Renal cyst study s&i 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

$2,176.66

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.

$5,062.00

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.

$55.87 with Noble IPA vs $4,049.60 with MultiPlan — 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 $55.87 ↓ -97%
Noble IPA Medicaid|< 21 $55.87 ↓ -97%
HCLA Medicaid|Preferred IPA > 21 $62.08 ↓ -97%
HCLA Medicaid|Preferred IPA < 21 $62.08 ↓ -97%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|All Plans $62.08 ↓ -97%
Angeles IPA Medicare|All Plans $62.08 ↓ -97%
Inland Empire Health Plan Medicaid|All Plans $62.08 ↓ -97%
Partnership Health Plan Medicaid|> 21 $62.08 ↓ -97%
Preferred IPA Medicaid|Risk $62.08 ↓ -97%
Partnership Health Plan Medicaid|< 21 $62.08 ↓ -97%
Health Net Medicaid|< 21 $82.75 ↓ -96%
Health Net Medicaid|> 21 $82.75 ↓ -96%
Molina Medicaid|All Plans $86.91 ↓ -96%
Kaiser Medicaid|> 21 $93.12 ↓ -96%
Kaiser Medicaid|< 21 $93.12 ↓ -96%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Exchange $237.36 ↓ -89%
LA Care Medicaid|All Plans $255.77 ↓ -88%
Care 1st Medicaid|All Plans $310.40 ↓ -86%
Blue Shield CA Medicaid|All Plans $310.40 ↓ -86%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|All Other Plans $353.91 ↓ -84%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|MCS $548.70 ↓ -75%
SMIPA Medicare|All Plans $565.90 ↓ -74%
Humana Medicare|All Plans $696.67 ↓ -68%
Health Net Medicare|HMO $696.67 ↓ -68%
Central Health Plan Medicare|All Plans $696.67 ↓ -68%
Health Net Medicare|All Other Plans $696.67 ↓ -68%
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|All Plans $696.67 ↓ -68%
HCLA Medicare|Preferred IPA $696.67 ↓ -68%
EasyChoice Medicare|All Plans $696.67 ↓ -68%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|All Other Plans $696.67 ↓ -68%
Molina Medicare|All Plans $696.67 ↓ -68%
LA Care Medicare|All Plans $696.67 ↓ -68%
Scan Health Plan Medicare|All Plans $696.67 ↓ -68%
Cigna Medicare|All Plans $696.67 ↓ -68%
Kaiser Medicare|All Plans $696.67 ↓ -68%
United Medicare|All Plans $710.61 ↓ -67%
HPN Medicare|Senior $766.34 ↓ -65%
LA Care Commercial|All Plans $870.84 ↓ -60%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|Trauma $870.84 ↓ -60%
HCLA Commercial|Preferred IPA $870.84 ↓ -60%
United Commercial|Options PPO $1,086.50 ↓ -50%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $1,086.50 ↓ -50%
United Commercial|Non-Options PPO $1,086.50 ↓ -50%
United Commercial|HMO $1,086.50 ↓ -50%
SevenCorners Medicare|All Plans $1,114.67 ↓ -49%
DHR Medicaid|< 21 $1,265.50 ↓ -42%
DHR Medicaid|> 21 $1,265.50 ↓ -42%
Aetna Commercial|All Other Plans $1,586.72 ↓ -27%
Aetna Commercial|HMO $1,586.72 ↓ -27%
Aetna Commercial|PPO $1,586.72 ↓ -27%
Cigna Commercial|PPO $1,966.10 ↓ -10%
Cigna Commercial|All Other Plans $1,966.10 ↓ -10%
Healthcare Partners Medicare|All Plans $2,581.62 ↑ +19%
Healthcare Partners Commercial|All Plans $2,885.34 ↑ +33%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|BlueShield Promise $3,290.30 ↑ +51%
Kaiser Commercial|All Plans $3,543.40 ↑ +63%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $4,049.60 ↑ +86%

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Renal cyst study s&i at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
St. John's Camarillo Hospital Camarillo $434.50 $93.92 – $2,339.15
Arroyo Grande Hospital Santa Maria $1,560.92 $62.08 – $3,574.06
French Hospital San Luis Obispo $1,429.63 $62.08 – $3,574.06
Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield Bakersfield $443.35 $62.08 – $2,533.41
Bakersfield Memorial Hospital Bakersfield $438.57 $62.08 – $2,533.41
St. Joseph's Medical Center Stockton Stockton $344.57 $62.08 – $1,086.50
Mercy Medical Center Merced Merced $640.66 $62.08 – $1,169.36
Dominican Hospital Santa Cruz $443.70 $62.08 – $7,894.20

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