Red blood cells leukocytes reduced irradiated each unit 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

$673.38

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.

$1,566.00

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.

$216.24 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.

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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 $216.24 ↓ -68%
Noble IPA Medicaid|< 21 $216.24 ↓ -68%
Partnership Health Plan Medicaid|< 21 $240.27 ↓ -64%
Preferred IPA Medicaid|Risk $240.27 ↓ -64%
HCLA Medicaid|Preferred IPA > 21 $240.27 ↓ -64%
HCLA Medicaid|Preferred IPA < 21 $240.27 ↓ -64%
Angeles IPA Medicare|All Plans $240.27 ↓ -64%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|All Plans $240.27 ↓ -64%
Inland Empire Health Plan Medicaid|All Plans $240.27 ↓ -64%
Partnership Health Plan Medicaid|> 21 $240.27 ↓ -64%
Healthcare Partners Medicare|All Plans $250.56 ↓ -63%
Healthcare Partners Commercial|All Plans $281.88 ↓ -58%
SMIPA Medicare|All Plans $308.76 ↓ -54%
Health Net Medicaid|< 21 $320.28 ↓ -52%
Health Net Medicaid|> 21 $320.28 ↓ -52%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|All Other Plans $325.02 ↓ -52%
EasyChoice Medicare|All Plans $325.02 ↓ -52%
Central Health Plan Medicare|All Plans $325.02 ↓ -52%
LA Care Medicare|All Plans $325.02 ↓ -52%
Scan Health Plan Medicare|All Plans $325.02 ↓ -52%
Molina Medicare|All Plans $325.02 ↓ -52%
Humana Medicare|All Plans $325.02 ↓ -52%
Health Net Medicare|All Other Plans $325.02 ↓ -52%
HCLA Medicare|Preferred IPA $325.02 ↓ -52%
Health Net Medicare|HMO $325.02 ↓ -52%
Cigna Medicare|All Plans $325.02 ↓ -52%
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|All Plans $325.02 ↓ -52%
Kaiser Medicare|All Plans $325.02 ↓ -52%
United Medicare|All Plans $331.53 ↓ -51%
Molina Medicaid|All Plans $336.38 ↓ -50%
HPN Medicare|Senior $357.52 ↓ -47%
Kaiser Medicaid|< 21 $360.41 ↓ -46%
Kaiser Medicaid|> 21 $360.41 ↓ -46%
DHR Medicaid|> 21 $391.50 ↓ -42%
DHR Medicaid|< 21 $391.50 ↓ -42%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|Trauma $406.27 ↓ -40%
LA Care Commercial|All Plans $406.27 ↓ -40%
HCLA Commercial|Preferred IPA $406.27 ↓ -40%
SevenCorners Medicare|All Plans $520.03 ↓ -23%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Exchange $783.00 ↑ +16%
United Commercial|Non-Options PPO $908.28 ↑ +35%
LA Care Medicaid|All Plans $989.91 ↑ +47%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|BlueShield Promise $1,017.90 ↑ +51%
Kaiser Commercial|All Plans $1,096.20 ↑ +63%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|All Other Plans $1,158.84 ↑ +72%
Blue Shield CA Medicaid|All Plans $1,201.35 ↑ +78%
Care 1st Medicaid|All Plans $1,201.35 ↑ +78%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $1,252.80 ↑ +86%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|MCS $1,566.00 ↑ +133%
United Commercial|HMO $6,243.00 ↑ +827%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $6,343.00 ↑ +842%
United Commercial|Options PPO $6,343.00 ↑ +842%

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Red blood cells leukocytes reduced irradiated each unit at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
St. John's Camarillo Hospital Camarillo $411.29 $253.53 – $732.42
Banner Lassen Medical Center Susanville $173.25 $51.16 – $396.45
Petaluma Valley Hospital Petaluma $229.50 not published
Arroyo Grande Hospital Santa Maria $634.73 $240.27 – $969.22
Mark Twain Medical Center San Andreas $217.12 $84.34 – $319.48
French Hospital San Luis Obispo $581.34 $240.27 – $969.22
Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield Bakersfield $926.02 $240.27 – $1,996.80
Bakersfield Memorial Hospital Bakersfield $916.04 $240.27 – $1,971.84

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