Whole blood or red blood cells frozen/deglycerolized/washed leukocytes reduced each unit 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

$1,389.33

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.

$3,231.00

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.

$196.93 with Noble IPA vs $6,343.00 with United — 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
Noble IPA Medicaid|> 21 $196.93 ↓ -86%
Noble IPA Medicaid|< 21 $196.93 ↓ -86%
Partnership Health Plan Medicaid|< 21 $218.81 ↓ -84%
Preferred IPA Medicaid|Risk $218.81 ↓ -84%
HCLA Medicaid|Preferred IPA > 21 $218.81 ↓ -84%
HCLA Medicaid|Preferred IPA < 21 $218.81 ↓ -84%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|All Plans $218.81 ↓ -84%
Angeles IPA Medicare|All Plans $218.81 ↓ -84%
Inland Empire Health Plan Medicaid|All Plans $218.81 ↓ -84%
Partnership Health Plan Medicaid|> 21 $218.81 ↓ -84%
Health Net Medicaid|< 21 $291.67 ↓ -79%
Health Net Medicaid|> 21 $291.67 ↓ -79%
Molina Medicaid|All Plans $306.33 ↓ -78%
LA Care Medicare|All Plans $308.04 ↓ -78%
Kaiser Medicare|All Plans $308.04 ↓ -78%
HCLA Medicare|Preferred IPA $308.04 ↓ -78%
Health Net Medicare|HMO $308.04 ↓ -78%
Cigna Medicare|All Plans $308.04 ↓ -78%
Molina Medicare|All Plans $308.04 ↓ -78%
EasyChoice Medicare|All Plans $308.04 ↓ -78%
Humana Medicare|All Plans $308.04 ↓ -78%
Health Net Medicare|All Other Plans $308.04 ↓ -78%
Central Health Plan Medicare|All Plans $308.04 ↓ -78%
Scan Health Plan Medicare|All Plans $308.04 ↓ -78%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|All Other Plans $308.04 ↓ -78%
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|All Plans $308.04 ↓ -78%
United Medicare|All Plans $314.21 ↓ -77%
Kaiser Medicaid|> 21 $328.22 ↓ -76%
Kaiser Medicaid|< 21 $328.22 ↓ -76%
SMIPA Medicare|All Plans $330.31 ↓ -76%
HPN Medicare|Senior $338.84 ↓ -76%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|Trauma $385.05 ↓ -72%
LA Care Commercial|All Plans $385.05 ↓ -72%
HCLA Commercial|Preferred IPA $385.05 ↓ -72%
SevenCorners Medicare|All Plans $492.86 ↓ -65%
Healthcare Partners Medicare|All Plans $516.96 ↓ -63%
Healthcare Partners Commercial|All Plans $581.58 ↓ -58%
DHR Medicaid|< 21 $807.75 ↓ -42%
DHR Medicaid|> 21 $807.75 ↓ -42%
LA Care Medicaid|All Plans $901.50 ↓ -35%
Care 1st Medicaid|All Plans $1,094.05 ↓ -21%
Blue Shield CA Medicaid|All Plans $1,094.05 ↓ -21%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Exchange $1,615.50 ↑ +16%
United Commercial|Non-Options PPO $1,873.98 ↑ +35%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|BlueShield Promise $2,100.15 ↑ +51%
Kaiser Commercial|All Plans $2,261.70 ↑ +63%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|All Other Plans $2,390.94 ↑ +72%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $2,584.80 ↑ +86%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|MCS $3,231.00 ↑ +133%
United Commercial|HMO $6,243.00 ↑ +349%
United Commercial|Options PPO $6,343.00 ↑ +357%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $6,343.00 ↑ +357%

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Whole blood or red blood cells frozen/deglycerolized/washed leukocytes reduced each unit at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Fresno Medical Center FRESNO $337.12 not published
St. John's Camarillo Hospital Camarillo $299.60 $184.68 – $616.08
Antioch Medical Center ANTIOCH $337.12 not published
Redwood City Medical Center Redwood City $337.12 not published
Santa Clara Medical Center SANTA CLARA $337.12 not published
Baldwin Park Medical Center BALDWIN PARK $313.04 not published
Riverside Medical Center RIVERSIDE $313.04 not published
Fremont Medical Center FREMONT $337.12 not published

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