Radiation therapy dose plan 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

$604.58

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.

$1,406.00

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.

$72.45 with Noble IPA vs $1,406.00 with Healthcare Partners — 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 $72.45 ↓ -88%
Noble IPA Medicaid|> 21 $72.45 ↓ -88%
Partnership Health Plan Medicaid|< 21 $80.50 ↓ -87%
Partnership Health Plan Medicaid|> 21 $80.50 ↓ -87%
Inland Empire Health Plan Medicaid|All Plans $80.50 ↓ -87%
HCLA Medicaid|Preferred IPA > 21 $80.50 ↓ -87%
Angeles IPA Medicare|All Plans $80.50 ↓ -87%
HCLA Medicaid|Preferred IPA < 21 $80.50 ↓ -87%
Preferred IPA Medicaid|Risk $80.50 ↓ -87%
Health Net Medicaid|< 21 $107.31 ↓ -82%
Health Net Medicaid|> 21 $107.31 ↓ -82%
Molina Medicaid|All Plans $112.70 ↓ -81%
Kaiser Medicaid|< 21 $120.75 ↓ -80%
Kaiser Medicaid|> 21 $120.75 ↓ -80%
SMIPA Medicare|All Plans $148.75 ↓ -75%
Molina Medicare|All Plans $168.70 ↓ -72%
Humana Medicare|All Plans $168.70 ↓ -72%
Health Net Medicare|All Other Plans $168.70 ↓ -72%
Health Net Medicare|HMO $168.70 ↓ -72%
Cigna Medicare|All Plans $168.70 ↓ -72%
Kaiser Medicare|All Plans $168.70 ↓ -72%
Central Health Plan Medicare|All Plans $168.70 ↓ -72%
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|All Plans $168.70 ↓ -72%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|All Other Plans $168.70 ↓ -72%
Scan Health Plan Medicare|All Plans $168.70 ↓ -72%
LA Care Medicare|All Plans $168.70 ↓ -72%
EasyChoice Medicare|All Plans $168.70 ↓ -72%
HCLA Medicare|Preferred IPA $168.70 ↓ -72%
United Medicare|All Plans $172.08 ↓ -72%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|All Plans $180.82 ↓ -70%
HPN Medicare|Senior $185.57 ↓ -69%
HCLA Commercial|Preferred IPA $210.88 ↓ -65%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|Trauma $210.88 ↓ -65%
LA Care Commercial|All Plans $210.88 ↓ -65%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Exchange $255.65 ↓ -58%
Aetna Commercial|All Other Plans $266.37 ↓ -56%
Aetna Commercial|HMO $266.37 ↓ -56%
Aetna Commercial|PPO $266.37 ↓ -56%
SevenCorners Medicare|All Plans $269.92 ↓ -55%
LA Care Medicaid|All Plans $331.66 ↓ -45%
DHR Medicaid|< 21 $351.50 ↓ -42%
DHR Medicaid|> 21 $351.50 ↓ -42%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|All Other Plans $381.18 ↓ -37%
Blue Shield CA Medicaid|All Plans $402.50 ↓ -33%
Care 1st Medicaid|All Plans $402.50 ↓ -33%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|MCS $590.97 ↓ -2%
United Commercial|Non-Options PPO $815.48 ↑ +35%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|BlueShield Promise $913.90 ↑ +51%
Kaiser Commercial|All Plans $984.20 ↑ +63%
United Commercial|HMO $1,000.00 ↑ +65%
Cigna Commercial|All Other Plans $1,082.62 ↑ +79%
Cigna Commercial|PPO $1,082.62 ↑ +79%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $1,124.80 ↑ +86%
United Commercial|Options PPO $1,406.00 ↑ +133%
Healthcare Partners Commercial|All Plans $1,406.00 ↑ +133%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $1,406.00 ↑ +133%
Healthcare Partners Medicare|All Plans $1,406.00 ↑ +133%

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Radiation therapy dose plan at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
St. John's Camarillo Hospital Camarillo $245.72 $121.79 – $488.07
Arroyo Grande Hospital Santa Maria $312.87 $80.50 – $11,311.00
French Hospital San Luis Obispo $261.08 $80.50 – $9,050.00
Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield Bakersfield $73.09 $80.50 – $19,249.00
Queen of The Valley Medical Center Napa $1,126.08 $190.84 – $398.10
Providence St Joseph Hospital Eureka Eureka $466.65 $172.87 – $451.45
St. Joseph's Medical Center Stockton Stockton $76.15 $54.39 – $259.00
Santa Rosa Memorial Hospital Santa Rosa $1,083.75 $187.03 – $338.69

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