5' nucleotidase - sendout 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

$5.32

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.

$12.35

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.

$3.09 with DHR vs $71.05 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.

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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 $3.09 ↓ -42%
DHR Medicaid|< 21 $3.09 ↓ -42%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|Exchange $4.70 ↓ -12%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|All Other Plans $6.06 ↑ +14%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Exchange $7.17 ↑ +35%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|BlueShield Promise $8.03 ↑ +51%
Kaiser Commercial|All Plans $8.65 ↑ +63%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $9.88 ↑ +86%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|All Other Plans $10.75 ↑ +102%
Noble IPA Medicaid|< 21 $11.12 ↑ +109%
Noble IPA Medicaid|> 21 $11.12 ↑ +109%
Cigna Medicare|All Plans $11.15 ↑ +110%
Kaiser Medicare|All Plans $11.15 ↑ +110%
HCLA Medicare|Preferred IPA $11.15 ↑ +110%
Central Health Plan Medicare|All Plans $11.15 ↑ +110%
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|All Plans $11.15 ↑ +110%
Molina Medicare|All Plans $11.15 ↑ +110%
Humana Medicare|All Plans $11.15 ↑ +110%
EasyChoice Medicare|All Plans $11.15 ↑ +110%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|All Other Plans $11.15 ↑ +110%
Health Net Medicare|All Other Plans $11.15 ↑ +110%
United Medicare|All Plans $11.15 ↑ +110%
Scan Health Plan Medicare|All Plans $11.15 ↑ +110%
HPN Medicare|Senior $11.15 ↑ +110%
LA Care Medicare|All Plans $11.15 ↑ +110%
Health Net Medicare|HMO $11.15 ↑ +110%
SMIPA Medicare|All Plans $11.15 ↑ +110%
HCLA Medicaid|Preferred IPA < 21 $12.35 ↑ +132%
Aetna Commercial|All Other Plans $12.35 ↑ +132%
Aetna Commercial|PPO $12.35 ↑ +132%
Aetna Commercial|HMO $12.35 ↑ +132%
Molina Medicaid|All Plans $12.35 ↑ +132%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $12.35 ↑ +132%
United Commercial|HMO $12.35 ↑ +132%
United Commercial|Options PPO $12.35 ↑ +132%
United Commercial|Non-Options PPO $12.35 ↑ +132%
Health Net Medicaid|< 21 $12.35 ↑ +132%
Health Net Medicaid|> 21 $12.35 ↑ +132%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|All Plans $12.35 ↑ +132%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|MCS $12.35 ↑ +132%
Partnership Health Plan Medicaid|< 21 $12.35 ↑ +132%
Partnership Health Plan Medicaid|> 21 $12.35 ↑ +132%
Inland Empire Health Plan Medicaid|All Plans $12.35 ↑ +132%
Angeles IPA Medicare|All Plans $12.35 ↑ +132%
HCLA Medicaid|Preferred IPA > 21 $12.35 ↑ +132%
Preferred IPA Medicaid|Risk $12.35 ↑ +132%
LA Care Commercial|All Plans $13.94 ↑ +162%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|Trauma $13.94 ↑ +162%
HCLA Commercial|Preferred IPA $13.94 ↑ +162%
SevenCorners Medicare|All Plans $17.84 ↑ +235%
Kaiser Medicaid|> 21 $18.53 ↑ +248%
Kaiser Medicaid|< 21 $18.53 ↑ +248%
Cigna Commercial|PPO $24.87 ↑ +367%
Cigna Commercial|All Other Plans $24.87 ↑ +367%
LA Care Medicaid|All Plans $40.83 ↑ +667%
Care 1st Medicaid|All Plans $71.05 ↑ +1236%
Blue Shield CA Medicaid|All Plans $71.05 ↑ +1236%

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5' nucleotidase - sendout at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
St. John's Camarillo Hospital Camarillo $5.41 $3.34 – $29.59
Banner Lassen Medical Center Susanville $30.67 $2.23 – $47.53
Arroyo Grande Hospital Santa Maria $5.29 $6.18 – $28.74
Mark Twain Medical Center San Andreas $8.23 $6.69 – $12.35
French Hospital San Luis Obispo $4.85 $3.34 – $33.79
Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield Bakersfield $4.59 $5.00 – $32.05
Bakersfield Memorial Hospital Bakersfield $4.54 $5.00 – $32.05
St. Joseph's Behavioral Health Center Stockton $7.06 $1.00 – $8.00

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