Pretreat rbc w chem/drugs reference 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

$99.33

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.

$231.00

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.

$22.31 with Noble IPA vs $123.95 with Care 1st — 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 $22.31 ↓ -78%
Noble IPA Medicaid|< 21 $22.31 ↓ -78%
HCLA Medicaid|Preferred IPA > 21 $24.79 ↓ -75%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|All Plans $24.79 ↓ -75%
Preferred IPA Medicaid|Risk $24.79 ↓ -75%
Partnership Health Plan Medicaid|> 21 $24.79 ↓ -75%
HCLA Medicaid|Preferred IPA < 21 $24.79 ↓ -75%
Inland Empire Health Plan Medicaid|All Plans $24.79 ↓ -75%
Partnership Health Plan Medicaid|< 21 $24.79 ↓ -75%
Angeles IPA Medicare|All Plans $24.79 ↓ -75%
DHR Medicaid|< 21 $25.00 ↓ -75%
DHR Medicaid|> 21 $25.00 ↓ -75%
Health Net Medicaid|> 21 $33.05 ↓ -67%
Health Net Medicaid|< 21 $33.05 ↓ -67%
Molina Medicaid|All Plans $34.71 ↓ -65%
Kaiser Medicaid|> 21 $37.19 ↓ -63%
Kaiser Medicaid|< 21 $37.19 ↓ -63%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|Exchange $38.00 ↓ -62%
SMIPA Medicare|All Plans $39.28 ↓ -60%
United Commercial|Non-Options PPO $40.61 ↓ -59%
United Commercial|Options PPO $40.61 ↓ -59%
United Commercial|HMO $40.61 ↓ -59%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $40.61 ↓ -59%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|All Other Plans $49.00 ↓ -51%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Exchange $58.00 ↓ -42%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|BlueShield Promise $65.00 ↓ -35%
Cigna Commercial|All Other Plans $65.60 ↓ -34%
Cigna Commercial|PPO $65.60 ↓ -34%
Kaiser Commercial|All Plans $70.00 ↓ -30%
LA Care Medicaid|All Plans $71.19 ↓ -28%
LA Care Medicare|All Plans $75.47 ↓ -24%
Humana Medicare|All Plans $75.47 ↓ -24%
Molina Medicare|All Plans $75.47 ↓ -24%
Health Net Medicare|All Other Plans $75.47 ↓ -24%
Health Net Medicare|HMO $75.47 ↓ -24%
Cigna Medicare|All Plans $75.47 ↓ -24%
Kaiser Medicare|All Plans $75.47 ↓ -24%
Central Health Plan Medicare|All Plans $75.47 ↓ -24%
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|All Plans $75.47 ↓ -24%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|All Other Plans $75.47 ↓ -24%
Scan Health Plan Medicare|All Plans $75.47 ↓ -24%
EasyChoice Medicare|All Plans $75.47 ↓ -24%
HCLA Medicare|Preferred IPA $75.47 ↓ -24%
United Medicare|All Plans $76.98 ↓ -23%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $80.00 ↓ -19%
HPN Medicare|Senior $83.02 ↓ -16%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|All Other Plans $87.00 ↓ -12%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|Trauma $94.34 ↓ -5%
LA Care Commercial|All Plans $94.34 ↓ -5%
HCLA Commercial|Preferred IPA $94.34 ↓ -5%
Aetna Commercial|PPO $100.00 ↑ +1%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|MCS $100.00 ↑ +1%
Aetna Commercial|HMO $100.00 ↑ +1%
Aetna Commercial|All Other Plans $100.00 ↑ +1%
SevenCorners Medicare|All Plans $120.75 ↑ +22%
Blue Shield CA Medicaid|All Plans $123.95 ↑ +25%
Care 1st Medicaid|All Plans $123.95 ↑ +25%

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Pretreat rbc w chem/drugs reference at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
St. John's Camarillo Hospital Camarillo $91.98 $37.50 – $123.24
Banner Lassen Medical Center Susanville $69.20 $11.88 – $97.00
Arroyo Grande Hospital Santa Maria $141.57 $24.79 – $162.08
Mark Twain Medical Center San Andreas $110.15 $24.79 – $102.90
French Hospital San Luis Obispo $129.66 $24.79 – $162.08
Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield Bakersfield $58.44 $24.28 – $126.00
Bakersfield Memorial Hospital Bakersfield $57.81 $24.28 – $124.43
St. Joseph's Behavioral Health Center Stockton $89.94 $15.75 – $126.00

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