Cell function assay w/stim 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

$60.55

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.

$140.80

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.

$35.20 with DHR vs $302.99 with Cigna — 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 $35.20 ↓ -42%
DHR Medicaid|> 21 $35.20 ↓ -42%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|Exchange $53.51 ↓ -12%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|All Other Plans $69.00 ↑ +14%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Exchange $81.67 ↑ +35%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|BlueShield Promise $91.52 ↑ +51%
Kaiser Commercial|All Plans $98.56 ↑ +63%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $112.64 ↑ +86%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|All Other Plans $122.50 ↑ +102%
Humana Medicare|All Plans $135.86 ↑ +124%
Molina Medicare|All Plans $135.86 ↑ +124%
United Medicare|All Plans $135.86 ↑ +124%
Health Net Medicare|All Other Plans $135.86 ↑ +124%
Health Net Medicare|HMO $135.86 ↑ +124%
Cigna Medicare|All Plans $135.86 ↑ +124%
Kaiser Medicare|All Plans $135.86 ↑ +124%
Central Health Plan Medicare|All Plans $135.86 ↑ +124%
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|All Plans $135.86 ↑ +124%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|All Other Plans $135.86 ↑ +124%
Scan Health Plan Medicare|All Plans $135.86 ↑ +124%
HPN Medicare|Senior $135.86 ↑ +124%
LA Care Medicare|All Plans $135.86 ↑ +124%
EasyChoice Medicare|All Plans $135.86 ↑ +124%
HCLA Medicare|Preferred IPA $135.86 ↑ +124%
SMIPA Medicare|All Plans $135.86 ↑ +124%
Aetna Commercial|PPO $140.80 ↑ +133%
Aetna Commercial|HMO $140.80 ↑ +133%
Aetna Commercial|All Other Plans $140.80 ↑ +133%
United Commercial|Non-Options PPO $140.80 ↑ +133%
United Commercial|Options PPO $140.80 ↑ +133%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|MCS $140.80 ↑ +133%
United Commercial|HMO $140.80 ↑ +133%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $140.80 ↑ +133%
LA Care Commercial|All Plans $169.82 ↑ +180%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|Trauma $169.83 ↑ +180%
HCLA Commercial|Preferred IPA $169.83 ↑ +180%
SevenCorners Medicare|All Plans $217.38 ↑ +259%
Cigna Commercial|PPO $302.99 ↑ +400%
Cigna Commercial|All Other Plans $302.99 ↑ +400%

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Cell function assay w/stim at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Banner Lassen Medical Center Susanville $90.45 $27.17 – $137.74
Arroyo Grande Hospital Santa Maria $136.37 $12.87 – $350.06
Mark Twain Medical Center San Andreas $53.85 $13.94 – $25.74
French Hospital San Luis Obispo $124.90 $6.95 – $411.52
Mercy Medical Center Mt. Shasta Mt Shasta $145.00 $42.05 – $80.85
Dominican Hospital Santa Cruz $63.36 $64.77 – $1,216.56
Northridge Hospital Medical Center Northridge $39.29 $19.72 – $247.71
Sierra Nevada Memorial Hospital Grass Valley $104.20 $94.34 – $137.99

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