Prep skin to 100cm2 other 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

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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.

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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.

$292.52 with Noble IPA 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.

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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 $292.52
Noble IPA Medicaid|< 21 $292.52
Preferred IPA Medicaid|Risk $325.02
Partnership Health Plan Medicaid|> 21 $325.02
HCLA Medicaid|Preferred IPA > 21 $325.02
Inland Empire Health Plan Medicaid|All Plans $325.02
HCLA Medicaid|Preferred IPA < 21 $325.02
Partnership Health Plan Medicaid|< 21 $325.02
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|All Plans $325.13
Angeles IPA Medicare|All Plans $325.13
Health Net Medicaid|< 21 $433.25
Health Net Medicaid|> 21 $433.25
Molina Medicaid|All Plans $455.03
Kaiser Medicaid|< 21 $487.53
Kaiser Medicaid|> 21 $487.53
SMIPA Medicare|All Plans $584.04
Cigna Medicare|All Plans $777.77
Humana Medicare|All Plans $777.77
Molina Medicare|All Plans $777.77
HCLA Medicare|Preferred IPA $777.77
Health Net Medicare|All Other Plans $777.77
Health Net Medicare|HMO $777.77
Scan Health Plan Medicare|All Plans $777.77
EasyChoice Medicare|All Plans $777.77
Kaiser Medicare|All Plans $777.77
Central Health Plan Medicare|All Plans $777.77
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|All Plans $777.77
LA Care Medicare|All Plans $777.77
Blue Shield CA Medicare|All Other Plans $777.77
United Medicare|All Plans $793.33
HPN Medicare|Senior $855.55
Blue Shield CA Medicare|Trauma $972.21
HCLA Commercial|Preferred IPA $972.21
LA Care Commercial|All Plans $972.21
SevenCorners Medicare|All Plans $1,244.43
LA Care Medicaid|All Plans $1,339.08
Care 1st Medicaid|All Plans $1,625.10
Blue Shield CA Medicaid|All Plans $1,625.10
Health Net Commercial|EPPO $2,417.00
Health Net Commercial|Care Product $2,936.00
Health Net Commercial|All Other Plans $3,375.00
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Exchange $3,658.00
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|All Other Plans $5,460.00
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|MCS $8,463.00
Blue Shield CA Medicare|BlueShield Promise not published by hospital
DHR Medicaid|> 21 not published by hospital
DHR Medicaid|< 21 not published by hospital
United Commercial|Non-Options PPO not published by hospital
United Commercial|Options PPO not published by hospital
United Commercial|HMO not published by hospital
United Commercial|All Other Plans not published by hospital
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans not published by hospital
Kaiser Commercial|All Plans not published by hospital

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Prep skin to 100cm2 other at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Petaluma Valley Hospital Petaluma $1,183.20 $547.82 – $2,570.00
Mark Twain Medical Center San Andreas $453.55 $176.18 – $667.38
Bakersfield Memorial Hospital Bakersfield $552.71 $325.02 – $1,189.74
Queen of The Valley Medical Center Napa $1,280.61 $577.20 – $7,483.00
Providence St Joseph Hospital Eureka Eureka $1,143.42 $522.85 – $8,018.00
Healdsburg Hospital Healdsburg $592.62 $547.72 – $5,198.77
Redwood Memorial Hospital Fortuna $741.03 $3,331.00 – $25,998.00
Santa Rosa Memorial Hospital Santa Rosa $1,266.33 $565.65 – $4,042.00

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