Antibody elution rbc reference 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

$194.79

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.

$453.00

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.

$12.36 with DHR vs $217.73 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 $12.36 ↓ -94%
DHR Medicaid|> 21 $12.36 ↓ -94%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|Exchange $18.78 ↓ -90%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|All Other Plans $24.22 ↓ -88%
Noble IPA Medicaid|< 21 $25.60 ↓ -87%
Noble IPA Medicaid|> 21 $25.60 ↓ -87%
HCLA Medicaid|Preferred IPA > 21 $28.44 ↓ -85%
Preferred IPA Medicaid|Risk $28.44 ↓ -85%
HCLA Medicaid|Preferred IPA < 21 $28.44 ↓ -85%
Angeles IPA Medicare|All Plans $28.44 ↓ -85%
Partnership Health Plan Medicaid|< 21 $28.44 ↓ -85%
Partnership Health Plan Medicaid|> 21 $28.44 ↓ -85%
Inland Empire Health Plan Medicaid|All Plans $28.44 ↓ -85%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Exchange $28.66 ↓ -85%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|BlueShield Promise $32.12 ↓ -84%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|All Plans $32.70 ↓ -83%
Kaiser Commercial|All Plans $34.59 ↓ -82%
Health Net Medicaid|< 21 $37.91 ↓ -81%
Health Net Medicaid|> 21 $37.91 ↓ -81%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $39.53 ↓ -80%
Molina Medicaid|All Plans $39.82 ↓ -80%
Kaiser Medicaid|< 21 $42.66 ↓ -78%
Kaiser Medicaid|> 21 $42.66 ↓ -78%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|All Other Plans $42.99 ↓ -78%
LA Care Medicare|All Plans $49.41 ↓ -75%
Humana Medicare|All Plans $49.41 ↓ -75%
Aetna Commercial|All Other Plans $49.41 ↓ -75%
Aetna Commercial|PPO $49.41 ↓ -75%
Aetna Commercial|HMO $49.41 ↓ -75%
Molina Medicare|All Plans $49.41 ↓ -75%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $49.41 ↓ -75%
United Commercial|HMO $49.41 ↓ -75%
United Commercial|Options PPO $49.41 ↓ -75%
United Commercial|Non-Options PPO $49.41 ↓ -75%
Health Net Medicare|All Other Plans $49.41 ↓ -75%
Cigna Medicare|All Plans $49.41 ↓ -75%
Kaiser Medicare|All Plans $49.41 ↓ -75%
Central Health Plan Medicare|All Plans $49.41 ↓ -75%
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|All Plans $49.41 ↓ -75%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|MCS $49.41 ↓ -75%
Scan Health Plan Medicare|All Plans $49.41 ↓ -75%
HCLA Medicare|Preferred IPA $49.41 ↓ -75%
SMIPA Medicare|All Plans $49.41 ↓ -75%
United Medicare|All Plans $50.40 ↓ -74%
HPN Medicare|Senior $54.36 ↓ -72%
HCLA Commercial|Preferred IPA $61.77 ↓ -68%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|Trauma $61.77 ↓ -68%
LA Care Commercial|All Plans $61.77 ↓ -68%
Cigna Commercial|PPO $70.99 ↓ -64%
Cigna Commercial|All Other Plans $70.99 ↓ -64%
SevenCorners Medicare|All Plans $79.06 ↓ -59%
LA Care Medicaid|All Plans $81.70 ↓ -58%
Care 1st Medicaid|All Plans $142.20 ↓ -27%
Blue Shield CA Medicaid|All Plans $142.20 ↓ -27%
Health Net Medicare|HMO $217.73 ↑ +12%
EasyChoice Medicare|All Plans $217.73 ↑ +12%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|All Other Plans $217.73 ↑ +12%

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St. John's Camarillo Hospital Camarillo $189.22 $43.03 – $394.70
Banner Lassen Medical Center Susanville $80.26 $32.72 – $122.22
Petaluma Valley Hospital Petaluma $102.00 $112.61 – $287.00
Arroyo Grande Hospital Santa Maria $42.95 $25.94 – $82.02
Mark Twain Medical Center San Andreas $235.77 $25.96 – $98.33
French Hospital San Luis Obispo $39.33 $14.01 – $96.42
Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield Bakersfield $145.44 $27.86 – $95.55
Bakersfield Memorial Hospital Bakersfield $143.87 $27.86 – $95.55

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