ -77%
Health Net Medicare|HMO $47.38 ↓ -77%
Cigna Medicare|All Plans $47.38 ↓ -77%
Scan Health Plan Medicare|All Plans $47.38 ↓ -77%
Kaiser Medicare|All Plans $47.38 ↓ -77%
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|All Plans $47.38 ↓ -77%
LA Care Medicare|All Plans $47.38 ↓ -77%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|All Other Plans $47.38 ↓ -77%
HCLA Medicare|Preferred IPA $47.38 ↓ -77%
Health Net Medicare|All Other Plans $47.38 ↓ -77%
Humana Medicare|All Plans $47.38 ↓ -77%
Molina Medicare|All Plans $47.38 ↓ -77%
Noble IPA Medicaid|< 21 $47.53 ↓ -76%
Noble IPA Medicaid|> 21 $47.53 ↓ -76%
United Medicare|All Plans $48.33 ↓ -76%
HPN Medicare|Senior $52.12 ↓ -74%
Partnership Health Plan Medicaid|< 21 $52.81 ↓ -74%
Partnership Health Plan Medicaid|> 21 $52.81 ↓ -74%
Preferred IPA Medicaid|Risk $52.81 ↓ -74%
HCLA Medicaid|Preferred IPA > 21 $52.81 ↓ -74%
HCLA Medicaid|Preferred IPA < 21 $52.81 ↓ -74%
Angeles IPA Medicare|All Plans $52.81 ↓ -74%
Inland Empire Health Plan Medicaid|All Plans $52.81 ↓ -74%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|All Plans $52.81 ↓ -74%
LA Care Commercial|All Plans $59.23 ↓ -71%
HCLA Commercial|Preferred IPA $59.23 ↓ -71%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|Trauma $59.23 ↓ -71%
Health Net Medicaid|> 21 $70.40 ↓ -65%
Health Net Medicaid|< 21 $70.40 ↓ -65%
Molina Medicaid|All Plans $73.93 ↓ -63%
SevenCorners Medicare|All Plans $75.81 ↓ -62%
Kaiser Medicaid|< 21 $79.22 ↓ -61%
Kaiser Medicaid|> 21 $79.22 ↓ -61%
DHR Medicaid|> 21 $117.25 ↓ -42%
DHR Medicaid|< 21 $117.25 ↓ -42%
LA Care Medicaid|All Plans $217.58 ↑ +8%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Exchange $241.51 ↑ +20%
Blue Shield CA Medicaid|All Plans $264.05 ↑ +31%
Care 1st Medicaid|All Plans $264.05 ↑ +31%
United Commercial|Non-Options PPO $267.33 ↑ +33%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|BlueShield Promise $304.85 ↑ +51%
Kaiser Commercial|All Plans $328.30 ↑ +63%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|All Other Plans $360.10 ↑ +79%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $375.20 ↑ +86%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|MCS $469.00 ↑ +133%
United Commercial|HMO $6,206.00 ↑ +2977%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $6,343.00 ↑ +3045%
United Commercial|Options PPO $6,343.00 ↑ +3045%

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Pm phone r-strip device eval at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
St. John's Camarillo Hospital Camarillo $49.94 $30.78 – $88.92
Northridge Hospital Medical Center Northridge $72.54 $47.38 – $3,827.00
Community Hospital San Bernardino San Bernardino $41.45 $47.38 – $7,832.00
Glendale Memorial Hospital Health Center Glendale $37.17 $28.50 – $91.20
St. Bernardine Medical Center San Bernardino $35.30 $30.74 – $5,761.00
Petaluma Valley Hospital Petaluma not published $50.30 – $277.75
Queen of The Valley Medical Center Napa not published $52.99 – $351.01
Providence St Joseph Hospital Eureka Eureka not published $48.00 – $398.05

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