Blood typing patient serum at St. Mary Medical Center
1050 Linden Ave, Long Beach, CA · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1194840421
$38.70
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.
$90.00
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.
$6.84 with BCBS - Anthem vs $88.00 with SevenCorners — 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicaid|All Plans | $6.84 | ↓ -82% |
| Noble IPA | Medicaid|< 21 | $8.83 | ↓ -77% |
| Noble IPA | Medicaid|> 21 | $8.83 | ↓ -77% |
| HCLA | Medicaid|Preferred IPA > 21 | $9.81 | ↓ -75% |
| HCLA | Medicaid|Preferred IPA < 21 | $9.81 | ↓ -75% |
| Angeles IPA | Medicare|All Plans | $9.81 | ↓ -75% |
| Partnership Health Plan | Medicaid|< 21 | $9.81 | ↓ -75% |
| Partnership Health Plan | Medicaid|> 21 | $9.81 | ↓ -75% |
| Inland Empire Health Plan | Medicaid|All Plans | $9.81 | ↓ -75% |
| Preferred IPA | Medicaid|Risk | $9.81 | ↓ -75% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|> 21 | $13.08 | ↓ -66% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|< 21 | $13.08 | ↓ -66% |
| Molina | Medicaid|All Plans | $13.73 | ↓ -65% |
| DHR | Medicaid|> 21 | $13.75 | ↓ -64% |
| DHR | Medicaid|< 21 | $13.75 | ↓ -64% |
| Kaiser | Medicaid|> 21 | $14.71 | ↓ -62% |
| Kaiser | Medicaid|< 21 | $14.71 | ↓ -62% |
| United | Commercial|HMO | $19.61 | ↓ -49% |
| United | Commercial|Options PPO | $19.61 | ↓ -49% |
| United | Commercial|All Other Plans | $19.61 | ↓ -49% |
| United | Commercial|Non-Options PPO | $19.61 | ↓ -49% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|Exchange | $20.90 | ↓ -46% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|All Other Plans | $26.95 | ↓ -30% |
| LA Care | Medicaid|All Plans | $28.18 | ↓ -27% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|Exchange | $31.90 | ↓ -18% |
| Blue Shield CA | Medicare|BlueShield Promise | $35.75 | ↓ -8% |
| Cigna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $36.44 | ↓ -6% |
| Cigna | Commercial|PPO | $36.44 | ↓ -6% |
| Kaiser | Commercial|All Plans | $38.50 | ↓ -1% |
| SMIPA | Medicare|All Plans | $39.28 | ↑ +1% |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | $44.00 | ↑ +14% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|All Other Plans | $47.85 | ↑ +24% |
| Blue Shield CA | Medicaid|All Plans | $49.05 | ↑ +27% |
| Care 1st | Medicaid|All Plans | $49.05 | ↑ +27% |
| LA Care | Medicare|All Plans | $55.00 | ↑ +42% |
| Humana | Medicare|All Plans | $55.00 | ↑ +42% |
| Aetna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $55.00 | ↑ +42% |
| Aetna | Commercial|PPO | $55.00 | ↑ +42% |
| Aetna | Commercial|HMO | $55.00 | ↑ +42% |
| Molina | Medicare|All Plans | $55.00 | ↑ +42% |
| Health Net | Medicare|All Other Plans | $55.00 | ↑ +42% |
| Cigna | Medicare|All Plans | $55.00 | ↑ +42% |
| Kaiser | Medicare|All Plans | $55.00 | ↑ +42% |
| Central Health Plan | Medicare|All Plans | $55.00 | ↑ +42% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicare|All Plans | $55.00 | ↑ +42% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|MCS | $55.00 | ↑ +42% |
| Scan Health Plan | Medicare|All Plans | $55.00 | ↑ +42% |
| HCLA | Medicare|Preferred IPA | $55.00 | ↑ +42% |
| United | Medicare|All Plans | $56.10 | ↑ +45% |
| HPN | Medicare|Senior | $60.50 | ↑ +56% |
| Blue Shield CA | Medicare|Trauma | $68.75 | ↑ +78% |
| HCLA | Commercial|Preferred IPA | $68.75 | ↑ +78% |
| LA Care | Commercial|All Plans | $68.75 | ↑ +78% |
| Blue Shield CA | Medicare|All Other Plans | $75.47 | ↑ +95% |
| Health Net | Medicare|HMO | $75.47 | ↑ +95% |
| EasyChoice | Medicare|All Plans | $75.47 | ↑ +95% |
| SevenCorners | Medicare|All Plans | $88.00 | ↑ +127% |
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Blood typing patient serum at other California hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| Banner Lassen Medical Center | Susanville | $71.28 | $3.27 – $99.91 |
| Mark Twain Medical Center | San Andreas | $35.30 | $9.81 – $51.94 |
| St. Joseph's Medical Center Stockton | Stockton | $15.59 | $9.81 – $53.00 |
| Sierra Nevada Memorial Hospital | Grass Valley | $28.89 | $9.37 – $53.00 |
| Providence Cedars-Sinai Tarzana Medical Center | Tarzana | $21.18 | $23.18 – $140.37 |
| Sequoia Hospital | Redwood City | $34.40 | $9.81 – $272.65 |
| Providence Saint Joseph Medical Center | Burbank | $96.25 | $19.94 – $140.37 |
| Community Hospital San Bernardino | San Bernardino | $35.19 | $9.81 – $107.25 |