#afb mycobacteria suscep. #1 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

$29.24

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.

$68.00

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.

$4.56 with BCBS - Anthem vs $42.50 with BCBS - Anthem — 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
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|All Plans $4.56 ↓ -84%
Noble IPA Medicaid|< 21 $5.89 ↓ -80%
Noble IPA Medicaid|> 21 $5.89 ↓ -80%
Angeles IPA Medicare|All Plans $6.54 ↓ -78%
HCLA Medicaid|Preferred IPA < 21 $6.54 ↓ -78%
Inland Empire Health Plan Medicaid|All Plans $6.54 ↓ -78%
Partnership Health Plan Medicaid|> 21 $6.54 ↓ -78%
Partnership Health Plan Medicaid|< 21 $6.54 ↓ -78%
HCLA Medicaid|Preferred IPA > 21 $6.54 ↓ -78%
Preferred IPA Medicaid|Risk $6.54 ↓ -78%
LA Care Medicare|All Plans $7.31 ↓ -75%
HPN Medicare|Senior $7.31 ↓ -75%
Cigna Medicare|All Plans $7.31 ↓ -75%
Scan Health Plan Medicare|All Plans $7.31 ↓ -75%
Kaiser Medicare|All Plans $7.31 ↓ -75%
Central Health Plan Medicare|All Plans $7.31 ↓ -75%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|All Other Plans $7.31 ↓ -75%
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|All Plans $7.31 ↓ -75%
SMIPA Medicare|All Plans $7.31 ↓ -75%
HCLA Medicare|Preferred IPA $7.31 ↓ -75%
Molina Medicare|All Plans $7.31 ↓ -75%
United Medicare|All Plans $7.31 ↓ -75%
EasyChoice Medicare|All Plans $7.31 ↓ -75%
Health Net Medicare|All Other Plans $7.31 ↓ -75%
Humana Medicare|All Plans $7.31 ↓ -75%
Health Net Medicare|HMO $7.31 ↓ -75%
Health Net Medicaid|< 21 $8.72 ↓ -70%
Health Net Medicaid|> 21 $8.72 ↓ -70%
United Commercial|HMO $8.77 ↓ -70%
United Commercial|Non-Options PPO $8.77 ↓ -70%
United Commercial|Options PPO $8.77 ↓ -70%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $8.77 ↓ -70%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|Trauma $9.14 ↓ -69%
HCLA Commercial|Preferred IPA $9.14 ↓ -69%
LA Care Commercial|All Plans $9.14 ↓ -69%
Molina Medicaid|All Plans $9.16 ↓ -69%
Kaiser Medicaid|> 21 $9.81 ↓ -66%
Kaiser Medicaid|< 21 $9.81 ↓ -66%
DHR Medicaid|> 21 $10.63 ↓ -64%
DHR Medicaid|< 21 $10.63 ↓ -64%
SevenCorners Medicare|All Plans $11.70 ↓ -60%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|Exchange $16.15 ↓ -45%
Cigna Commercial|All Other Plans $16.30 ↓ -44%
Cigna Commercial|PPO $16.30 ↓ -44%
LA Care Medicaid|All Plans $18.79 ↓ -36%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|All Other Plans $20.83 ↓ -29%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Exchange $24.65 ↓ -16%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|BlueShield Promise $27.63 ↓ -6%
Kaiser Commercial|All Plans $29.75 ↑ +2%
Care 1st Medicaid|All Plans $32.70 ↑ +12%
Blue Shield CA Medicaid|All Plans $32.70 ↑ +12%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $34.00 ↑ +16%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|All Other Plans $36.98 ↑ +26%
Aetna Commercial|HMO $39.07 ↑ +34%
Aetna Commercial|PPO $39.07 ↑ +34%
Aetna Commercial|All Other Plans $39.07 ↑ +34%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|MCS $42.50 ↑ +45%

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#afb mycobacteria suscep. #1 at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield Bakersfield $11.13 $6.41 – $24.00
Bakersfield Memorial Hospital Bakersfield $11.01 $6.02 – $23.70
St. Joseph's Behavioral Health Center Stockton $17.13 $3.00 – $24.00
St. Joseph's Medical Center Stockton Stockton $8.82 $6.21 – $24.60
Mercy Medical Center Merced Merced $15.45 $5.24 – $28.20
Northridge Hospital Medical Center Northridge $7.25 $3.64 – $25.95
Sierra Nevada Memorial Hospital Grass Valley $220.18 $6.25 – $395.92
Community Hospital San Bernardino San Bernardino $26.59 $6.54 – $42.50

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