Truss single with standard pad at St. Mary Medical Center
1050 Linden Ave, Long Beach, CA · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1194840421
$189.20
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.
$440.00
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.
$88.00 with BCBS - Anthem vs $517.55 with Blue Shield CA — 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicaid|All Plans | $88.00 | ↓ -53% |
| Preferred IPA | Medicaid|Risk | $92.40 | ↓ -51% |
| Noble IPA | Medicaid|> 21 | $93.16 | ↓ -51% |
| Noble IPA | Medicaid|< 21 | $93.16 | ↓ -51% |
| Molina | Medicaid|All Plans | $101.20 | ↓ -47% |
| Partnership Health Plan | Medicaid|> 21 | $103.51 | ↓ -45% |
| HCLA | Medicaid|Preferred IPA > 21 | $103.51 | ↓ -45% |
| HCLA | Medicaid|Preferred IPA < 21 | $103.51 | ↓ -45% |
| Angeles IPA | Medicare|All Plans | $103.51 | ↓ -45% |
| Inland Empire Health Plan | Medicaid|All Plans | $103.51 | ↓ -45% |
| Partnership Health Plan | Medicaid|< 21 | $103.51 | ↓ -45% |
| DHR | Medicaid|> 21 | $110.00 | ↓ -42% |
| DHR | Medicaid|< 21 | $110.00 | ↓ -42% |
| HPN | Commercial|All Plans | $114.40 | ↓ -40% |
| Cigna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $132.00 | ↓ -30% |
| Cigna | Commercial|PPO | $132.00 | ↓ -30% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|> 21 | $137.98 | ↓ -27% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|< 21 | $137.98 | ↓ -27% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|Exchange | $149.60 | ↓ -21% |
| Kaiser | Medicaid|> 21 | $155.27 | ↓ -18% |
| Kaiser | Medicaid|< 21 | $155.27 | ↓ -18% |
| Health Net | Commercial|EPPO | $162.80 | ↓ -14% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|Exchange | $180.40 | ↓ -5% |
| Health Net | Commercial|Care Product | $198.00 | ↑ +5% |
| United | Commercial|Non-Options PPO | $206.80 | ↑ +9% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|MCS | $220.00 | ↑ +16% |
| United | Commercial|All Other Plans | $220.00 | ↑ +16% |
| United | Commercial|Options PPO | $220.00 | ↑ +16% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|All Other Plans | $220.00 | ↑ +16% |
| Health Net | Commercial|All Other Plans | $228.80 | ↑ +21% |
| United | Commercial|HMO | $228.80 | ↑ +21% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|All Other Plans | $242.00 | ↑ +28% |
| Aetna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $255.20 | ↑ +35% |
| Aetna | Commercial|HMO | $255.20 | ↑ +35% |
| Aetna | Commercial|PPO | $255.20 | ↑ +35% |
| Blue Shield CA | Medicare|BlueShield Promise | $286.00 | ↑ +51% |
| Kaiser | Commercial|All Plans | $308.00 | ↑ +63% |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | $352.00 | ↑ +86% |
| LA Care | Medicaid|All Plans | $426.46 | ↑ +125% |
| SMIPA | Medicare|All Plans | $440.00 | ↑ +133% |
| Care 1st | Medicaid|All Plans | $517.55 | ↑ +174% |
| Blue Shield CA | Medicaid|All Plans | $517.55 | ↑ +174% |
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Truss single with standard pad at other California hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Community Hospital San Bernardino | San Bernardino | $172.04 | $92.40 – $517.55 |
| Glendale Memorial Hospital Health Center | Glendale | $143.44 | $40.00 – $437.85 |
| Mercy San Juan Medical Center | Carmichael | $157.55 | $63.25 – $488.75 |
| St. Bernardine Medical Center | San Bernardino | $146.52 | $88.00 – $517.55 |
| Mercy General Hospital | Sacramento | $125.35 | $103.51 – $511.75 |
| Mercy Hospital of Folsom | Folsom | $223.68 | $63.25 – $552.00 |
| Woodland Memorial Hospital | Woodland | $157.55 | $63.25 – $575.00 |
| Methodist Hospital of Sacramento | Sacramento | $165.60 | $103.51 – $517.50 |