Psychotherapy patient individual therapy 30 minutes 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

$112.23

Cash price

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$261.00

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.

$60.34 with Noble IPA vs $1,593.00 with Aetna — 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 $60.34 ↓ -46%
Noble IPA Medicaid|< 21 $60.34 ↓ -46%
Partnership Health Plan Medicaid|> 21 $60.67 ↓ -46%
HCLA Medicaid|Preferred IPA > 21 $60.67 ↓ -46%
HCLA Medicaid|Preferred IPA < 21 $60.67 ↓ -46%
Inland Empire Health Plan Medicaid|All Plans $60.67 ↓ -46%
Partnership Health Plan Medicaid|< 21 $60.67 ↓ -46%
DHR Medicaid|> 21 $65.25 ↓ -42%
DHR Medicaid|< 21 $65.25 ↓ -42%
Preferred IPA Medicaid|Risk $67.05 ↓ -40%
Angeles IPA Medicare|All Plans $67.05 ↓ -40%
Health Net Medicaid|> 21 $80.69 ↓ -28%
Health Net Medicaid|< 21 $80.69 ↓ -28%
Kaiser Medicaid|< 21 $91.00 ↓ -19%
Kaiser Medicaid|> 21 $91.00 ↓ -19%
Molina Medicaid|All Plans $93.87 ↓ -16%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|All Plans $112.97 ↑ +1%
United Commercial|Non-Options PPO $151.38 ↑ +35%
SMIPA Medicare|All Plans $154.36 ↑ +38%
United Commercial|Options PPO $161.82 ↑ +44%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $161.82 ↑ +44%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|BlueShield Promise $169.65 ↑ +51%
Kaiser Commercial|All Plans $182.70 ↑ +63%
Health Net Medicare|All Other Plans $204.15 ↑ +82%
Health Net Medicare|HMO $204.15 ↑ +82%
Cigna Medicare|All Plans $204.15 ↑ +82%
Kaiser Medicare|All Plans $204.15 ↑ +82%
Central Health Plan Medicare|All Plans $204.15 ↑ +82%
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|All Plans $204.15 ↑ +82%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|All Other Plans $204.15 ↑ +82%
Scan Health Plan Medicare|All Plans $204.15 ↑ +82%
LA Care Medicare|All Plans $204.15 ↑ +82%
Molina Medicare|All Plans $204.15 ↑ +82%
EasyChoice Medicare|All Plans $204.15 ↑ +82%
HCLA Medicare|Preferred IPA $204.15 ↑ +82%
Humana Medicare|All Plans $204.15 ↑ +82%
United Medicare|All Plans $208.24 ↑ +86%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $208.80 ↑ +86%
HPN Medicare|Senior $224.56 ↑ +100%
LA Care Medicaid|All Plans $249.96 ↑ +123%
United Commercial|HMO $250.56 ↑ +123%
HCLA Commercial|Preferred IPA $255.19 ↑ +127%
LA Care Commercial|All Plans $255.19 ↑ +127%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|Trauma $255.19 ↑ +127%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Exchange $261.00 ↑ +133%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|MCS $261.00 ↑ +133%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|All Other Plans $261.00 ↑ +133%
SevenCorners Medicare|All Plans $326.64 ↑ +191%
Care 1st Medicaid|All Plans $335.25 ↑ +199%
Blue Shield CA Medicaid|All Plans $335.25 ↑ +199%
Aetna Commercial|All Other Plans $1,593.00 ↑ +1319%
Aetna Commercial|PPO $1,593.00 ↑ +1319%
Aetna Commercial|HMO $1,593.00 ↑ +1319%

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Psychotherapy patient individual therapy 30 minutes at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Petaluma Valley Hospital Petaluma $307.02 not published
Mark Twain Medical Center San Andreas $165.84 $58.21 – $220.50
St. Joseph's Behavioral Health Center Stockton $54.82 $9.60 – $107.00
Healdsburg Hospital Healdsburg $288.15 $239.15 – $239.15
Redwood Memorial Hospital Fortuna $169.32 not published
Santa Rosa Memorial Hospital Santa Rosa $322.83 $246.98 – $252.02
Providence Mission Hospital - Mission Viejo Mission Viejo $144.48 $194.05 – $422.33
Mercy Medical Center Merced Merced $215.27 $60.67 – $418.00

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