Biotinidase - 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

$12.63

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.

$29.37

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.

$7.35 with DHR vs $99.40 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 $7.35 ↓ -42%
DHR Medicaid|< 21 $7.35 ↓ -42%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|Exchange $11.17 ↓ -12%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|All Other Plans $14.40 ↑ +14%
EasyChoice Medicare|All Plans $16.87 ↑ +34%
Molina Medicare|All Plans $16.87 ↑ +34%
United Medicare|All Plans $16.87 ↑ +34%
LA Care Medicare|All Plans $16.87 ↑ +34%
HPN Medicare|Senior $16.87 ↑ +34%
Health Net Medicare|All Other Plans $16.87 ↑ +34%
Scan Health Plan Medicare|All Plans $16.87 ↑ +34%
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|All Plans $16.87 ↑ +34%
Humana Medicare|All Plans $16.87 ↑ +34%
SMIPA Medicare|All Plans $16.87 ↑ +34%
HCLA Medicare|Preferred IPA $16.87 ↑ +34%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|All Other Plans $16.87 ↑ +34%
Cigna Medicare|All Plans $16.87 ↑ +34%
Kaiser Medicare|All Plans $16.87 ↑ +34%
Central Health Plan Medicare|All Plans $16.87 ↑ +34%
Health Net Medicare|HMO $16.87 ↑ +34%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Exchange $17.04 ↑ +35%
Noble IPA Medicaid|> 21 $17.89 ↑ +42%
Noble IPA Medicaid|< 21 $17.89 ↑ +42%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|BlueShield Promise $19.10 ↑ +51%
HCLA Medicaid|Preferred IPA < 21 $19.88 ↑ +57%
Partnership Health Plan Medicaid|< 21 $19.88 ↑ +57%
Partnership Health Plan Medicaid|> 21 $19.88 ↑ +57%
Inland Empire Health Plan Medicaid|All Plans $19.88 ↑ +57%
Angeles IPA Medicare|All Plans $19.88 ↑ +57%
HCLA Medicaid|Preferred IPA > 21 $19.88 ↑ +57%
Preferred IPA Medicaid|Risk $19.88 ↑ +57%
United Commercial|Non-Options PPO $20.24 ↑ +60%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $20.24 ↑ +60%
United Commercial|HMO $20.24 ↑ +60%
United Commercial|Options PPO $20.24 ↑ +60%
Kaiser Commercial|All Plans $20.56 ↑ +63%
LA Care Commercial|All Plans $21.09 ↑ +67%
HCLA Commercial|Preferred IPA $21.09 ↑ +67%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|Trauma $21.09 ↑ +67%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|All Plans $22.68 ↑ +80%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $23.50 ↑ +86%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|All Other Plans $25.56 ↑ +102%
Health Net Medicaid|> 21 $26.50 ↑ +110%
Health Net Medicaid|< 21 $26.50 ↑ +110%
SevenCorners Medicare|All Plans $26.99 ↑ +114%
Molina Medicaid|All Plans $27.83 ↑ +120%
Aetna Commercial|HMO $29.37 ↑ +133%
Aetna Commercial|PPO $29.37 ↑ +133%
Aetna Commercial|All Other Plans $29.37 ↑ +133%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|MCS $29.37 ↑ +133%
Kaiser Medicaid|> 21 $29.82 ↑ +136%
Kaiser Medicaid|< 21 $29.82 ↑ +136%
Cigna Commercial|PPO $37.64 ↑ +198%
Cigna Commercial|All Other Plans $37.64 ↑ +198%
LA Care Medicaid|All Plans $57.10 ↑ +352%
Care 1st Medicaid|All Plans $99.40 ↑ +687%
Blue Shield CA Medicaid|All Plans $99.40 ↑ +687%

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Biotinidase - quest at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Banner Lassen Medical Center Susanville $11.27 $3.37 – $22.87
Arroyo Grande Hospital Santa Maria $12.58 $14.69 – $43.49
French Hospital San Luis Obispo $11.52 $7.93 – $51.12
Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield Bakersfield $8.17 $11.00 – $48.50
Bakersfield Memorial Hospital Bakersfield $8.08 $11.00 – $48.50
St. Joseph's Behavioral Health Center Stockton $10.85 $1.90 – $15.20
St. Joseph's Medical Center Stockton Stockton $6.18 $3.84 – $18.25
Mercy Medical Center Mt. Shasta Mt Shasta $22.85 $13.86 – $28.79

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