Special physics consult 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

$591.68

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.

$1,376.00

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.

$122.89 with Noble IPA vs $1,376.00 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 $122.89 ↓ -79%
Noble IPA Medicaid|> 21 $122.89 ↓ -79%
Inland Empire Health Plan Medicaid|All Plans $136.54 ↓ -77%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|All Plans $136.54 ↓ -77%
HCLA Medicaid|Preferred IPA < 21 $136.54 ↓ -77%
Angeles IPA Medicare|All Plans $136.54 ↓ -77%
Preferred IPA Medicaid|Risk $136.54 ↓ -77%
HCLA Medicaid|Preferred IPA > 21 $136.54 ↓ -77%
Partnership Health Plan Medicaid|< 21 $136.54 ↓ -77%
Partnership Health Plan Medicaid|> 21 $136.54 ↓ -77%
SMIPA Medicare|All Plans $148.75 ↓ -75%
Central Health Plan Medicare|All Plans $168.70 ↓ -71%
HCLA Medicare|Preferred IPA $168.70 ↓ -71%
Molina Medicare|All Plans $168.70 ↓ -71%
EasyChoice Medicare|All Plans $168.70 ↓ -71%
Health Net Medicare|All Other Plans $168.70 ↓ -71%
Humana Medicare|All Plans $168.70 ↓ -71%
Health Net Medicare|HMO $168.70 ↓ -71%
LA Care Medicare|All Plans $168.70 ↓ -71%
Scan Health Plan Medicare|All Plans $168.70 ↓ -71%
Cigna Medicare|All Plans $168.70 ↓ -71%
Kaiser Medicare|All Plans $168.70 ↓ -71%
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|All Plans $168.70 ↓ -71%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|All Other Plans $168.70 ↓ -71%
United Medicare|All Plans $172.08 ↓ -71%
Health Net Medicaid|< 21 $182.01 ↓ -69%
Health Net Medicaid|> 21 $182.01 ↓ -69%
HPN Medicare|Senior $185.57 ↓ -69%
Molina Medicaid|All Plans $191.16 ↓ -68%
Kaiser Medicaid|< 21 $204.81 ↓ -65%
Kaiser Medicaid|> 21 $204.81 ↓ -65%
LA Care Commercial|All Plans $210.88 ↓ -64%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|Trauma $210.88 ↓ -64%
HCLA Commercial|Preferred IPA $210.88 ↓ -64%
SevenCorners Medicare|All Plans $269.92 ↓ -54%
DHR Medicaid|< 21 $344.00 ↓ -42%
DHR Medicaid|> 21 $344.00 ↓ -42%
LA Care Medicaid|All Plans $562.54 ↓ -5%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Exchange $599.91 ↑ +1%
Blue Shield CA Medicaid|All Plans $682.70 ↑ +15%
Care 1st Medicaid|All Plans $682.70 ↑ +15%
United Commercial|Non-Options PPO $798.08 ↑ +35%
Aetna Commercial|PPO $800.58 ↑ +35%
Aetna Commercial|HMO $800.58 ↑ +35%
Aetna Commercial|All Other Plans $800.58 ↑ +35%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|BlueShield Promise $894.40 ↑ +51%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|All Other Plans $894.49 ↑ +51%
Kaiser Commercial|All Plans $963.20 ↑ +63%
United Commercial|HMO $1,000.00 ↑ +69%
Cigna Commercial|All Other Plans $1,059.52 ↑ +79%
Cigna Commercial|PPO $1,059.52 ↑ +79%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $1,100.80 ↑ +86%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $1,376.00 ↑ +133%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|MCS $1,376.00 ↑ +133%
United Commercial|Options PPO $1,376.00 ↑ +133%
Healthcare Partners Commercial|All Plans $1,376.00 ↑ +133%
Healthcare Partners Medicare|All Plans $1,376.00 ↑ +133%

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Special physics consult at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
St. John's Camarillo Hospital Camarillo $724.46 $168.70 – $1,438.98
Arroyo Grande Hospital Santa Maria $312.87 $136.54 – $11,311.00
Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield Bakersfield $146.18 $136.54 – $19,249.00
Queen of The Valley Medical Center Napa $683.91 $190.84 – $934.20
Providence St Joseph Hospital Eureka Eureka $1,208.19 $172.87 – $1,059.39
St. Joseph's Medical Center Stockton Stockton $427.48 $136.54 – $1,454.00
Santa Rosa Memorial Hospital Santa Rosa $1,371.39 $187.03 – $794.78
Providence Mission Hospital - Mission Viejo Mission Viejo $844.32 $146.94 – $319.81

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