Aminolevulinic acid delta at St. Mary Medical Center
1050 Linden Ave, Long Beach, CA · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1194840421
$18.97
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.
$44.11
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.
$11.03 with DHR vs $104.95 with Care 1st — 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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| DHR | Medicaid|> 21 | $11.03 | ↓ -42% |
| DHR | Medicaid|< 21 | $11.03 | ↓ -42% |
| SMIPA | Medicare|All Plans | $16.45 | ↓ -13% |
| HCLA | Medicare|Preferred IPA | $16.45 | ↓ -13% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicare|All Plans | $16.45 | ↓ -13% |
| Humana | Medicare|All Plans | $16.45 | ↓ -13% |
| Health Net | Medicare|All Other Plans | $16.45 | ↓ -13% |
| EasyChoice | Medicare|All Plans | $16.45 | ↓ -13% |
| Health Net | Medicare|HMO | $16.45 | ↓ -13% |
| LA Care | Medicare|All Plans | $16.45 | ↓ -13% |
| Cigna | Medicare|All Plans | $16.45 | ↓ -13% |
| Kaiser | Medicare|All Plans | $16.45 | ↓ -13% |
| HPN | Medicare|Senior | $16.45 | ↓ -13% |
| Scan Health Plan | Medicare|All Plans | $16.45 | ↓ -13% |
| Central Health Plan | Medicare|All Plans | $16.45 | ↓ -13% |
| Blue Shield CA | Medicare|All Other Plans | $16.45 | ↓ -13% |
| Molina | Medicare|All Plans | $16.45 | ↓ -13% |
| United | Medicare|All Plans | $16.45 | ↓ -13% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|Exchange | $16.77 | ↓ -12% |
| Noble IPA | Medicaid|< 21 | $18.89 | ↓ -0% |
| Noble IPA | Medicaid|> 21 | $18.89 | ↓ -0% |
| United | Commercial|Non-Options PPO | $19.74 | ↑ +4% |
| United | Commercial|Options PPO | $19.74 | ↑ +4% |
| United | Commercial|All Other Plans | $19.74 | ↑ +4% |
| United | Commercial|HMO | $19.74 | ↑ +4% |
| Blue Shield CA | Medicare|Trauma | $20.56 | ↑ +8% |
| HCLA | Commercial|Preferred IPA | $20.56 | ↑ +8% |
| LA Care | Commercial|All Plans | $20.56 | ↑ +8% |
| HCLA | Medicaid|Preferred IPA < 21 | $20.99 | ↑ +11% |
| Partnership Health Plan | Medicaid|< 21 | $20.99 | ↑ +11% |
| Partnership Health Plan | Medicaid|> 21 | $20.99 | ↑ +11% |
| Inland Empire Health Plan | Medicaid|All Plans | $20.99 | ↑ +11% |
| Angeles IPA | Medicare|All Plans | $20.99 | ↑ +11% |
| HCLA | Medicaid|Preferred IPA > 21 | $20.99 | ↑ +11% |
| Preferred IPA | Medicaid|Risk | $20.99 | ↑ +11% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|All Other Plans | $21.62 | ↑ +14% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicaid|All Plans | $22.12 | ↑ +17% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|Exchange | $25.59 | ↑ +35% |
| SevenCorners | Medicare|All Plans | $26.32 | ↑ +39% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|> 21 | $27.98 | ↑ +47% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|< 21 | $27.98 | ↑ +47% |
| Blue Shield CA | Medicare|BlueShield Promise | $28.68 | ↑ +51% |
| Molina | Medicaid|All Plans | $29.39 | ↑ +55% |
| Kaiser | Commercial|All Plans | $30.88 | ↑ +63% |
| Kaiser | Medicaid|> 21 | $31.48 | ↑ +66% |
| Kaiser | Medicaid|< 21 | $31.48 | ↑ +66% |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | $35.29 | ↑ +86% |
| Cigna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $36.68 | ↑ +93% |
| Cigna | Commercial|PPO | $36.68 | ↑ +93% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|All Other Plans | $38.38 | ↑ +102% |
| Aetna | Commercial|HMO | $44.11 | ↑ +133% |
| Aetna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $44.11 | ↑ +133% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|MCS | $44.11 | ↑ +133% |
| Aetna | Commercial|PPO | $44.11 | ↑ +133% |
| LA Care | Medicaid|All Plans | $60.28 | ↑ +218% |
| Blue Shield CA | Medicaid|All Plans | $104.95 | ↑ +453% |
| Care 1st | Medicaid|All Plans | $104.95 | ↑ +453% |
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Aminolevulinic acid delta at other California hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Banner Lassen Medical Center | Susanville | $15.65 | $3.29 – $24.25 |
| Arroyo Grande Hospital | Santa Maria | $18.88 | $16.45 – $43.23 |
| French Hospital | San Luis Obispo | $17.30 | $11.91 – $49.82 |
| Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield | Bakersfield | $16.37 | $7.81 – $47.26 |
| Bakersfield Memorial Hospital | Bakersfield | $16.19 | $7.81 – $47.26 |
| St. Joseph's Behavioral Health Center | Stockton | $25.19 | $1.57 – $12.50 |
| St. Joseph's Medical Center Stockton | Stockton | $12.97 | $3.29 – $15.62 |
| Mercy Medical Center Mt. Shasta | Mt Shasta | $34.32 | $14.63 – $43.23 |