Red blood cells each unit at St. Mary Medical Center
1050 Linden Ave, Long Beach, CA · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1194840421
$897.84
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.
$2,088.00
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.
$116.69 with Noble IPA vs $6,343.00 with United — 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 | $116.69 | ↓ -87% |
| Noble IPA | Medicaid|< 21 | $116.69 | ↓ -87% |
| Partnership Health Plan | Medicaid|< 21 | $129.66 | ↓ -86% |
| Preferred IPA | Medicaid|Risk | $129.66 | ↓ -86% |
| HCLA | Medicaid|Preferred IPA > 21 | $129.66 | ↓ -86% |
| HCLA | Medicaid|Preferred IPA < 21 | $129.66 | ↓ -86% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicaid|All Plans | $129.66 | ↓ -86% |
| Angeles IPA | Medicare|All Plans | $129.66 | ↓ -86% |
| Inland Empire Health Plan | Medicaid|All Plans | $129.66 | ↓ -86% |
| Partnership Health Plan | Medicaid|> 21 | $129.66 | ↓ -86% |
| SMIPA | Medicare|All Plans | $164.23 | ↓ -82% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|< 21 | $172.84 | ↓ -81% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|> 21 | $172.84 | ↓ -81% |
| Molina | Medicaid|All Plans | $181.52 | ↓ -80% |
| Kaiser | Medicare|All Plans | $183.37 | ↓ -80% |
| Central Health Plan | Medicare|All Plans | $183.37 | ↓ -80% |
| Scan Health Plan | Medicare|All Plans | $183.37 | ↓ -80% |
| Blue Shield CA | Medicare|All Other Plans | $183.37 | ↓ -80% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicare|All Plans | $183.37 | ↓ -80% |
| HCLA | Medicare|Preferred IPA | $183.37 | ↓ -80% |
| Health Net | Medicare|HMO | $183.37 | ↓ -80% |
| Cigna | Medicare|All Plans | $183.37 | ↓ -80% |
| LA Care | Medicare|All Plans | $183.37 | ↓ -80% |
| EasyChoice | Medicare|All Plans | $183.37 | ↓ -80% |
| Humana | Medicare|All Plans | $183.37 | ↓ -80% |
| Health Net | Medicare|All Other Plans | $183.37 | ↓ -80% |
| Molina | Medicare|All Plans | $183.37 | ↓ -80% |
| United | Medicare|All Plans | $187.04 | ↓ -79% |
| Kaiser | Medicaid|> 21 | $194.49 | ↓ -78% |
| Kaiser | Medicaid|< 21 | $194.49 | ↓ -78% |
| HPN | Medicare|Senior | $201.71 | ↓ -78% |
| Healthcare Partners | Medicare|All Plans | $214.40 | ↓ -76% |
| LA Care | Commercial|All Plans | $229.21 | ↓ -74% |
| Blue Shield CA | Medicare|Trauma | $229.21 | ↓ -74% |
| HCLA | Commercial|Preferred IPA | $229.21 | ↓ -74% |
| Healthcare Partners | Commercial|All Plans | $241.20 | ↓ -73% |
| SevenCorners | Medicare|All Plans | $293.39 | ↓ -67% |
| DHR | Medicaid|< 21 | $335.00 | ↓ -63% |
| DHR | Medicaid|> 21 | $335.00 | ↓ -63% |
| LA Care | Medicaid|All Plans | $534.20 | ↓ -41% |
| Care 1st | Medicaid|All Plans | $648.30 | ↓ -28% |
| Blue Shield CA | Medicaid|All Plans | $648.30 | ↓ -28% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|Exchange | $670.00 | ↓ -25% |
| United | Commercial|Non-Options PPO | $777.20 | ↓ -13% |
| Blue Shield CA | Medicare|BlueShield Promise | $871.00 | ↓ -3% |
| Kaiser | Commercial|All Plans | $938.00 | ↑ +4% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|All Other Plans | $991.60 | ↑ +10% |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | $1,072.00 | ↑ +19% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|MCS | $1,340.00 | ↑ +49% |
| United | Commercial|HMO | $6,243.00 | ↑ +595% |
| United | Commercial|All Other Plans | $6,343.00 | ↑ +606% |
| United | Commercial|Options PPO | $6,343.00 | ↑ +606% |
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Red blood cells each unit at other California hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| St. John's Camarillo Hospital | Camarillo | $146.73 | $90.45 – $340.16 |
| Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield | Bakersfield | $873.71 | $129.66 – $1,884.00 |
| Bakersfield Memorial Hospital | Bakersfield | $864.29 | $129.66 – $1,860.45 |
| St. Joseph's Medical Center Stockton | Stockton | $511.27 | $129.66 – $1,425.98 |
| Mercy Medical Center Mt. Shasta | Mt Shasta | $690.87 | $48.72 – $198.94 |
| Mercy Medical Center Merced | Merced | $217.33 | $129.66 – $422.00 |
| Dominican Hospital | Santa Cruz | $457.65 | $129.66 – $864.45 |
| Northridge Hospital Medical Center | Northridge | $126.67 | $113.50 – $4,018.00 |