Tomosynthesis breast diagnostic left at St. Mary Medical Center

1050 Linden Ave, Long Beach, CA · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1194840421

Source: hospital's published price file ↗ · Published Feb 28, 2026 · Ingested Sep 10, 2026

$42.57

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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.

$99.00

Gross charge

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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.

$24.75 with DHR vs $237.60 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.

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Payer
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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.

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Plan
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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.

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Negotiated rate vs. cash
DHR Medicaid|< 21 $24.75 ↓ -42%
DHR Medicaid|> 21 $24.75 ↓ -42%
United Commercial|HMO $25.47 ↓ -40%
Noble IPA Medicaid|> 21 $42.77 ↑ +0%
Noble IPA Medicaid|< 21 $42.77 ↑ +0%
Preferred IPA Medicaid|Risk $47.52 ↑ +12%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|All Plans $47.52 ↑ +12%
Partnership Health Plan Medicaid|< 21 $47.52 ↑ +12%
Partnership Health Plan Medicaid|> 21 $47.52 ↑ +12%
Inland Empire Health Plan Medicaid|All Plans $47.52 ↑ +12%
Angeles IPA Medicare|All Plans $47.52 ↑ +12%
HCLA Medicaid|Preferred IPA < 21 $47.52 ↑ +12%
HCLA Medicaid|Preferred IPA > 21 $47.52 ↑ +12%
Healthcare Partners Medicare|All Plans $50.49 ↑ +19%
Healthcare Partners Commercial|All Plans $56.43 ↑ +33%
United Commercial|Options PPO $57.31 ↑ +35%
United Commercial|Non-Options PPO $57.31 ↑ +35%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $57.31 ↑ +35%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Exchange $57.42 ↑ +35%
Health Net Medicaid|< 21 $63.34 ↑ +49%
Health Net Medicaid|> 21 $63.34 ↑ +49%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|BlueShield Promise $64.35 ↑ +51%
Molina Medicaid|All Plans $66.53 ↑ +56%
Kaiser Commercial|All Plans $69.30 ↑ +63%
Kaiser Medicaid|> 21 $71.28 ↑ +67%
Kaiser Medicaid|< 21 $71.28 ↑ +67%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $79.20 ↑ +86%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|All Other Plans $86.13 ↑ +102%
Cigna Commercial|All Other Plans $88.52 ↑ +108%
Cigna Commercial|PPO $88.52 ↑ +108%
HPN Commercial|All Plans $99.00 ↑ +133%
SMIPA Medicare|All Plans $99.00 ↑ +133%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|MCS $99.00 ↑ +133%
LA Care Medicaid|All Plans $195.78 ↑ +360%
Blue Shield CA Medicaid|All Plans $237.60 ↑ +458%
Care 1st Medicaid|All Plans $237.60 ↑ +458%

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Tomosynthesis breast diagnostic left at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Redwood City Medical Center Redwood City $134.40 $22.00 – $22.00
Santa Clara Medical Center SANTA CLARA $134.40 $22.00 – $22.00
Baldwin Park Medical Center BALDWIN PARK $74.36 $13.00 – $13.00
Riverside Medical Center RIVERSIDE $74.36 $13.00 – $13.00
Banner Lassen Medical Center Susanville $47.91 $23.78 – $78.41
Sacramento Medical Center SACRAMENTO $134.40 $22.00 – $22.00
Oakland Medical Center Oakland $134.40 $22.00 – $22.00
Walnut Creek Medical Center WALNUT CREEK $134.40 $22.00 – $22.00

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