Vaccine varicella live subcutaneous 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

$887.09

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.

$2,063.00

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.

$136.06 with Health Net vs $2,063.00 with SMIPA — 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
Health Net Commercial|EPPO $136.06 ↓ -85%
Health Net Commercial|Care Product $166.78 ↓ -81%
Noble IPA Medicaid|> 21 $168.04 ↓ -81%
Noble IPA Medicaid|< 21 $168.04 ↓ -81%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|All Plans $178.03 ↓ -80%
Angeles IPA Medicare|All Plans $178.03 ↓ -80%
HCLA Medicaid|Preferred IPA > 21 $186.71 ↓ -79%
Preferred IPA Medicaid|Risk $186.71 ↓ -79%
HCLA Medicaid|Preferred IPA < 21 $186.71 ↓ -79%
Health Net Commercial|All Other Plans $190.92 ↓ -78%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|All Other Plans $219.45 ↓ -75%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|Exchange $219.45 ↓ -75%
Health Net Medicaid|> 21 $248.88 ↓ -72%
Health Net Medicaid|< 21 $248.88 ↓ -72%
Molina Medicaid|All Plans $261.39 ↓ -71%
United Commercial|Non-Options PPO $298.68 ↓ -66%
United Commercial|Options PPO $362.09 ↓ -59%
United Commercial|HMO $362.09 ↓ -59%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $362.09 ↓ -59%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Exchange $442.55 ↓ -50%
DHR Medicaid|< 21 $515.75 ↓ -42%
DHR Medicaid|> 21 $515.75 ↓ -42%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|All Other Plans $660.52 ↓ -26%
LA Care Medicaid|All Plans $769.25 ↓ -13%
Care 1st Medicaid|All Plans $933.55 ↑ +5%
Blue Shield CA Medicaid|All Plans $933.55 ↑ +5%
Cigna Commercial|PPO $948.98 ↑ +7%
Cigna Commercial|All Other Plans $948.98 ↑ +7%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|MCS $1,023.72 ↑ +15%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|BlueShield Promise $1,340.95 ↑ +51%
Kaiser Commercial|All Plans $1,444.10 ↑ +63%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $1,650.40 ↑ +86%
SMIPA Medicare|All Plans $2,063.00 ↑ +133%

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Vaccine varicella live subcutaneous at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Fresno Medical Center FRESNO $337.15 not published
Antioch Medical Center ANTIOCH $337.15 not published
Redwood City Medical Center Redwood City $337.15 not published
Santa Clara Medical Center SANTA CLARA $337.15 not published
Baldwin Park Medical Center BALDWIN PARK $313.07 not published
Riverside Medical Center RIVERSIDE $313.07 not published
Fremont Medical Center FREMONT $337.15 not published
Panorama Medical Center PANORAMA CITY $313.07 not published

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