Radiation physics consult at St. Mary Medical Center
1050 Linden Ave, Long Beach, CA · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1194840421
$448.49
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.
$1,043.00
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.
$71.11 with Noble IPA vs $1,043.00 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Noble IPA | Medicaid|< 21 | $71.11 | ↓ -84% |
| Noble IPA | Medicaid|> 21 | $71.11 | ↓ -84% |
| Preferred IPA | Medicaid|Risk | $79.01 | ↓ -82% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicaid|All Plans | $79.01 | ↓ -82% |
| HCLA | Medicaid|Preferred IPA > 21 | $79.01 | ↓ -82% |
| HCLA | Medicaid|Preferred IPA < 21 | $79.01 | ↓ -82% |
| Angeles IPA | Medicare|All Plans | $79.01 | ↓ -82% |
| Inland Empire Health Plan | Medicaid|All Plans | $79.01 | ↓ -82% |
| Partnership Health Plan | Medicaid|> 21 | $79.01 | ↓ -82% |
| Partnership Health Plan | Medicaid|< 21 | $79.01 | ↓ -82% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|< 21 | $105.32 | ↓ -77% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|> 21 | $105.32 | ↓ -77% |
| Molina | Medicaid|All Plans | $110.61 | ↓ -75% |
| Kaiser | Medicaid|< 21 | $118.52 | ↓ -74% |
| Kaiser | Medicaid|> 21 | $118.52 | ↓ -74% |
| SMIPA | Medicare|All Plans | $148.75 | ↓ -67% |
| Molina | Medicare|All Plans | $168.70 | ↓ -62% |
| Humana | Medicare|All Plans | $168.70 | ↓ -62% |
| Health Net | Medicare|All Other Plans | $168.70 | ↓ -62% |
| Health Net | Medicare|HMO | $168.70 | ↓ -62% |
| Cigna | Medicare|All Plans | $168.70 | ↓ -62% |
| Kaiser | Medicare|All Plans | $168.70 | ↓ -62% |
| Central Health Plan | Medicare|All Plans | $168.70 | ↓ -62% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicare|All Plans | $168.70 | ↓ -62% |
| Blue Shield CA | Medicare|All Other Plans | $168.70 | ↓ -62% |
| Scan Health Plan | Medicare|All Plans | $168.70 | ↓ -62% |
| LA Care | Medicare|All Plans | $168.70 | ↓ -62% |
| EasyChoice | Medicare|All Plans | $168.70 | ↓ -62% |
| HCLA | Medicare|Preferred IPA | $168.70 | ↓ -62% |
| United | Medicare|All Plans | $172.08 | ↓ -62% |
| HPN | Medicare|Senior | $185.57 | ↓ -59% |
| HCLA | Commercial|Preferred IPA | $210.88 | ↓ -53% |
| LA Care | Commercial|All Plans | $210.88 | ↓ -53% |
| Blue Shield CA | Medicare|Trauma | $210.88 | ↓ -53% |
| DHR | Medicaid|> 21 | $260.75 | ↓ -42% |
| DHR | Medicaid|< 21 | $260.75 | ↓ -42% |
| SevenCorners | Medicare|All Plans | $269.92 | ↓ -40% |
| LA Care | Medicaid|All Plans | $325.52 | ↓ -27% |
| Aetna | Commercial|HMO | $360.22 | ↓ -20% |
| Aetna | Commercial|PPO | $360.22 | ↓ -20% |
| Aetna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $360.22 | ↓ -20% |
| Blue Shield CA | Medicaid|All Plans | $395.05 | ↓ -12% |
| Care 1st | Medicaid|All Plans | $395.05 | ↓ -12% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|Exchange | $498.32 | ↑ +11% |
| United | Commercial|Non-Options PPO | $604.94 | ↑ +35% |
| Blue Shield CA | Medicare|BlueShield Promise | $677.95 | ↑ +51% |
| Kaiser | Commercial|All Plans | $730.10 | ↑ +63% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|All Other Plans | $743.00 | ↑ +66% |
| Cigna | Commercial|PPO | $803.11 | ↑ +79% |
| Cigna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $803.11 | ↑ +79% |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | $834.40 | ↑ +86% |
| United | Commercial|HMO | $1,000.00 | ↑ +123% |
| Healthcare Partners | Commercial|All Plans | $1,043.00 | ↑ +133% |
| United | Commercial|All Other Plans | $1,043.00 | ↑ +133% |
| United | Commercial|Options PPO | $1,043.00 | ↑ +133% |
| Healthcare Partners | Medicare|All Plans | $1,043.00 | ↑ +133% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|MCS | $1,043.00 | ↑ +133% |
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Radiation physics consult at other California hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| St. John's Camarillo Hospital | Camarillo | $470.42 | $119.53 – $934.38 |
| Arroyo Grande Hospital | Santa Maria | $312.87 | $79.01 – $11,311.00 |
| Queen of The Valley Medical Center | Napa | $1,828.35 | $190.84 – $775.99 |
| Providence St Joseph Hospital Eureka | Eureka | $1,032.75 | $172.87 – $879.97 |
| St. Joseph's Medical Center Stockton | Stockton | $279.30 | $79.01 – $950.00 |
| Santa Rosa Memorial Hospital | Santa Rosa | $1,735.02 | $187.03 – $660.18 |
| Providence Mission Hospital - Mission Viejo | Mission Viejo | $523.68 | $146.94 – $319.81 |
| Mercy Medical Center Merced | Merced | $369.77 | $79.01 – $718.00 |