Red blood cells frozen/deglycerolized/washed leukocytes reduced irradiated each unit at St. Mary Medical Center
1050 Linden Ave, Long Beach, CA · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1194840421
$1,455.98
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.
$3,386.00
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.
$283.95 with SMIPA 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 |
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| SMIPA | Medicare|All Plans | $283.95 | ↓ -80% |
| Noble IPA | Medicaid|> 21 | $336.59 | ↓ -77% |
| Noble IPA | Medicaid|< 21 | $336.59 | ↓ -77% |
| HCLA | Medicaid|Preferred IPA < 21 | $373.99 | ↓ -74% |
| Angeles IPA | Medicare|All Plans | $373.99 | ↓ -74% |
| Preferred IPA | Medicaid|Risk | $373.99 | ↓ -74% |
| HCLA | Medicaid|Preferred IPA > 21 | $373.99 | ↓ -74% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicaid|All Plans | $373.99 | ↓ -74% |
| Inland Empire Health Plan | Medicaid|All Plans | $373.99 | ↓ -74% |
| Partnership Health Plan | Medicaid|< 21 | $373.99 | ↓ -74% |
| Partnership Health Plan | Medicaid|> 21 | $373.99 | ↓ -74% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|< 21 | $498.53 | ↓ -66% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|> 21 | $498.53 | ↓ -66% |
| Molina | Medicaid|All Plans | $523.59 | ↓ -64% |
| Healthcare Partners | Medicare|All Plans | $541.76 | ↓ -63% |
| Kaiser | Medicaid|< 21 | $560.99 | ↓ -61% |
| Kaiser | Medicaid|> 21 | $560.99 | ↓ -61% |
| Healthcare Partners | Commercial|All Plans | $609.48 | ↓ -58% |
| HCLA | Medicare|Preferred IPA | $616.71 | ↓ -58% |
| Humana | Medicare|All Plans | $616.71 | ↓ -58% |
| Molina | Medicare|All Plans | $616.71 | ↓ -58% |
| Health Net | Medicare|All Other Plans | $616.71 | ↓ -58% |
| Health Net | Medicare|HMO | $616.71 | ↓ -58% |
| Cigna | Medicare|All Plans | $616.71 | ↓ -58% |
| Scan Health Plan | Medicare|All Plans | $616.71 | ↓ -58% |
| Kaiser | Medicare|All Plans | $616.71 | ↓ -58% |
| Central Health Plan | Medicare|All Plans | $616.71 | ↓ -58% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicare|All Plans | $616.71 | ↓ -58% |
| EasyChoice | Medicare|All Plans | $616.71 | ↓ -58% |
| Blue Shield CA | Medicare|All Other Plans | $616.71 | ↓ -58% |
| LA Care | Medicare|All Plans | $616.71 | ↓ -58% |
| United | Medicare|All Plans | $629.05 | ↓ -57% |
| HPN | Medicare|Senior | $678.38 | ↓ -53% |
| LA Care | Commercial|All Plans | $770.89 | ↓ -47% |
| Blue Shield CA | Medicare|Trauma | $770.89 | ↓ -47% |
| HCLA | Commercial|Preferred IPA | $770.89 | ↓ -47% |
| DHR | Medicaid|> 21 | $846.50 | ↓ -42% |
| DHR | Medicaid|< 21 | $846.50 | ↓ -42% |
| SevenCorners | Medicare|All Plans | $986.74 | ↓ -32% |
| LA Care | Medicaid|All Plans | $1,540.84 | ↑ +6% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|Exchange | $1,693.00 | ↑ +16% |
| Blue Shield CA | Medicaid|All Plans | $1,869.95 | ↑ +28% |
| Care 1st | Medicaid|All Plans | $1,869.95 | ↑ +28% |
| United | Commercial|Non-Options PPO | $1,963.88 | ↑ +35% |
| Blue Shield CA | Medicare|BlueShield Promise | $2,200.90 | ↑ +51% |
| Kaiser | Commercial|All Plans | $2,370.20 | ↑ +63% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|All Other Plans | $2,505.64 | ↑ +72% |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | $2,708.80 | ↑ +86% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|MCS | $3,386.00 | ↑ +133% |
| United | Commercial|HMO | $6,243.00 | ↑ +329% |
| United | Commercial|All Other Plans | $6,343.00 | ↑ +336% |
| United | Commercial|Options PPO | $6,343.00 | ↑ +336% |
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Red blood cells frozen/deglycerolized/washed leukocytes reduced irradiated each unit at other California hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| St. John's Camarillo Hospital | Camarillo | $289.96 | $178.74 – $988.54 |
| Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield | Bakersfield | $847.74 | $373.99 – $1,828.00 |
| Bakersfield Memorial Hospital | Bakersfield | $838.60 | $373.99 – $1,805.15 |
| St. Joseph's Medical Center Stockton | Stockton | $495.10 | $353.64 – $1,380.88 |
| Mercy Medical Center Mt. Shasta | Mt Shasta | $778.78 | $240.24 – $980.98 |
| Mercy Medical Center Merced | Merced | $1,122.19 | $317.49 – $2,179.00 |
| Dominican Hospital | Santa Cruz | $461.70 | $373.99 – $2,087.18 |
| Northridge Hospital Medical Center | Northridge | $289.89 | $259.75 – $4,018.00 |