Cdna analysis for variants 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

$279.50

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.

$650.00

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.

$53.57 with DHR vs $926.00 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
DHR Medicaid|> 21 $53.57 ↓ -81%
DHR Medicaid|< 21 $53.57 ↓ -81%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Exchange $124.29 ↓ -56%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|BlueShield Promise $139.29 ↓ -50%
Kaiser Commercial|All Plans $150.00 ↓ -46%
Noble IPA Medicaid|< 21 $166.68 ↓ -40%
Noble IPA Medicaid|> 21 $166.68 ↓ -40%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $171.43 ↓ -39%
HCLA Medicaid|Preferred IPA > 21 $185.20 ↓ -34%
Humana Medicare|All Plans $185.20 ↓ -34%
Molina Medicare|All Plans $185.20 ↓ -34%
United Medicare|All Plans $185.20 ↓ -34%
Health Net Medicare|All Other Plans $185.20 ↓ -34%
Health Net Medicare|HMO $185.20 ↓ -34%
Cigna Medicare|All Plans $185.20 ↓ -34%
Kaiser Medicare|All Plans $185.20 ↓ -34%
Central Health Plan Medicare|All Plans $185.20 ↓ -34%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|All Plans $185.20 ↓ -34%
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|All Plans $185.20 ↓ -34%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|All Other Plans $185.20 ↓ -34%
Partnership Health Plan Medicaid|< 21 $185.20 ↓ -34%
Partnership Health Plan Medicaid|> 21 $185.20 ↓ -34%
Scan Health Plan Medicare|All Plans $185.20 ↓ -34%
HPN Medicare|Senior $185.20 ↓ -34%
LA Care Medicare|All Plans $185.20 ↓ -34%
Inland Empire Health Plan Medicaid|All Plans $185.20 ↓ -34%
Angeles IPA Medicare|All Plans $185.20 ↓ -34%
EasyChoice Medicare|All Plans $185.20 ↓ -34%
HCLA Medicaid|Preferred IPA < 21 $185.20 ↓ -34%
HCLA Medicare|Preferred IPA $185.20 ↓ -34%
Preferred IPA Medicaid|Risk $185.20 ↓ -34%
SMIPA Medicare|All Plans $185.20 ↓ -34%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|All Other Plans $186.43 ↓ -33%
Aetna Commercial|HMO $214.28 ↓ -23%
United Commercial|Non-Options PPO $214.28 ↓ -23%
Molina Medicaid|All Plans $214.28 ↓ -23%
Health Net Medicaid|< 21 $214.28 ↓ -23%
Health Net Medicaid|> 21 $214.28 ↓ -23%
Aetna Commercial|PPO $214.28 ↓ -23%
United Commercial|Options PPO $214.28 ↓ -23%
Aetna Commercial|All Other Plans $214.28 ↓ -23%
United Commercial|HMO $214.28 ↓ -23%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|MCS $214.28 ↓ -23%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $214.28 ↓ -23%
LA Care Commercial|All Plans $231.50 ↓ -17%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|Trauma $231.50 ↓ -17%
HCLA Commercial|Preferred IPA $231.50 ↓ -17%
Kaiser Medicaid|< 21 $277.80 ↓ -1%
Kaiser Medicaid|> 21 $277.80 ↓ -1%
SevenCorners Medicare|All Plans $296.32 ↑ +6%
Cigna Commercial|All Other Plans $413.02 ↑ +48%
Cigna Commercial|PPO $413.02 ↑ +48%
LA Care Medicaid|All Plans $763.02 ↑ +173%
Blue Shield CA Medicaid|All Plans $926.00 ↑ +231%
Care 1st Medicaid|All Plans $926.00 ↑ +231%

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