Pul art balloon repr percut 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

$12,746.06

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.

$29,642.00

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.

$255.34 with Noble IPA vs $29,642.00 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.

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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 $255.34 ↓ -98%
Noble IPA Medicaid|> 21 $255.34 ↓ -98%
HCLA Medicaid|Preferred IPA > 21 $283.71 ↓ -98%
HCLA Medicaid|Preferred IPA < 21 $283.71 ↓ -98%
Angeles IPA Medicare|All Plans $283.71 ↓ -98%
Partnership Health Plan Medicaid|> 21 $283.71 ↓ -98%
Partnership Health Plan Medicaid|< 21 $283.71 ↓ -98%
Preferred IPA Medicaid|Risk $283.71 ↓ -98%
Inland Empire Health Plan Medicaid|All Plans $283.71 ↓ -98%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|All Plans $283.71 ↓ -98%
Health Net Medicaid|< 21 $378.19 ↓ -97%
Health Net Medicaid|> 21 $378.19 ↓ -97%
Molina Medicaid|All Plans $397.19 ↓ -97%
Kaiser Medicaid|> 21 $425.56 ↓ -97%
Kaiser Medicaid|< 21 $425.56 ↓ -97%
LA Care Medicaid|All Plans $1,168.89 ↓ -91%
Blue Shield CA Medicaid|All Plans $1,418.55 ↓ -89%
Care 1st Medicaid|All Plans $1,418.55 ↓ -89%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Exchange $3,658.00 ↓ -71%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|All Other Plans $5,460.00 ↓ -57%
DHR Medicaid|< 21 $7,410.50 ↓ -42%
DHR Medicaid|> 21 $7,410.50 ↓ -42%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|MCS $8,463.00 ↓ -34%
Healthcare Partners Medicare|All Plans $13,635.32 ↑ +7%
Healthcare Partners Commercial|All Plans $15,413.84 ↑ +21%
United Commercial|Non-Options PPO $17,192.36 ↑ +35%
United Commercial|Options PPO $18,378.04 ↑ +44%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $18,378.04 ↑ +44%
HPN Commercial|All Plans $18,674.46 ↑ +47%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|BlueShield Promise $19,267.30 ↑ +51%
Kaiser Commercial|All Plans $20,749.40 ↑ +63%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $23,713.60 ↑ +86%
United Commercial|HMO $28,456.32 ↑ +123%
SMIPA Medicare|All Plans $29,642.00 ↑ +133%

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Pul art balloon repr percut at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Northridge Hospital Medical Center Northridge $2,851.38 $283.71 – $10,220.00
Community Hospital San Bernardino San Bernardino $4,304.91 $283.71 – $11,010.00
Glendale Memorial Hospital Health Center Glendale $4,241.59 $283.71 – $10,408.80
St. Bernardine Medical Center San Bernardino $9,973.02 $283.71 – $25,456.65
Petaluma Valley Hospital Petaluma not published $5,734.00 – $15,313.00
Queen of The Valley Medical Center Napa not published $6,200.00 – $24,453.00
Providence St Joseph Hospital Eureka Eureka not published $8,018.00 – $24,039.00
Healdsburg Hospital Healdsburg not published $6,972.00 – $6,972.00

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