Pq biliary strict dil s&i 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

$530.19

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.

$1,233.00

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.

$170.62 with Noble IPA vs $1,184.00 with BCBS - Anthem — 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 $170.62 ↓ -68%
Noble IPA Medicaid|> 21 $170.62 ↓ -68%
Preferred IPA Medicaid|Risk $189.58 ↓ -64%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|All Plans $189.58 ↓ -64%
Partnership Health Plan Medicaid|< 21 $189.58 ↓ -64%
Partnership Health Plan Medicaid|> 21 $189.58 ↓ -64%
Inland Empire Health Plan Medicaid|All Plans $189.58 ↓ -64%
Angeles IPA Medicare|All Plans $189.58 ↓ -64%
HCLA Medicaid|Preferred IPA < 21 $189.58 ↓ -64%
HCLA Medicaid|Preferred IPA > 21 $189.58 ↓ -64%
Health Net Medicaid|> 21 $252.71 ↓ -52%
Health Net Medicaid|< 21 $252.71 ↓ -52%
Molina Medicaid|All Plans $265.41 ↓ -50%
Kaiser Medicaid|< 21 $284.37 ↓ -46%
Kaiser Medicaid|> 21 $284.37 ↓ -46%
DHR Medicaid|< 21 $296.00 ↓ -44%
DHR Medicaid|> 21 $296.00 ↓ -44%
Aetna Commercial|All Other Plans $567.76 ↑ +7%
Aetna Commercial|HMO $567.76 ↑ +7%
Aetna Commercial|PPO $567.76 ↑ +7%
Healthcare Partners Medicare|All Plans $603.84 ↑ +14%
Healthcare Partners Commercial|All Plans $674.88 ↑ +27%
United Commercial|Non-Options PPO $686.72 ↑ +30%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Exchange $686.72 ↑ +30%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $734.08 ↑ +38%
United Commercial|Options PPO $734.08 ↑ +38%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|BlueShield Promise $769.60 ↑ +45%
LA Care Medicaid|All Plans $781.07 ↑ +47%
Kaiser Commercial|All Plans $828.80 ↑ +56%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $947.20 ↑ +79%
Blue Shield CA Medicaid|All Plans $947.90 ↑ +79%
Care 1st Medicaid|All Plans $947.90 ↑ +79%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|All Other Plans $1,030.08 ↑ +94%
United Commercial|HMO $1,136.64 ↑ +114%
SMIPA Medicare|All Plans $1,184.00 ↑ +123%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|MCS $1,184.00 ↑ +123%

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Pq biliary strict dil s&i at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
St. John's Camarillo Hospital Camarillo $1,386.71 $265.26 – $2,469.48
Arroyo Grande Hospital Santa Maria $984.40 $189.58 – $2,254.00
French Hospital San Luis Obispo $901.60 $189.58 – $2,254.00
Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield Bakersfield $1,132.30 $189.58 – $2,441.60
Bakersfield Memorial Hospital Bakersfield $1,120.09 $189.58 – $3,021.48
St. Joseph's Medical Center Stockton Stockton $2,152.38 $189.58 – $6,149.64
Mercy Medical Center Merced Merced $1,633.58 $189.58 – $3,140.28
Dominican Hospital Santa Cruz $2,797.20 $189.58 – $5,594.40

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