Thyroid imaging at St. Mary Medical Center
1050 Linden Ave, Long Beach, CA · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1194840421
$390.44
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.
$908.00
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.
$156.64 with Noble IPA vs $1,533.86 with Cigna — 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Noble IPA | Medicaid|< 21 | $156.64 | ↓ -60% |
| Noble IPA | Medicaid|> 21 | $156.64 | ↓ -60% |
| Inland Empire Health Plan | Medicaid|All Plans | $174.04 | ↓ -55% |
| Partnership Health Plan | Medicaid|> 21 | $174.04 | ↓ -55% |
| Partnership Health Plan | Medicaid|< 21 | $174.04 | ↓ -55% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicaid|All Plans | $174.04 | ↓ -55% |
| HCLA | Medicaid|Preferred IPA > 21 | $174.04 | ↓ -55% |
| HCLA | Medicaid|Preferred IPA < 21 | $174.04 | ↓ -55% |
| Angeles IPA | Medicare|All Plans | $174.04 | ↓ -55% |
| Preferred IPA | Medicaid|Risk | $174.04 | ↓ -55% |
| DHR | Medicaid|> 21 | $227.00 | ↓ -42% |
| DHR | Medicaid|< 21 | $227.00 | ↓ -42% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|< 21 | $232.00 | ↓ -41% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|> 21 | $232.00 | ↓ -41% |
| Molina | Medicaid|All Plans | $243.66 | ↓ -38% |
| Kaiser | Medicaid|< 21 | $261.06 | ↓ -33% |
| Kaiser | Medicaid|> 21 | $261.06 | ↓ -33% |
| SMIPA | Medicare|All Plans | $432.58 | ↑ +11% |
| Healthcare Partners | Medicare|All Plans | $463.08 | ↑ +19% |
| HCLA | Medicare|Preferred IPA | $510.57 | ↑ +31% |
| Humana | Medicare|All Plans | $510.57 | ↑ +31% |
| Molina | Medicare|All Plans | $510.57 | ↑ +31% |
| Health Net | Medicare|All Other Plans | $510.57 | ↑ +31% |
| Health Net | Medicare|HMO | $510.57 | ↑ +31% |
| Cigna | Medicare|All Plans | $510.57 | ↑ +31% |
| Kaiser | Medicare|All Plans | $510.57 | ↑ +31% |
| Central Health Plan | Medicare|All Plans | $510.57 | ↑ +31% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicare|All Plans | $510.57 | ↑ +31% |
| Blue Shield CA | Medicare|All Other Plans | $510.57 | ↑ +31% |
| Scan Health Plan | Medicare|All Plans | $510.57 | ↑ +31% |
| LA Care | Medicare|All Plans | $510.57 | ↑ +31% |
| EasyChoice | Medicare|All Plans | $510.57 | ↑ +31% |
| Healthcare Partners | Commercial|All Plans | $517.56 | ↑ +33% |
| United | Medicare|All Plans | $520.79 | ↑ +33% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|Exchange | $526.64 | ↑ +35% |
| HPN | Medicare|Senior | $561.63 | ↑ +44% |
| Blue Shield CA | Medicare|BlueShield Promise | $590.20 | ↑ +51% |
| Kaiser | Commercial|All Plans | $635.60 | ↑ +63% |
| LA Care | Commercial|All Plans | $638.21 | ↑ +63% |
| HCLA | Commercial|Preferred IPA | $638.21 | ↑ +63% |
| Blue Shield CA | Medicare|Trauma | $638.21 | ↑ +63% |
| LA Care | Medicaid|All Plans | $717.04 | ↑ +84% |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | $726.40 | ↑ +86% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|All Other Plans | $789.96 | ↑ +102% |
| SevenCorners | Medicare|All Plans | $816.91 | ↑ +109% |
| United | Commercial|Options PPO | $848.52 | ↑ +117% |
| United | Commercial|Non-Options PPO | $848.52 | ↑ +117% |
| United | Commercial|HMO | $848.52 | ↑ +117% |
| United | Commercial|All Other Plans | $848.52 | ↑ +117% |
| Care 1st | Medicaid|All Plans | $870.20 | ↑ +123% |
| Blue Shield CA | Medicaid|All Plans | $870.20 | ↑ +123% |
| Aetna | Commercial|HMO | $908.00 | ↑ +133% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|MCS | $908.00 | ↑ +133% |
| Aetna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $908.00 | ↑ +133% |
| Aetna | Commercial|PPO | $908.00 | ↑ +133% |
| Cigna | Commercial|PPO | $1,533.86 | ↑ +293% |
| Cigna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $1,533.86 | ↑ +293% |
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Thyroid imaging at other California hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| St. John's Camarillo Hospital | Camarillo | $392.89 | $242.19 – $1,824.90 |
| Redwood City Medical Center | Redwood City | $1,349.60 | $537.00 – $537.00 |
| Santa Clara Medical Center | SANTA CLARA | $1,349.60 | $537.00 – $537.00 |
| Baldwin Park Medical Center | BALDWIN PARK | $1,154.40 | $365.00 – $365.00 |
| Riverside Medical Center | RIVERSIDE | $1,154.40 | $365.00 – $365.00 |
| Banner Lassen Medical Center | Susanville | $522.71 | $80.37 – $755.63 |
| Sacramento Medical Center | SACRAMENTO | $1,349.60 | $537.00 – $537.00 |
| Oakland Medical Center | Oakland | $1,349.60 | $537.00 – $537.00 |