Anca screen with reflex to titer -quest 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

$27.03

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.

$62.86

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.

$15.05 with BCBS - Anthem vs $95.95 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.

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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 Medicare|All Plans $15.05 ↓ -44%
Humana Medicare|All Plans $15.05 ↓ -44%
SMIPA Medicare|All Plans $15.05 ↓ -44%
Molina Medicare|All Plans $15.05 ↓ -44%
United Medicare|All Plans $15.05 ↓ -44%
Health Net Medicare|All Other Plans $15.05 ↓ -44%
EasyChoice Medicare|All Plans $15.05 ↓ -44%
Health Net Medicare|HMO $15.05 ↓ -44%
LA Care Medicare|All Plans $15.05 ↓ -44%
Cigna Medicare|All Plans $15.05 ↓ -44%
Kaiser Medicare|All Plans $15.05 ↓ -44%
HPN Medicare|Senior $15.05 ↓ -44%
Scan Health Plan Medicare|All Plans $15.05 ↓ -44%
Central Health Plan Medicare|All Plans $15.05 ↓ -44%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|All Other Plans $15.05 ↓ -44%
HCLA Medicare|Preferred IPA $15.05 ↓ -44%
DHR Medicaid|> 21 $15.72 ↓ -42%
DHR Medicaid|< 21 $15.72 ↓ -42%
Noble IPA Medicaid|> 21 $17.27 ↓ -36%
Noble IPA Medicaid|< 21 $17.27 ↓ -36%
United Commercial|Options PPO $18.06 ↓ -33%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $18.06 ↓ -33%
United Commercial|Non-Options PPO $18.06 ↓ -33%
United Commercial|HMO $18.06 ↓ -33%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|All Plans $18.67 ↓ -31%
HCLA Commercial|Preferred IPA $18.81 ↓ -30%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|Trauma $18.81 ↓ -30%
LA Care Commercial|All Plans $18.81 ↓ -30%
HCLA Medicaid|Preferred IPA < 21 $19.19 ↓ -29%
Partnership Health Plan Medicaid|< 21 $19.19 ↓ -29%
Partnership Health Plan Medicaid|> 21 $19.19 ↓ -29%
Inland Empire Health Plan Medicaid|All Plans $19.19 ↓ -29%
Angeles IPA Medicare|All Plans $19.19 ↓ -29%
HCLA Medicaid|Preferred IPA > 21 $19.19 ↓ -29%
Preferred IPA Medicaid|Risk $19.19 ↓ -29%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|Exchange $23.89 ↓ -12%
SevenCorners Medicare|All Plans $24.08 ↓ -11%
Health Net Medicaid|> 21 $25.58 ↓ -5%
Health Net Medicaid|< 21 $25.58 ↓ -5%
Molina Medicaid|All Plans $26.87 ↓ -1%
Kaiser Medicaid|> 21 $28.79 ↑ +7%
Kaiser Medicaid|< 21 $28.79 ↑ +7%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|All Other Plans $30.81 ↑ +14%
Cigna Commercial|PPO $33.56 ↑ +24%
Cigna Commercial|All Other Plans $33.56 ↑ +24%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Exchange $36.46 ↑ +35%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|BlueShield Promise $40.86 ↑ +51%
Kaiser Commercial|All Plans $44.01 ↑ +63%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $50.29 ↑ +86%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|All Other Plans $54.69 ↑ +102%
LA Care Medicaid|All Plans $55.13 ↑ +104%
Aetna Commercial|HMO $62.86 ↑ +133%
Aetna Commercial|All Other Plans $62.86 ↑ +133%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|MCS $62.86 ↑ +133%
Aetna Commercial|PPO $62.86 ↑ +133%
Blue Shield CA Medicaid|All Plans $95.95 ↑ +255%
Care 1st Medicaid|All Plans $95.95 ↑ +255%

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Anca screen with reflex to titer -quest at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
St. John's Camarillo Hospital Camarillo $27.54 $15.05 – $49.04
Petaluma Valley Hospital Petaluma $51.00 $14.75 – $122.88
Arroyo Grande Hospital Santa Maria $26.91 $15.05 – $61.61
Mark Twain Medical Center San Andreas $41.87 $15.05 – $61.61
French Hospital San Luis Obispo $24.65 $15.05 – $61.61
Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield Bakersfield $140.24 $12.50 – $43.24
Bakersfield Memorial Hospital Bakersfield $138.73 $12.50 – $43.24
Queen of The Valley Medical Center Napa $51.00 $15.05 – $155.29

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