Splint finger frog med at St. Mary Medical Center
1050 Linden Ave, Long Beach, CA · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1194840421
$21.50
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.
$50.00
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.
$10.00 with BCBS - Anthem vs $107.10 with Blue Shield CA — 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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| BCBS - Anthem | Medicaid|All Plans | $10.00 | ↓ -53% |
| Preferred IPA | Medicaid|Risk | $10.50 | ↓ -51% |
| Molina | Medicaid|All Plans | $11.50 | ↓ -47% |
| DHR | Medicaid|< 21 | $12.50 | ↓ -42% |
| DHR | Medicaid|> 21 | $12.50 | ↓ -42% |
| HPN | Commercial|All Plans | $13.00 | ↓ -40% |
| Cigna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $15.00 | ↓ -30% |
| HCLA | Medicaid|Preferred IPA > 21 | $15.00 | ↓ -30% |
| HCLA | Medicaid|Preferred IPA < 21 | $15.00 | ↓ -30% |
| Cigna | Commercial|PPO | $15.00 | ↓ -30% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|Exchange | $17.00 | ↓ -21% |
| Angeles IPA | Medicare|All Plans | $17.50 | ↓ -19% |
| Health Net | Commercial|EPPO | $18.50 | ↓ -14% |
| Noble IPA | Medicaid|> 21 | $19.28 | ↓ -10% |
| Noble IPA | Medicaid|< 21 | $19.28 | ↓ -10% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|Exchange | $20.50 | ↓ -5% |
| Partnership Health Plan | Medicaid|> 21 | $21.42 | ↓ -0% |
| Inland Empire Health Plan | Medicaid|All Plans | $21.42 | ↓ -0% |
| Partnership Health Plan | Medicaid|< 21 | $21.42 | ↓ -0% |
| Health Net | Commercial|Care Product | $22.50 | ↑ +5% |
| United | Commercial|Non-Options PPO | $23.50 | ↑ +9% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|All Other Plans | $25.00 | ↑ +16% |
| United | Commercial|Options PPO | $25.00 | ↑ +16% |
| United | Commercial|All Other Plans | $25.00 | ↑ +16% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|MCS | $25.00 | ↑ +16% |
| Health Net | Commercial|All Other Plans | $26.00 | ↑ +21% |
| United | Commercial|HMO | $26.00 | ↑ +21% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|All Other Plans | $27.50 | ↑ +28% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|< 21 | $28.55 | ↑ +33% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|> 21 | $28.55 | ↑ +33% |
| Aetna | Commercial|PPO | $29.00 | ↑ +35% |
| Aetna | Commercial|HMO | $29.00 | ↑ +35% |
| Aetna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $29.00 | ↑ +35% |
| Kaiser | Medicaid|> 21 | $32.13 | ↑ +49% |
| Kaiser | Medicaid|< 21 | $32.13 | ↑ +49% |
| Blue Shield CA | Medicare|BlueShield Promise | $32.50 | ↑ +51% |
| Kaiser | Commercial|All Plans | $35.00 | ↑ +63% |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | $40.00 | ↑ +86% |
| SMIPA | Medicare|All Plans | $50.00 | ↑ +133% |
| LA Care | Medicaid|All Plans | $88.25 | ↑ +310% |
| Care 1st | Medicaid|All Plans | $107.10 | ↑ +398% |
| Blue Shield CA | Medicaid|All Plans | $107.10 | ↑ +398% |
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Splint finger frog med at other California hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| Arroyo Grande Hospital | Santa Maria | $9.85 | $11.50 – $22.54 |
| French Hospital | San Luis Obispo | $9.02 | $4.37 – $22.54 |
| Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield | Bakersfield | $9.28 | $6.25 – $22.50 |
| Bakersfield Memorial Hospital | Bakersfield | $9.18 | $6.25 – $24.25 |
| St. Joseph's Medical Center Stockton | Stockton | $6.77 | $5.98 – $23.00 |
| Mercy Medical Center Mt. Shasta | Mt Shasta | $16.34 | $5.04 – $20.58 |
| Mercy Medical Center Merced | Merced | $10.30 | $4.60 – $20.00 |
| Sierra Nevada Memorial Hospital | Grass Valley | $24.53 | $11.25 – $44.10 |