Ultrasound guide intraoperative at St. Mary Medical Center
1050 Linden Ave, Long Beach, CA · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1194840421
$352.60
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.
$820.00
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.
$104.89 with Noble IPA vs $700.00 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.
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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| Noble IPA | Medicaid|< 21 | $104.89 | ↓ -70% |
| Noble IPA | Medicaid|> 21 | $104.89 | ↓ -70% |
| Preferred IPA | Medicaid|Risk | $116.55 | ↓ -67% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicaid|All Plans | $116.55 | ↓ -67% |
| Partnership Health Plan | Medicaid|< 21 | $116.55 | ↓ -67% |
| Partnership Health Plan | Medicaid|> 21 | $116.55 | ↓ -67% |
| Inland Empire Health Plan | Medicaid|All Plans | $116.55 | ↓ -67% |
| Angeles IPA | Medicare|All Plans | $116.55 | ↓ -67% |
| HCLA | Medicaid|Preferred IPA < 21 | $116.55 | ↓ -67% |
| HCLA | Medicaid|Preferred IPA > 21 | $116.55 | ↓ -67% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|> 21 | $155.36 | ↓ -56% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|< 21 | $155.36 | ↓ -56% |
| Molina | Medicaid|All Plans | $163.17 | ↓ -54% |
| Kaiser | Medicaid|< 21 | $174.82 | ↓ -50% |
| Kaiser | Medicaid|> 21 | $174.82 | ↓ -50% |
| DHR | Medicaid|> 21 | $175.00 | ↓ -50% |
| DHR | Medicaid|< 21 | $175.00 | ↓ -50% |
| Healthcare Partners | Medicare|All Plans | $357.00 | ↑ +1% |
| Aetna | Commercial|HMO | $385.98 | ↑ +9% |
| Aetna | Commercial|PPO | $385.98 | ↑ +9% |
| Aetna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $385.98 | ↑ +9% |
| Healthcare Partners | Commercial|All Plans | $399.00 | ↑ +13% |
| United | Commercial|Non-Options PPO | $406.00 | ↑ +15% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|Exchange | $406.00 | ↑ +15% |
| United | Commercial|All Other Plans | $434.00 | ↑ +23% |
| United | Commercial|Options PPO | $434.00 | ↑ +23% |
| Blue Shield CA | Medicare|BlueShield Promise | $455.00 | ↑ +29% |
| LA Care | Medicaid|All Plans | $480.19 | ↑ +36% |
| Kaiser | Commercial|All Plans | $490.00 | ↑ +39% |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | $560.00 | ↑ +59% |
| Blue Shield CA | Medicaid|All Plans | $582.75 | ↑ +65% |
| Care 1st | Medicaid|All Plans | $582.75 | ↑ +65% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|All Other Plans | $609.00 | ↑ +73% |
| United | Commercial|HMO | $672.00 | ↑ +91% |
| SMIPA | Medicare|All Plans | $700.00 | ↑ +99% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|MCS | $700.00 | ↑ +99% |
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Ultrasound guide intraoperative at other California hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Fresno Medical Center | FRESNO | $476.00 | not published |
| St. John's Camarillo Hospital | Camarillo | $168.20 | $103.68 – $299.52 |
| Antioch Medical Center | ANTIOCH | $476.00 | not published |
| Redwood City Medical Center | Redwood City | $476.00 | not published |
| Santa Clara Medical Center | SANTA CLARA | $476.00 | not published |
| Baldwin Park Medical Center | BALDWIN PARK | $852.80 | not published |
| Riverside Medical Center | RIVERSIDE | $852.80 | not published |
| Fremont Medical Center | FREMONT | $476.00 | not published |