Ultrasound hips infant dynamic 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

$122.55

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.

$285.00

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.

$71.25 with DHR vs $545.70 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 $71.25 ↓ -42%
DHR Medicaid|< 21 $71.25 ↓ -42%
SMIPA Medicare|All Plans $93.78 ↓ -23%
Noble IPA Medicaid|< 21 $98.23 ↓ -20%
Noble IPA Medicaid|> 21 $98.23 ↓ -20%
HCLA Medicaid|Preferred IPA < 21 $109.14 ↓ -11%
Angeles IPA Medicare|All Plans $109.14 ↓ -11%
Preferred IPA Medicaid|Risk $109.14 ↓ -11%
Inland Empire Health Plan Medicaid|All Plans $109.14 ↓ -11%
Partnership Health Plan Medicaid|> 21 $109.14 ↓ -11%
Partnership Health Plan Medicaid|< 21 $109.14 ↓ -11%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|All Plans $109.14 ↓ -11%
HCLA Medicaid|Preferred IPA > 21 $109.14 ↓ -11%
HCLA Medicare|Preferred IPA $111.88 ↓ -9%
Humana Medicare|All Plans $111.88 ↓ -9%
Molina Medicare|All Plans $111.88 ↓ -9%
Health Net Medicare|All Other Plans $111.88 ↓ -9%
Health Net Medicare|HMO $111.88 ↓ -9%
Cigna Medicare|All Plans $111.88 ↓ -9%
Kaiser Medicare|All Plans $111.88 ↓ -9%
Central Health Plan Medicare|All Plans $111.88 ↓ -9%
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|All Plans $111.88 ↓ -9%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|All Other Plans $111.88 ↓ -9%
Scan Health Plan Medicare|All Plans $111.88 ↓ -9%
LA Care Medicare|All Plans $111.88 ↓ -9%
EasyChoice Medicare|All Plans $111.88 ↓ -9%
United Medicare|All Plans $114.12 ↓ -7%
HPN Medicare|Senior $123.07 ↑ +0%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|Trauma $139.85 ↑ +14%
HCLA Commercial|Preferred IPA $139.85 ↑ +14%
LA Care Commercial|All Plans $139.85 ↑ +14%
Healthcare Partners Medicare|All Plans $145.35 ↑ +19%
Health Net Medicaid|< 21 $145.48 ↑ +19%
Health Net Medicaid|> 21 $145.48 ↑ +19%
Molina Medicaid|All Plans $152.80 ↑ +25%
Healthcare Partners Commercial|All Plans $162.45 ↑ +33%
Kaiser Medicaid|> 21 $163.71 ↑ +34%
Kaiser Medicaid|< 21 $163.71 ↑ +34%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Exchange $165.30 ↑ +35%
SevenCorners Medicare|All Plans $179.01 ↑ +46%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $182.03 ↑ +49%
United Commercial|Non-Options PPO $182.03 ↑ +49%
United Commercial|Options PPO $182.03 ↑ +49%
United Commercial|HMO $182.03 ↑ +49%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|BlueShield Promise $185.25 ↑ +51%
Kaiser Commercial|All Plans $199.50 ↑ +63%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $228.00 ↑ +86%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|All Other Plans $247.95 ↑ +102%
Aetna Commercial|PPO $285.00 ↑ +133%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|MCS $285.00 ↑ +133%
Aetna Commercial|HMO $285.00 ↑ +133%
Aetna Commercial|All Other Plans $285.00 ↑ +133%
Cigna Commercial|All Other Plans $329.14 ↑ +169%
Cigna Commercial|PPO $329.14 ↑ +169%
LA Care Medicaid|All Plans $449.66 ↑ +267%
Blue Shield CA Medicaid|All Plans $545.70 ↑ +345%
Care 1st Medicaid|All Plans $545.70 ↑ +345%

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Ultrasound hips infant dynamic at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
St. John's Camarillo Hospital Camarillo $180.90 $111.51 – $391.59
Redwood City Medical Center Redwood City $610.40 $129.00 – $129.00
Santa Clara Medical Center SANTA CLARA $610.40 $129.00 – $129.00
Baldwin Park Medical Center BALDWIN PARK $421.20 $81.00 – $81.00
Riverside Medical Center RIVERSIDE $421.20 $81.00 – $81.00
Banner Lassen Medical Center Susanville $304.58 $17.61 – $376.36
Sacramento Medical Center SACRAMENTO $610.40 $129.00 – $129.00
Oakland Medical Center Oakland $610.40 $129.00 – $129.00

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