Puncture arterial withdrawal blood for diagnosis at St. Mary Medical Center
1050 Linden Ave, Long Beach, CA · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1194840421
$201.67
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.
$469.00
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.
$14.53 with Inland Empire Health Plan vs $6,054.00 with BCBS - Anthem — 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Inland Empire Health Plan | Medicaid|All Plans | $14.53 | ↓ -93% |
| Partnership Health Plan | Medicaid|< 21 | $14.53 | ↓ -93% |
| Partnership Health Plan | Medicaid|> 21 | $14.53 | ↓ -93% |
| HCLA | Medicaid|Preferred IPA > 21 | $14.53 | ↓ -93% |
| HCLA | Medicaid|Preferred IPA < 21 | $14.53 | ↓ -93% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicaid|All Plans | $18.16 | ↓ -91% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|> 21 | $19.32 | ↓ -90% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|< 21 | $19.32 | ↓ -90% |
| Noble IPA | Medicaid|> 21 | $20.60 | ↓ -90% |
| Noble IPA | Medicaid|< 21 | $20.60 | ↓ -90% |
| Kaiser | Medicaid|< 21 | $21.79 | ↓ -89% |
| Kaiser | Medicaid|> 21 | $21.79 | ↓ -89% |
| Angeles IPA | Medicare|All Plans | $22.89 | ↓ -89% |
| Preferred IPA | Medicaid|Risk | $22.89 | ↓ -89% |
| Molina | Medicaid|All Plans | $32.05 | ↓ -84% |
| LA Care | Medicaid|All Plans | $59.86 | ↓ -70% |
| DHR | Medicaid|< 21 | $110.25 | ↓ -45% |
| DHR | Medicaid|> 21 | $110.25 | ↓ -45% |
| Blue Shield CA | Medicaid|All Plans | $114.45 | ↓ -43% |
| Care 1st | Medicaid|All Plans | $114.45 | ↓ -43% |
| SMIPA | Medicare|All Plans | $128.12 | ↓ -36% |
| Health Net | Medicare|All Other Plans | $163.78 | ↓ -19% |
| Humana | Medicare|All Plans | $163.78 | ↓ -19% |
| Molina | Medicare|All Plans | $163.78 | ↓ -19% |
| Health Net | Medicare|HMO | $163.78 | ↓ -19% |
| Cigna | Medicare|All Plans | $163.78 | ↓ -19% |
| Kaiser | Medicare|All Plans | $163.78 | ↓ -19% |
| Central Health Plan | Medicare|All Plans | $163.78 | ↓ -19% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicare|All Plans | $163.78 | ↓ -19% |
| Blue Shield CA | Medicare|All Other Plans | $163.78 | ↓ -19% |
| Scan Health Plan | Medicare|All Plans | $163.78 | ↓ -19% |
| LA Care | Medicare|All Plans | $163.78 | ↓ -19% |
| EasyChoice | Medicare|All Plans | $163.78 | ↓ -19% |
| HCLA | Medicare|Preferred IPA | $163.78 | ↓ -19% |
| United | Medicare|All Plans | $167.06 | ↓ -17% |
| HPN | Medicare|Senior | $180.16 | ↓ -11% |
| Healthcare Partners | Medicare|All Plans | $202.86 | ↑ +1% |
| HCLA | Commercial|Preferred IPA | $204.72 | ↑ +2% |
| Blue Shield CA | Medicare|Trauma | $204.72 | ↑ +2% |
| LA Care | Commercial|All Plans | $204.72 | ↑ +2% |
| HPN | Commercial|All Plans | $223.00 | ↑ +11% |
| Healthcare Partners | Commercial|All Plans | $229.32 | ↑ +14% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|Exchange | $255.78 | ↑ +27% |
| SevenCorners | Medicare|All Plans | $262.05 | ↑ +30% |
| United | Commercial|Non-Options PPO | $272.02 | ↑ +35% |
| Cigna | Commercial|PPO | $273.42 | ↑ +36% |
| Cigna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $273.42 | ↑ +36% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|All Other Plans | $282.24 | ↑ +40% |
| Blue Shield CA | Medicare|BlueShield Promise | $286.65 | ↑ +42% |
| United | Commercial|Options PPO | $290.78 | ↑ +44% |
| United | Commercial|All Other Plans | $290.78 | ↑ +44% |
| Aetna | Commercial|PPO | $299.88 | ↑ +49% |
| Aetna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $299.88 | ↑ +49% |
| Aetna | Commercial|HMO | $299.88 | ↑ +49% |
| Kaiser | Commercial|All Plans | $308.70 | ↑ +53% |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | $352.80 | ↑ +75% |
| United | Commercial|HMO | $450.24 | ↑ +123% |
| Health Net | Commercial|EPPO | $1,910.00 | ↑ +847% |
| Health Net | Commercial|Care Product | $2,319.00 | ↑ +1050% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|Exchange | $2,617.00 | ↑ +1198% |
| Health Net | Commercial|All Other Plans | $2,666.00 | ↑ +1222% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|All Other Plans | $3,906.00 | ↑ +1837% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|MCS | $6,054.00 | ↑ +2902% |
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| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| St. John's Camarillo Hospital | Camarillo | $212.43 | $17.87 – $365.72 |
| Banner Lassen Medical Center | Susanville | $48.44 | $20.89 – $67.90 |
| Petaluma Valley Hospital | Petaluma | $456.96 | $179.30 – $1,687.00 |
| Arroyo Grande Hospital | Santa Maria | $219.14 | $14.53 – $699.00 |
| Mark Twain Medical Center | San Andreas | $161.84 | $14.53 – $154.84 |
| French Hospital | San Luis Obispo | $200.71 | $14.53 – $501.76 |
| Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield | Bakersfield | $119.47 | $14.53 – $264.04 |
| Bakersfield Memorial Hospital | Bakersfield | $118.18 | $14.53 – $264.04 |