Varus/valgus strap padded/li at St. Mary Medical Center
1050 Linden Ave, Long Beach, CA · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1194840421
$247.25
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.
$575.00
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.
$51.00 with BCBS - Anthem vs $309.25 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 |
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| BCBS - Anthem | Medicaid|All Plans | $51.00 | ↓ -79% |
| Preferred IPA | Medicaid|Risk | $53.55 | ↓ -78% |
| Noble IPA | Medicaid|> 21 | $55.66 | ↓ -77% |
| Noble IPA | Medicaid|< 21 | $55.66 | ↓ -77% |
| Molina | Medicaid|All Plans | $58.65 | ↓ -76% |
| Partnership Health Plan | Medicaid|> 21 | $61.85 | ↓ -75% |
| HCLA | Medicaid|Preferred IPA > 21 | $61.85 | ↓ -75% |
| HCLA | Medicaid|Preferred IPA < 21 | $61.85 | ↓ -75% |
| Angeles IPA | Medicare|All Plans | $61.85 | ↓ -75% |
| Inland Empire Health Plan | Medicaid|All Plans | $61.85 | ↓ -75% |
| Partnership Health Plan | Medicaid|< 21 | $61.85 | ↓ -75% |
| DHR | Medicaid|> 21 | $63.75 | ↓ -74% |
| DHR | Medicaid|< 21 | $63.75 | ↓ -74% |
| HPN | Commercial|All Plans | $66.30 | ↓ -73% |
| Cigna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $76.50 | ↓ -69% |
| Cigna | Commercial|PPO | $76.50 | ↓ -69% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|> 21 | $82.45 | ↓ -67% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|< 21 | $82.45 | ↓ -67% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|Exchange | $86.70 | ↓ -65% |
| Kaiser | Medicaid|> 21 | $92.78 | ↓ -62% |
| Kaiser | Medicaid|< 21 | $92.78 | ↓ -62% |
| Health Net | Commercial|EPPO | $94.35 | ↓ -62% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|Exchange | $104.55 | ↓ -58% |
| Health Net | Commercial|Care Product | $114.75 | ↓ -54% |
| United | Commercial|Non-Options PPO | $119.85 | ↓ -52% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|MCS | $127.50 | ↓ -48% |
| United | Commercial|All Other Plans | $127.50 | ↓ -48% |
| United | Commercial|Options PPO | $127.50 | ↓ -48% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|All Other Plans | $127.50 | ↓ -48% |
| Health Net | Commercial|All Other Plans | $132.60 | ↓ -46% |
| United | Commercial|HMO | $132.60 | ↓ -46% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|All Other Plans | $140.25 | ↓ -43% |
| Aetna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $147.90 | ↓ -40% |
| Aetna | Commercial|HMO | $147.90 | ↓ -40% |
| Aetna | Commercial|PPO | $147.90 | ↓ -40% |
| Blue Shield CA | Medicare|BlueShield Promise | $165.75 | ↓ -33% |
| Kaiser | Commercial|All Plans | $178.50 | ↓ -28% |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | $204.00 | ↓ -17% |
| LA Care | Medicaid|All Plans | $254.82 | ↑ +3% |
| SMIPA | Medicare|All Plans | $255.00 | ↑ +3% |
| Care 1st | Medicaid|All Plans | $309.25 | ↑ +25% |
| Blue Shield CA | Medicaid|All Plans | $309.25 | ↑ +25% |
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Varus/valgus strap padded/li at other California hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| St. John's Camarillo Hospital | Camarillo | $152.87 | $63.84 – $207.48 |
| Community Hospital San Bernardino | San Bernardino | $224.83 | $53.55 – $309.25 |
| Glendale Memorial Hospital Health Center | Glendale | $187.45 | $40.00 – $261.63 |
| Mercy San Juan Medical Center | Carmichael | $91.79 | $36.85 – $284.75 |
| St. Bernardine Medical Center | San Bernardino | $191.48 | $51.00 – $309.25 |
| Mercy General Hospital | Sacramento | $73.03 | $61.85 – $298.15 |
| Mercy Hospital of Folsom | Folsom | $130.32 | $36.85 – $321.60 |
| Woodland Memorial Hospital | Woodland | $91.79 | $36.85 – $335.00 |