Prgrmg dev eval pm/ldls pm 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

$163.83

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.

$381.00

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.

$42.60 with SMIPA vs $6,343.00 with United — 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
SMIPA Medicare|All Plans $42.60 ↓ -74%
Noble IPA Medicaid|< 21 $43.91 ↓ -73%
Noble IPA Medicaid|> 21 $43.91 ↓ -73%
Scan Health Plan Medicare|All Plans $47.38 ↓ -71%
Humana Medicare|All Plans $47.38 ↓ -71%
Molina Medicare|All Plans $47.38 ↓ -71%
HCLA Medicare|Preferred IPA $47.38 ↓ -71%
Health Net Medicare|All Other Plans $47.38 ↓ -71%
Health Net Medicare|HMO $47.38 ↓ -71%
Cigna Medicare|All Plans $47.38 ↓ -71%
EasyChoice Medicare|All Plans $47.38 ↓ -71%
Kaiser Medicare|All Plans $47.38 ↓ -71%
Central Health Plan Medicare|All Plans $47.38 ↓ -71%
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|All Plans $47.38 ↓ -71%
LA Care Medicare|All Plans $47.38 ↓ -71%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|All Other Plans $47.38 ↓ -71%
United Medicare|All Plans $48.33 ↓ -70%
Partnership Health Plan Medicaid|< 21 $48.79 ↓ -70%
Partnership Health Plan Medicaid|> 21 $48.79 ↓ -70%
Inland Empire Health Plan Medicaid|All Plans $48.79 ↓ -70%
Angeles IPA Medicare|All Plans $48.79 ↓ -70%
Preferred IPA Medicaid|Risk $48.79 ↓ -70%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|All Plans $48.79 ↓ -70%
HCLA Medicaid|Preferred IPA > 21 $48.79 ↓ -70%
HCLA Medicaid|Preferred IPA < 21 $48.79 ↓ -70%
HPN Medicare|Senior $52.12 ↓ -68%
HCLA Commercial|Preferred IPA $59.23 ↓ -64%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|Trauma $59.23 ↓ -64%
LA Care Commercial|All Plans $59.23 ↓ -64%
Health Net Medicaid|< 21 $65.04 ↓ -60%
Health Net Medicaid|> 21 $65.04 ↓ -60%
Molina Medicaid|All Plans $68.31 ↓ -58%
Kaiser Medicaid|< 21 $73.19 ↓ -55%
Kaiser Medicaid|> 21 $73.19 ↓ -55%
SevenCorners Medicare|All Plans $75.81 ↓ -54%
DHR Medicaid|> 21 $95.25 ↓ -42%
DHR Medicaid|< 21 $95.25 ↓ -42%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Exchange $131.48 ↓ -20%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|All Other Plans $196.04 ↑ +20%
LA Care Medicaid|All Plans $201.01 ↑ +23%
United Commercial|Non-Options PPO $220.98 ↑ +35%
Care 1st Medicaid|All Plans $243.95 ↑ +49%
Blue Shield CA Medicaid|All Plans $243.95 ↑ +49%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|BlueShield Promise $247.65 ↑ +51%
Kaiser Commercial|All Plans $266.70 ↑ +63%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|MCS $303.94 ↑ +86%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $304.80 ↑ +86%
Health Net Commercial|EPPO $2,417.00 ↑ +1375%
Health Net Commercial|Care Product $2,936.00 ↑ +1692%
Health Net Commercial|All Other Plans $3,375.00 ↑ +1960%
United Commercial|HMO $6,243.00 ↑ +3711%
United Commercial|Options PPO $6,343.00 ↑ +3772%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $6,343.00 ↑ +3772%

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Prgrmg dev eval pm/ldls pm at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
St. John's Camarillo Hospital Camarillo $229.52 $23.22 – $87.86
Arroyo Grande Hospital Santa Maria $235.40 $47.38 – $539.00
French Hospital San Luis Obispo $208.94 $47.38 – $522.34
Bakersfield Memorial Hospital Bakersfield $40.74 $47.38 – $111.00
St. Joseph's Medical Center Stockton Stockton $32.64 $23.31 – $111.00
Santa Rosa Memorial Hospital Santa Rosa $171.87 $51.93 – $162.55
Mercy Medical Center Merced Merced $57.17 $47.38 – $111.00
Northridge Hospital Medical Center Northridge $159.87 $47.38 – $4,018.00

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