Treatment inhalation pressurized/nonpressurized acute airway obstruction at St. Mary Medical Center
1050 Linden Ave, Long Beach, CA · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1194840421
$181.46
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.
$422.00
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.
$16.78 with BCBS - Anthem 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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| BCBS - Anthem | Medicaid|All Plans | $16.78 | ↓ -91% |
| Noble IPA | Medicaid|> 21 | $18.76 | ↓ -90% |
| Noble IPA | Medicaid|< 21 | $18.76 | ↓ -90% |
| HCLA | Medicaid|Preferred IPA < 21 | $20.84 | ↓ -89% |
| Angeles IPA | Medicare|All Plans | $20.84 | ↓ -89% |
| Partnership Health Plan | Medicaid|> 21 | $20.84 | ↓ -89% |
| Preferred IPA | Medicaid|Risk | $20.84 | ↓ -89% |
| HCLA | Medicaid|Preferred IPA > 21 | $20.84 | ↓ -89% |
| Partnership Health Plan | Medicaid|< 21 | $20.84 | ↓ -89% |
| Inland Empire Health Plan | Medicaid|All Plans | $20.84 | ↓ -89% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|> 21 | $27.78 | ↓ -85% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|< 21 | $27.78 | ↓ -85% |
| Molina | Medicaid|All Plans | $29.18 | ↓ -84% |
| Kaiser | Medicaid|< 21 | $31.26 | ↓ -83% |
| Kaiser | Medicaid|> 21 | $31.26 | ↓ -83% |
| LA Care | Medicaid|All Plans | $85.86 | ↓ -53% |
| DHR | Medicaid|< 21 | $90.25 | ↓ -50% |
| DHR | Medicaid|> 21 | $90.25 | ↓ -50% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|Exchange | $100.35 | ↓ -45% |
| Care 1st | Medicaid|All Plans | $104.20 | ↓ -43% |
| Blue Shield CA | Medicaid|All Plans | $104.20 | ↓ -43% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|All Other Plans | $149.63 | ↓ -18% |
| United | Commercial|Non-Options PPO | $209.38 | ↑ +15% |
| SMIPA | Medicare|All Plans | $216.17 | ↑ +19% |
| HPN | Commercial|All Plans | $223.00 | ↑ +23% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|MCS | $231.98 | ↑ +28% |
| Blue Shield CA | Medicare|BlueShield Promise | $234.65 | ↑ +29% |
| Kaiser | Commercial|All Plans | $252.70 | ↑ +39% |
| Central Health Plan | Medicare|All Plans | $258.43 | ↑ +42% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicare|All Plans | $258.43 | ↑ +42% |
| Cigna | Medicare|All Plans | $258.43 | ↑ +42% |
| Blue Shield CA | Medicare|All Other Plans | $258.43 | ↑ +42% |
| Scan Health Plan | Medicare|All Plans | $258.43 | ↑ +42% |
| Health Net | Medicare|HMO | $258.43 | ↑ +42% |
| LA Care | Medicare|All Plans | $258.43 | ↑ +42% |
| Health Net | Medicare|All Other Plans | $258.43 | ↑ +42% |
| EasyChoice | Medicare|All Plans | $258.43 | ↑ +42% |
| HCLA | Medicare|Preferred IPA | $258.43 | ↑ +42% |
| Molina | Medicare|All Plans | $258.43 | ↑ +42% |
| Humana | Medicare|All Plans | $258.43 | ↑ +42% |
| Kaiser | Medicare|All Plans | $258.43 | ↑ +42% |
| United | Medicare|All Plans | $263.60 | ↑ +45% |
| HPN | Medicare|Senior | $284.27 | ↑ +57% |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | $288.80 | ↑ +59% |
| LA Care | Commercial|All Plans | $323.04 | ↑ +78% |
| HCLA | Commercial|Preferred IPA | $323.04 | ↑ +78% |
| Blue Shield CA | Medicare|Trauma | $323.04 | ↑ +78% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|Exchange | $400.00 | ↑ +120% |
| SevenCorners | Medicare|All Plans | $413.49 | ↑ +128% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|All Other Plans | $522.00 | ↑ +188% |
| Cigna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $570.00 | ↑ +214% |
| Cigna | Commercial|PPO | $570.00 | ↑ +214% |
| United | Commercial|HMO | $6,243.00 | ↑ +3340% |
| United | Commercial|Options PPO | $6,343.00 | ↑ +3396% |
| United | Commercial|All Other Plans | $6,343.00 | ↑ +3396% |
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Treatment inhalation pressurized/nonpressurized acute airway obstruction at other California hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| St. John's Camarillo Hospital | Camarillo | $394.64 | $28.01 – $546.00 |
| Petaluma Valley Hospital | Petaluma | $433.50 | $115.41 – $301.12 |
| Arroyo Grande Hospital | Santa Maria | $312.87 | $18.30 – $746.00 |
| Mark Twain Medical Center | San Andreas | $259.74 | $20.84 – $370.44 |
| French Hospital | San Luis Obispo | $272.44 | $18.30 – $1,149.00 |
| Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield | Bakersfield | $335.02 | $20.84 – $794.64 |
| Bakersfield Memorial Hospital | Bakersfield | $331.41 | $20.84 – $12,607.00 |
| Queen of The Valley Medical Center | Napa | $518.67 | $145.85 – $310.92 |