B cells total count 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

$8.15

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.

$18.94

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.

$3.87 with DHR vs $167.65 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 $3.87 ↓ -53%
DHR Medicaid|> 21 $3.87 ↓ -53%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|Exchange $5.89 ↓ -28%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|All Other Plans $7.59 ↓ -7%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Exchange $8.98 ↑ +10%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|BlueShield Promise $10.07 ↑ +24%
Kaiser Commercial|All Plans $10.84 ↑ +33%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $12.39 ↑ +52%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|All Other Plans $13.47 ↑ +65%
Noble IPA Medicaid|< 21 $13.94 ↑ +71%
Noble IPA Medicaid|> 21 $13.94 ↑ +71%
United Commercial|Non-Options PPO $15.48 ↑ +90%
Health Net Medicare|All Other Plans $15.48 ↑ +90%
Health Net Medicaid|< 21 $15.48 ↑ +90%
Health Net Medicaid|> 21 $15.48 ↑ +90%
Health Net Medicare|HMO $15.48 ↑ +90%
Cigna Medicare|All Plans $15.48 ↑ +90%
Kaiser Medicare|All Plans $15.48 ↑ +90%
Central Health Plan Medicare|All Plans $15.48 ↑ +90%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|All Plans $15.48 ↑ +90%
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|All Plans $15.48 ↑ +90%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|MCS $15.48 ↑ +90%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|All Other Plans $15.48 ↑ +90%
LA Care Medicare|All Plans $15.48 ↑ +90%
Humana Medicare|All Plans $15.48 ↑ +90%
Aetna Commercial|All Other Plans $15.48 ↑ +90%
Aetna Commercial|PPO $15.48 ↑ +90%
Aetna Commercial|HMO $15.48 ↑ +90%
Molina Medicaid|All Plans $15.48 ↑ +90%
Molina Medicare|All Plans $15.48 ↑ +90%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $15.48 ↑ +90%
United Medicare|All Plans $15.48 ↑ +90%
United Commercial|HMO $15.48 ↑ +90%
United Commercial|Options PPO $15.48 ↑ +90%
Partnership Health Plan Medicaid|> 21 $15.48 ↑ +90%
Scan Health Plan Medicare|All Plans $15.48 ↑ +90%
HPN Medicare|Senior $15.48 ↑ +90%
Inland Empire Health Plan Medicaid|All Plans $15.48 ↑ +90%
Angeles IPA Medicare|All Plans $15.48 ↑ +90%
EasyChoice Medicare|All Plans $15.48 ↑ +90%
HCLA Medicaid|Preferred IPA < 21 $15.48 ↑ +90%
HCLA Medicaid|Preferred IPA > 21 $15.48 ↑ +90%
HCLA Medicare|Preferred IPA $15.48 ↑ +90%
Preferred IPA Medicaid|Risk $15.48 ↑ +90%
SMIPA Medicare|All Plans $15.48 ↑ +90%
Partnership Health Plan Medicaid|< 21 $15.48 ↑ +90%
LA Care Commercial|All Plans $19.35 ↑ +137%
HCLA Commercial|Preferred IPA $19.35 ↑ +137%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|Trauma $19.35 ↑ +137%
Kaiser Medicaid|> 21 $23.22 ↑ +185%
Kaiser Medicaid|< 21 $23.22 ↑ +185%
SevenCorners Medicare|All Plans $24.77 ↑ +204%
LA Care Medicaid|All Plans $63.78 ↑ +683%
Cigna Commercial|All Other Plans $84.13 ↑ +932%
Cigna Commercial|PPO $84.13 ↑ +932%
Care 1st Medicaid|All Plans $167.65 ↑ +1957%
Blue Shield CA Medicaid|All Plans $167.65 ↑ +1957%

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B cells total count at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
St. John's Camarillo Hospital Camarillo $8.31 $5.12 – $100.09
Banner Lassen Medical Center Susanville $9.55 $6.15 – $55.32
Petaluma Valley Hospital Petaluma $47.89 $36.98 – $301.22
Arroyo Grande Hospital Santa Maria $78.35 $7.74 – $97.20
Mark Twain Medical Center San Andreas $12.63 $8.35 – $15.42
French Hospital San Luis Obispo $71.76 $4.18 – $114.26
Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield Bakersfield $7.03 $7.74 – $108.40
Bakersfield Memorial Hospital Bakersfield $6.96 $7.74 – $108.40

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