Tc-99m tetrofosmin p study dose at St. Mary Medical Center
1050 Linden Ave, Long Beach, CA · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1194840421
$209.84
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.
$488.00
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.
$87.16 with Noble IPA vs $488.00 with SMIPA — 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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| Noble IPA | Medicaid|< 21 | $87.16 | ↓ -58% |
| Noble IPA | Medicaid|> 21 | $87.16 | ↓ -58% |
| Partnership Health Plan | Medicaid|> 21 | $96.84 | ↓ -54% |
| HCLA | Medicaid|Preferred IPA > 21 | $96.84 | ↓ -54% |
| HCLA | Medicaid|Preferred IPA < 21 | $96.84 | ↓ -54% |
| Angeles IPA | Medicare|All Plans | $96.84 | ↓ -54% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicaid|All Plans | $96.84 | ↓ -54% |
| Preferred IPA | Medicaid|Risk | $96.84 | ↓ -54% |
| Inland Empire Health Plan | Medicaid|All Plans | $96.84 | ↓ -54% |
| Partnership Health Plan | Medicaid|< 21 | $96.84 | ↓ -54% |
| DHR | Medicaid|> 21 | $122.00 | ↓ -42% |
| DHR | Medicaid|< 21 | $122.00 | ↓ -42% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|< 21 | $129.09 | ↓ -38% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|> 21 | $129.09 | ↓ -38% |
| Molina | Medicaid|All Plans | $135.58 | ↓ -35% |
| Kaiser | Medicaid|< 21 | $145.26 | ↓ -31% |
| Kaiser | Medicaid|> 21 | $145.26 | ↓ -31% |
| United | Commercial|Non-Options PPO | $175.87 | ↓ -16% |
| Healthcare Partners | Medicare|All Plans | $248.88 | ↑ +19% |
| United | Commercial|Options PPO | $260.45 | ↑ +24% |
| United | Commercial|All Other Plans | $260.45 | ↑ +24% |
| United | Commercial|HMO | $260.45 | ↑ +24% |
| Healthcare Partners | Commercial|All Plans | $278.16 | ↑ +33% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|Exchange | $292.80 | ↑ +40% |
| Blue Shield CA | Medicare|BlueShield Promise | $317.20 | ↑ +51% |
| Kaiser | Commercial|All Plans | $341.60 | ↑ +63% |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | $390.40 | ↑ +86% |
| LA Care | Medicaid|All Plans | $398.98 | ↑ +90% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|All Other Plans | $434.32 | ↑ +107% |
| Care 1st | Medicaid|All Plans | $484.20 | ↑ +131% |
| Blue Shield CA | Medicaid|All Plans | $484.20 | ↑ +131% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|MCS | $488.00 | ↑ +133% |
| SMIPA | Medicare|All Plans | $488.00 | ↑ +133% |
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Tc-99m tetrofosmin p study dose at other California hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Mark Twain Medical Center | San Andreas | $140.53 | $46.31 – $175.42 |
| Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield | Bakersfield | $87.56 | $96.84 – $233.38 |
| Bakersfield Memorial Hospital | Bakersfield | $86.62 | $96.84 – $233.38 |
| St. Joseph's Medical Center Stockton | Stockton | $69.39 | $49.56 – $287.21 |
| Mercy Medical Center Merced | Merced | $121.54 | $96.84 – $221.84 |
| California Hospital Medical Center | Los Angeles | $16.49 | $8.50 – $484.20 |
| Community Hospital San Bernardino | San Bernardino | $205.67 | $96.84 – $526.00 |
| Glendale Memorial Hospital Health Center | Glendale | $261.46 | $96.84 – $641.60 |