Tilt table study at St. Mary Medical Center
1050 Linden Ave, Long Beach, CA · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1194840421
$890.10
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.
$2,070.00
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.
$517.50 with DHR vs $6,343.00 with United — 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 | $517.50 | ↓ -42% |
| DHR | Medicaid|> 21 | $517.50 | ↓ -42% |
| Blue Shield CA | Medicaid|All Plans | $538.20 | ↓ -40% |
| Care 1st | Medicaid|All Plans | $538.20 | ↓ -40% |
| SMIPA | Medicare|All Plans | $570.63 | ↓ -36% |
| Central Health Plan | Medicare|All Plans | $674.18 | ↓ -24% |
| Humana | Medicare|All Plans | $674.18 | ↓ -24% |
| Molina | Medicare|All Plans | $674.18 | ↓ -24% |
| Health Net | Medicare|All Other Plans | $674.18 | ↓ -24% |
| Health Net | Medicare|HMO | $674.18 | ↓ -24% |
| Cigna | Medicare|All Plans | $674.18 | ↓ -24% |
| Kaiser | Medicare|All Plans | $674.18 | ↓ -24% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicare|All Plans | $674.18 | ↓ -24% |
| Blue Shield CA | Medicare|All Other Plans | $674.18 | ↓ -24% |
| Scan Health Plan | Medicare|All Plans | $674.18 | ↓ -24% |
| LA Care | Medicare|All Plans | $674.18 | ↓ -24% |
| EasyChoice | Medicare|All Plans | $674.18 | ↓ -24% |
| HCLA | Medicare|Preferred IPA | $674.18 | ↓ -24% |
| United | Medicare|All Plans | $687.67 | ↓ -23% |
| HPN | Medicare|Senior | $741.60 | ↓ -17% |
| Blue Shield CA | Medicare|Trauma | $842.72 | ↓ -5% |
| HCLA | Commercial|Preferred IPA | $842.72 | ↓ -5% |
| LA Care | Commercial|All Plans | $842.73 | ↓ -5% |
| SevenCorners | Medicare|All Plans | $1,078.69 | ↑ +21% |
| United | Commercial|Non-Options PPO | $1,200.60 | ↑ +35% |
| Blue Shield CA | Medicare|BlueShield Promise | $1,345.50 | ↑ +51% |
| Kaiser | Commercial|All Plans | $1,449.00 | ↑ +63% |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | $1,656.00 | ↑ +86% |
| Health Net | Commercial|EPPO | $2,417.00 | ↑ +172% |
| Health Net | Commercial|Care Product | $2,936.00 | ↑ +230% |
| Health Net | Commercial|All Other Plans | $3,375.00 | ↑ +279% |
| United | Commercial|HMO | $6,243.00 | ↑ +601% |
| United | Commercial|Options PPO | $6,343.00 | ↑ +613% |
| United | Commercial|All Other Plans | $6,343.00 | ↑ +613% |
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Tilt table study at other California hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| St. John's Camarillo Hospital | Camarillo | $1,588.63 | $674.18 – $2,829.06 |
| Redwood City Medical Center | Redwood City | $4,659.20 | not published |
| Santa Clara Medical Center | SANTA CLARA | $4,659.20 | not published |
| Baldwin Park Medical Center | BALDWIN PARK | $1,622.40 | not published |
| Riverside Medical Center | RIVERSIDE | $1,622.40 | not published |
| Sacramento Medical Center | SACRAMENTO | $4,659.20 | not published |
| Oakland Medical Center | Oakland | $4,659.20 | not published |
| Walnut Creek Medical Center | WALNUT CREEK | $4,659.20 | not published |