Tc-99m maa at St. Mary Medical Center
1050 Linden Ave, Long Beach, CA · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1194840421
$38.70
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.
$90.00
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.
$22.50 with DHR vs $150.00 with Care 1st — 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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| DHR | Medicaid|< 21 | $22.50 | ↓ -42% |
| DHR | Medicaid|> 21 | $22.50 | ↓ -42% |
| Noble IPA | Medicaid|> 21 | $27.00 | ↓ -30% |
| Noble IPA | Medicaid|< 21 | $27.00 | ↓ -30% |
| Preferred IPA | Medicaid|Risk | $30.00 | ↓ -22% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicaid|All Plans | $30.00 | ↓ -22% |
| Partnership Health Plan | Medicaid|< 21 | $30.00 | ↓ -22% |
| Partnership Health Plan | Medicaid|> 21 | $30.00 | ↓ -22% |
| Inland Empire Health Plan | Medicaid|All Plans | $30.00 | ↓ -22% |
| Angeles IPA | Medicare|All Plans | $30.00 | ↓ -22% |
| HCLA | Medicaid|Preferred IPA < 21 | $30.00 | ↓ -22% |
| HCLA | Medicaid|Preferred IPA > 21 | $30.00 | ↓ -22% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|> 21 | $39.99 | ↑ +3% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|< 21 | $39.99 | ↑ +3% |
| Molina | Medicaid|All Plans | $42.00 | ↑ +9% |
| Kaiser | Medicaid|> 21 | $45.00 | ↑ +16% |
| Kaiser | Medicaid|< 21 | $45.00 | ↑ +16% |
| Healthcare Partners | Medicare|All Plans | $45.90 | ↑ +19% |
| United | Commercial|All Other Plans | $48.58 | ↑ +26% |
| United | Commercial|Options PPO | $48.58 | ↑ +26% |
| United | Commercial|HMO | $48.58 | ↑ +26% |
| Healthcare Partners | Commercial|All Plans | $51.30 | ↑ +33% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|Exchange | $54.00 | ↑ +40% |
| United | Commercial|Non-Options PPO | $55.95 | ↑ +45% |
| Blue Shield CA | Medicare|BlueShield Promise | $58.50 | ↑ +51% |
| Kaiser | Commercial|All Plans | $63.00 | ↑ +63% |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | $72.00 | ↑ +86% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|All Other Plans | $80.10 | ↑ +107% |
| SMIPA | Medicare|All Plans | $90.00 | ↑ +133% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|MCS | $90.00 | ↑ +133% |
| LA Care | Medicaid|All Plans | $123.60 | ↑ +219% |
| Blue Shield CA | Medicaid|All Plans | $150.00 | ↑ +288% |
| Care 1st | Medicaid|All Plans | $150.00 | ↑ +288% |
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Tc-99m maa at other California hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| St. John's Camarillo Hospital | Camarillo | $136.66 | $28.34 – $243.36 |
| Redwood City Medical Center | Redwood City | $1,335.60 | $39.00 – $39.00 |
| Santa Clara Medical Center | SANTA CLARA | $1,335.60 | $39.00 – $39.00 |
| Baldwin Park Medical Center | BALDWIN PARK | $1,240.20 | $35.00 – $35.00 |
| Riverside Medical Center | RIVERSIDE | $1,240.20 | $35.00 – $35.00 |
| Banner Lassen Medical Center | Susanville | $204.92 | $49.50 – $285.18 |
| Sacramento Medical Center | SACRAMENTO | $1,335.60 | $39.00 – $39.00 |
| Oakland Medical Center | Oakland | $1,335.60 | $39.00 – $39.00 |