Pr incision & drainage abscess simple/single at St. Mary Medical Center
1050 Linden Ave, Long Beach, CA · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1194840421
$395.60
Cash price 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.
$920.00
Gross charge 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.
$48.70 with Partnership Health Plan vs $8,463.00 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.
Full explanation →
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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.
Full explanation →Payer ?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. Full explanation → |
Plan ?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. Full explanation → |
Negotiated rate | vs. cash |
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| Partnership Health Plan | Medicaid|> 21 | $48.70 | ↓ -88% |
| HCLA | Medicaid|Preferred IPA > 21 | $48.70 | ↓ -88% |
| HCLA | Medicaid|Preferred IPA < 21 | $48.70 | ↓ -88% |
| Inland Empire Health Plan | Medicaid|All Plans | $48.70 | ↓ -88% |
| Partnership Health Plan | Medicaid|< 21 | $48.70 | ↓ -88% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicaid|All Plans | $60.88 | ↓ -85% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|> 21 | $64.77 | ↓ -84% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|< 21 | $64.77 | ↓ -84% |
| Noble IPA | Medicaid|> 21 | $69.09 | ↓ -83% |
| Noble IPA | Medicaid|< 21 | $69.09 | ↓ -83% |
| Kaiser | Medicaid|> 21 | $73.05 | ↓ -82% |
| Kaiser | Medicaid|< 21 | $73.05 | ↓ -82% |
| Angeles IPA | Medicare|All Plans | $76.77 | ↓ -81% |
| Preferred IPA | Medicaid|Risk | $76.77 | ↓ -81% |
| Molina | Medicaid|All Plans | $107.48 | ↓ -73% |
| LA Care | Medicaid|All Plans | $200.64 | ↓ -49% |
| SMIPA | Medicare|All Plans | $205.32 | ↓ -48% |
| DHR | Medicaid|> 21 | $230.00 | ↓ -42% |
| DHR | Medicaid|< 21 | $230.00 | ↓ -42% |
| Molina | Medicare|All Plans | $252.47 | ↓ -36% |
| HCLA | Medicare|Preferred IPA | $252.47 | ↓ -36% |
| Blue Shield CA | Medicare|All Other Plans | $252.47 | ↓ -36% |
| Health Net | Medicare|All Other Plans | $252.47 | ↓ -36% |
| Scan Health Plan | Medicare|All Plans | $252.47 | ↓ -36% |
| LA Care | Medicare|All Plans | $252.47 | ↓ -36% |
| Health Net | Medicare|HMO | $252.47 | ↓ -36% |
| Cigna | Medicare|All Plans | $252.47 | ↓ -36% |
| EasyChoice | Medicare|All Plans | $252.47 | ↓ -36% |
| Kaiser | Medicare|All Plans | $252.47 | ↓ -36% |
| Central Health Plan | Medicare|All Plans | $252.47 | ↓ -36% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicare|All Plans | $252.47 | ↓ -36% |
| Humana | Medicare|All Plans | $252.47 | ↓ -36% |
| United | Medicare|All Plans | $257.52 | ↓ -35% |
| HPN | Medicare|Senior | $277.72 | ↓ -30% |
| Blue Shield CA | Medicare|Trauma | $315.59 | ↓ -20% |
| HCLA | Commercial|Preferred IPA | $315.59 | ↓ -20% |
| LA Care | Commercial|All Plans | $315.59 | ↓ -20% |
| Blue Shield CA | Medicaid|All Plans | $383.85 | ↓ -3% |
| Care 1st | Medicaid|All Plans | $383.85 | ↓ -3% |
| SevenCorners | Medicare|All Plans | $403.95 | ↑ +2% |
| Healthcare Partners | Medicare|All Plans | $423.20 | ↑ +7% |
| Healthcare Partners | Commercial|All Plans | $478.40 | ↑ +21% |
| United | Commercial|Non-Options PPO | $533.60 | ↑ +35% |
| United | Commercial|All Other Plans | $570.40 | ↑ +44% |
| United | Commercial|Options PPO | $570.40 | ↑ +44% |
| HPN | Commercial|All Plans | $579.60 | ↑ +47% |
| Blue Shield CA | Medicare|BlueShield Promise | $598.00 | ↑ +51% |
| Kaiser | Commercial|All Plans | $644.00 | ↑ +63% |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | $736.00 | ↑ +86% |
| United | Commercial|HMO | $883.20 | ↑ +123% |
| Health Net | Commercial|EPPO | $1,910.00 | ↑ +383% |
| Health Net | Commercial|Care Product | $2,319.00 | ↑ +486% |
| Health Net | Commercial|All Other Plans | $2,666.00 | ↑ +574% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|Exchange | $3,658.00 | ↑ +825% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|All Other Plans | $5,460.00 | ↑ +1280% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|MCS | $8,463.00 | ↑ +2039% |
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Pr incision & drainage abscess simple/single at other California hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| St. John's Camarillo Hospital | Camarillo | $183.43 | $59.90 – $453.26 |
| Petaluma Valley Hospital | Petaluma | $851.19 | $270.38 – $1,687.00 |
| Arroyo Grande Hospital | Santa Maria | $323.57 | $48.70 – $740.88 |
| Mark Twain Medical Center | San Andreas | $179.16 | $48.70 – $251.86 |
| French Hospital | San Luis Obispo | $305.37 | $48.70 – $763.42 |
| Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield | Bakersfield | $247.83 | $48.70 – $534.40 |
| Bakersfield Memorial Hospital | Bakersfield | $245.16 | $48.70 – $464.52 |
| Queen of The Valley Medical Center | Napa | $1,554.48 | $284.87 – $6,200.00 |