Prolonged IV inf, req pump at St. Mary Medical Center
1050 Linden Ave, Long Beach, CA · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1194840421
$411.94
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.
$958.00
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.
$239.50 with DHR vs $1,274.00 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.
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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| DHR | Medicaid|> 21 | $239.50 | ↓ -42% |
| DHR | Medicaid|< 21 | $239.50 | ↓ -42% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|Exchange | $328.00 | ↓ -20% |
| SMIPA | Medicare|All Plans | $363.80 | ↓ -12% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|Exchange | $400.00 | ↓ -3% |
| Humana | Medicare|All Plans | $421.45 | ↑ +2% |
| Molina | Medicare|All Plans | $421.45 | ↑ +2% |
| Health Net | Medicare|All Other Plans | $421.45 | ↑ +2% |
| Health Net | Medicare|HMO | $421.45 | ↑ +2% |
| Cigna | Medicare|All Plans | $421.45 | ↑ +2% |
| Kaiser | Medicare|All Plans | $421.45 | ↑ +2% |
| Central Health Plan | Medicare|All Plans | $421.45 | ↑ +2% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicare|All Plans | $421.45 | ↑ +2% |
| Blue Shield CA | Medicare|All Other Plans | $421.45 | ↑ +2% |
| Scan Health Plan | Medicare|All Plans | $421.45 | ↑ +2% |
| LA Care | Medicare|All Plans | $421.45 | ↑ +2% |
| EasyChoice | Medicare|All Plans | $421.45 | ↑ +2% |
| HCLA | Medicare|Preferred IPA | $421.45 | ↑ +2% |
| United | Medicare|All Plans | $429.88 | ↑ +4% |
| HPN | Medicare|Senior | $463.60 | ↑ +13% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|All Other Plans | $489.00 | ↑ +19% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|All Other Plans | $522.00 | ↑ +27% |
| LA Care | Commercial|All Plans | $526.81 | ↑ +28% |
| HCLA | Commercial|Preferred IPA | $526.81 | ↑ +28% |
| Blue Shield CA | Medicare|Trauma | $526.81 | ↑ +28% |
| Cigna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $570.00 | ↑ +38% |
| Cigna | Commercial|PPO | $570.00 | ↑ +38% |
| Blue Shield CA | Medicare|BlueShield Promise | $622.70 | ↑ +51% |
| Kaiser | Commercial|All Plans | $670.60 | ↑ +63% |
| SevenCorners | Medicare|All Plans | $674.32 | ↑ +64% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|MCS | $758.00 | ↑ +84% |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | $766.40 | ↑ +86% |
| United | Commercial|All Other Plans | $958.00 | ↑ +133% |
| United | Commercial|Options PPO | $958.00 | ↑ +133% |
| United | Commercial|HMO | $971.00 | ↑ +136% |
| United | Commercial|Non-Options PPO | $1,274.00 | ↑ +209% |
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Prolonged IV inf, req pump at other California hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| French Hospital | San Luis Obispo | $149.75 | $103.14 – $1,654.00 |
| Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield | Bakersfield | $389.18 | $283.23 – $871.00 |
| Bakersfield Memorial Hospital | Bakersfield | $328.84 | $421.45 – $12,607.00 |
| St. Joseph's Medical Center Stockton | Stockton | $224.91 | $146.79 – $1,266.00 |
| Santa Rosa Memorial Hospital | Santa Rosa | $576.30 | $295.97 – $302.01 |
| Mercy Medical Center Mt. Shasta | Mt Shasta | $339.21 | $77.52 – $316.54 |
| Mercy Medical Center Merced | Merced | $379.04 | $406.78 – $1,411.00 |
| Northridge Hospital Medical Center | Northridge | $251.94 | $225.75 – $903.00 |