X-ray bone survey complete 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

$714.23

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.

$1,661.00

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.

$70.65 with Noble IPA vs $1,290.40 with MultiPlan — 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 $70.65 ↓ -90%
Noble IPA Medicaid|> 21 $70.65 ↓ -90%
Preferred IPA Medicaid|Risk $78.50 ↓ -89%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|All Plans $78.50 ↓ -89%
HCLA Medicaid|Preferred IPA > 21 $78.50 ↓ -89%
HCLA Medicaid|Preferred IPA < 21 $78.50 ↓ -89%
Angeles IPA Medicare|All Plans $78.50 ↓ -89%
Inland Empire Health Plan Medicaid|All Plans $78.50 ↓ -89%
Partnership Health Plan Medicaid|> 21 $78.50 ↓ -89%
Partnership Health Plan Medicaid|< 21 $78.50 ↓ -89%
Health Net Medicaid|< 21 $104.64 ↓ -85%
Health Net Medicaid|> 21 $104.64 ↓ -85%
Molina Medicaid|All Plans $109.90 ↓ -85%
Kaiser Medicaid|< 21 $117.75 ↓ -84%
Kaiser Medicaid|> 21 $117.75 ↓ -84%
SMIPA Medicare|All Plans $131.70 ↓ -82%
Molina Medicare|All Plans $135.12 ↓ -81%
Humana Medicare|All Plans $135.12 ↓ -81%
Health Net Medicare|All Other Plans $135.12 ↓ -81%
Health Net Medicare|HMO $135.12 ↓ -81%
Cigna Medicare|All Plans $135.12 ↓ -81%
Kaiser Medicare|All Plans $135.12 ↓ -81%
Central Health Plan Medicare|All Plans $135.12 ↓ -81%
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|All Plans $135.12 ↓ -81%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|All Other Plans $135.12 ↓ -81%
Scan Health Plan Medicare|All Plans $135.12 ↓ -81%
LA Care Medicare|All Plans $135.12 ↓ -81%
EasyChoice Medicare|All Plans $135.12 ↓ -81%
HCLA Medicare|Preferred IPA $135.12 ↓ -81%
United Medicare|All Plans $137.83 ↓ -81%
HPN Medicare|Senior $148.63 ↓ -79%
LA Care Commercial|All Plans $168.90 ↓ -76%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|Trauma $168.90 ↓ -76%
HCLA Commercial|Preferred IPA $168.90 ↓ -76%
SevenCorners Medicare|All Plans $216.19 ↓ -70%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $245.18 ↓ -66%
United Commercial|Non-Options PPO $245.18 ↓ -66%
United Commercial|Options PPO $245.18 ↓ -66%
United Commercial|HMO $245.18 ↓ -66%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Exchange $273.49 ↓ -62%
LA Care Medicaid|All Plans $323.42 ↓ -55%
Blue Shield CA Medicaid|All Plans $392.50 ↓ -45%
Care 1st Medicaid|All Plans $392.50 ↓ -45%
DHR Medicaid|> 21 $403.25 ↓ -44%
DHR Medicaid|< 21 $403.25 ↓ -44%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|All Other Plans $407.78 ↓ -43%
Cigna Commercial|All Other Plans $443.01 ↓ -38%
Cigna Commercial|PPO $443.01 ↓ -38%
Aetna Commercial|HMO $522.03 ↓ -27%
Aetna Commercial|All Other Plans $522.03 ↓ -27%
Aetna Commercial|PPO $522.03 ↓ -27%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|MCS $632.21 ↓ -11%
Healthcare Partners Medicare|All Plans $822.63 ↑ +15%
Healthcare Partners Commercial|All Plans $919.41 ↑ +29%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|BlueShield Promise $1,048.45 ↑ +47%
Kaiser Commercial|All Plans $1,129.10 ↑ +58%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $1,290.40 ↑ +81%

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X-ray bone survey complete at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Fresno Medical Center FRESNO $1,444.80 $142.00 – $142.00
St. John's Camarillo Hospital Camarillo $531.30 $118.77 – $946.14
Antioch Medical Center ANTIOCH $1,444.80 $142.00 – $142.00
Redwood City Medical Center Redwood City $1,444.80 $142.00 – $142.00
Santa Clara Medical Center SANTA CLARA $1,444.80 $142.00 – $142.00
Baldwin Park Medical Center BALDWIN PARK $920.40 $96.00 – $96.00
Riverside Medical Center RIVERSIDE $920.40 $96.00 – $96.00
Fremont Medical Center FREMONT $1,444.80 $142.00 – $142.00

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