Treat knee fracture 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

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Cash price

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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.

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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.

$681.42 with HCLA vs $10,893.00 with BCBS - Anthem — 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
HCLA Medicaid|Preferred IPA < 21 $681.42
Partnership Health Plan Medicaid|< 21 $681.42
Inland Empire Health Plan Medicaid|All Plans $681.42
Partnership Health Plan Medicaid|> 21 $681.42
HCLA Medicaid|Preferred IPA > 21 $681.42
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|All Plans $851.78
Health Net Medicaid|> 21 $906.29
Health Net Medicaid|< 21 $906.29
Noble IPA Medicaid|< 21 $966.74
Noble IPA Medicaid|> 21 $966.74
Kaiser Medicaid|> 21 $1,022.13
Kaiser Medicaid|< 21 $1,022.13
Angeles IPA Medicare|All Plans $1,074.15
Preferred IPA Medicaid|Risk $1,074.15
Molina Medicaid|All Plans $1,503.81
LA Care Medicaid|All Plans $2,807.45
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Exchange $4,709.00
Care 1st Medicaid|All Plans $5,370.75
Blue Shield CA Medicaid|All Plans $5,370.75
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|All Other Plans $7,028.00
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|MCS $10,893.00
DHR Medicaid|> 21 not published by hospital
Kaiser Commercial|All Plans not published by hospital
United Commercial|Non-Options PPO not published by hospital
United Commercial|Options PPO not published by hospital
United Commercial|HMO not published by hospital
United Commercial|All Other Plans not published by hospital
Blue Shield CA Medicare|BlueShield Promise not published by hospital
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans not published by hospital
DHR Medicaid|< 21 not published by hospital

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Treat knee fracture at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Mark Twain Medical Center San Andreas $2,218.45 $681.42 – $3,264.38
Healdsburg Hospital Healdsburg $1,324.47 $2,335.00 – $9,776.62
REEDLEY COMMUNITY HOSPITAL Reedley $586.34 $25.96 – $1,767.81
ST HELENA HOSPITAL Vallejo $511.95 $65.00 – $2,018.58
HANFORD COMMUNITY HOSPITAL Selma $586.34 $35.00 – $9,332.70
SAN JOAQUIN COMMUNITY HOSPITAL Bakersfield $462.90 $118.76 – $9,332.70
ADVENTIST HEALTH MENDOCINO COAST Fort Bragg $2,036.76 $60.00 – $1,429.69
WILLITS HOSPITAL INC Willits $925.80 $494.00 – $1,834.79

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