Pressure velocity wire add ves at St. Mary Medical Center
1050 Linden Ave, Long Beach, CA · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1194840421
$2,189.56
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.
$5,092.00
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.
$290.17 with Noble IPA vs $5,092.00 with SMIPA — 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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| Noble IPA | Medicaid|< 21 | $290.17 | ↓ -87% |
| Noble IPA | Medicaid|> 21 | $290.17 | ↓ -87% |
| Partnership Health Plan | Medicaid|< 21 | $322.41 | ↓ -85% |
| Partnership Health Plan | Medicaid|> 21 | $322.41 | ↓ -85% |
| HCLA | Medicaid|Preferred IPA < 21 | $322.41 | ↓ -85% |
| Angeles IPA | Medicare|All Plans | $322.41 | ↓ -85% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicaid|All Plans | $322.41 | ↓ -85% |
| Preferred IPA | Medicaid|Risk | $322.41 | ↓ -85% |
| Inland Empire Health Plan | Medicaid|All Plans | $322.41 | ↓ -85% |
| HCLA | Medicaid|Preferred IPA > 21 | $322.41 | ↓ -85% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|< 21 | $429.77 | ↓ -80% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|> 21 | $429.77 | ↓ -80% |
| Molina | Medicaid|All Plans | $451.37 | ↓ -79% |
| Kaiser | Medicaid|> 21 | $483.62 | ↓ -78% |
| Kaiser | Medicaid|< 21 | $483.62 | ↓ -78% |
| DHR | Medicaid|< 21 | $1,273.00 | ↓ -42% |
| DHR | Medicaid|> 21 | $1,273.00 | ↓ -42% |
| LA Care | Medicaid|All Plans | $1,328.33 | ↓ -39% |
| Care 1st | Medicaid|All Plans | $1,612.05 | ↓ -26% |
| Blue Shield CA | Medicaid|All Plans | $1,612.05 | ↓ -26% |
| Healthcare Partners | Medicare|All Plans | $2,342.32 | ↑ +7% |
| Healthcare Partners | Commercial|All Plans | $2,647.84 | ↑ +21% |
| United | Commercial|Non-Options PPO | $2,953.36 | ↑ +35% |
| United | Commercial|All Other Plans | $3,157.04 | ↑ +44% |
| United | Commercial|Options PPO | $3,157.04 | ↑ +44% |
| HPN | Commercial|All Plans | $3,207.96 | ↑ +47% |
| Blue Shield CA | Medicare|BlueShield Promise | $3,309.80 | ↑ +51% |
| Kaiser | Commercial|All Plans | $3,564.40 | ↑ +63% |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | $4,073.60 | ↑ +86% |
| United | Commercial|HMO | $4,888.32 | ↑ +123% |
| SMIPA | Medicare|All Plans | $5,092.00 | ↑ +133% |
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Pressure velocity wire add ves at other California hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| St. John's Camarillo Hospital | Camarillo | $1,991.59 | $487.77 – $3,546.66 |
| Arroyo Grande Hospital | Santa Maria | $1,402.99 | $322.41 – $3,212.44 |
| French Hospital | San Luis Obispo | $1,310.46 | $322.41 – $3,276.14 |
| Bakersfield Memorial Hospital | Bakersfield | $1,209.64 | $322.41 – $3,263.04 |
| Queen of The Valley Medical Center | Napa | $12,895.86 | $800.34 – $2,747.00 |
| Providence St Joseph Hospital Eureka | Eureka | $432.48 | $2,699.00 – $2,699.00 |
| St. Joseph's Medical Center Stockton | Stockton | $1,020.48 | $322.41 – $2,915.64 |
| Santa Rosa Memorial Hospital | Santa Rosa | $1,797.24 | $787.93 – $1,716.00 |