Cholinesterase at St. Mary Medical Center
1050 Linden Ave, Long Beach, CA · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1194840421
$5.70
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.
$13.24
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.
$3.02 with DHR vs $50.20 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.
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 |
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| DHR | Medicaid|< 21 | $3.02 | ↓ -47% |
| DHR | Medicaid|> 21 | $3.02 | ↓ -47% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|Exchange | $4.59 | ↓ -19% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|All Other Plans | $5.92 | ↑ +4% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|Exchange | $7.01 | ↑ +23% |
| Blue Shield CA | Medicare|BlueShield Promise | $7.85 | ↑ +38% |
| Health Net | Medicare|HMO | $7.87 | ↑ +38% |
| Humana | Medicare|All Plans | $7.87 | ↑ +38% |
| SMIPA | Medicare|All Plans | $7.87 | ↑ +38% |
| HCLA | Medicare|Preferred IPA | $7.87 | ↑ +38% |
| Molina | Medicare|All Plans | $7.87 | ↑ +38% |
| United | Medicare|All Plans | $7.87 | ↑ +38% |
| Health Net | Medicare|All Other Plans | $7.87 | ↑ +38% |
| EasyChoice | Medicare|All Plans | $7.87 | ↑ +38% |
| Blue Shield CA | Medicare|All Other Plans | $7.87 | ↑ +38% |
| Cigna | Medicare|All Plans | $7.87 | ↑ +38% |
| Kaiser | Medicare|All Plans | $7.87 | ↑ +38% |
| LA Care | Medicare|All Plans | $7.87 | ↑ +38% |
| Central Health Plan | Medicare|All Plans | $7.87 | ↑ +38% |
| HPN | Medicare|Senior | $7.87 | ↑ +38% |
| Scan Health Plan | Medicare|All Plans | $7.87 | ↑ +38% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicare|All Plans | $7.87 | ↑ +38% |
| Kaiser | Commercial|All Plans | $8.45 | ↑ +48% |
| Noble IPA | Medicaid|> 21 | $9.04 | ↑ +59% |
| Noble IPA | Medicaid|< 21 | $9.04 | ↑ +59% |
| United | Commercial|All Other Plans | $9.44 | ↑ +66% |
| United | Commercial|Non-Options PPO | $9.44 | ↑ +66% |
| United | Commercial|Options PPO | $9.44 | ↑ +66% |
| United | Commercial|HMO | $9.44 | ↑ +66% |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | $9.66 | ↑ +69% |
| HCLA | Commercial|Preferred IPA | $9.84 | ↑ +73% |
| Blue Shield CA | Medicare|Trauma | $9.84 | ↑ +73% |
| LA Care | Commercial|All Plans | $9.84 | ↑ +73% |
| HCLA | Medicaid|Preferred IPA < 21 | $10.04 | ↑ +76% |
| Partnership Health Plan | Medicaid|< 21 | $10.04 | ↑ +76% |
| Partnership Health Plan | Medicaid|> 21 | $10.04 | ↑ +76% |
| Inland Empire Health Plan | Medicaid|All Plans | $10.04 | ↑ +76% |
| Angeles IPA | Medicare|All Plans | $10.04 | ↑ +76% |
| HCLA | Medicaid|Preferred IPA > 21 | $10.04 | ↑ +76% |
| Preferred IPA | Medicaid|Risk | $10.04 | ↑ +76% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicaid|All Plans | $10.26 | ↑ +80% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|All Other Plans | $10.51 | ↑ +84% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|< 21 | $12.07 | ↑ +112% |
| Aetna | Commercial|PPO | $12.07 | ↑ +112% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|> 21 | $12.07 | ↑ +112% |
| Aetna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $12.07 | ↑ +112% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|MCS | $12.07 | ↑ +112% |
| Molina | Medicaid|All Plans | $12.07 | ↑ +112% |
| Aetna | Commercial|HMO | $12.07 | ↑ +112% |
| SevenCorners | Medicare|All Plans | $12.59 | ↑ +121% |
| Kaiser | Medicaid|< 21 | $15.06 | ↑ +164% |
| Kaiser | Medicaid|> 21 | $15.06 | ↑ +164% |
| Cigna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $17.57 | ↑ +208% |
| Cigna | Commercial|PPO | $17.57 | ↑ +208% |
| LA Care | Medicaid|All Plans | $28.84 | ↑ +406% |
| Care 1st | Medicaid|All Plans | $50.20 | ↑ +781% |
| Blue Shield CA | Medicaid|All Plans | $50.20 | ↑ +781% |
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Cholinesterase at other California hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| St. John's Camarillo Hospital | Camarillo | $5.81 | $3.58 – $20.90 |
| Banner Lassen Medical Center | Susanville | $6.89 | $1.57 – $11.55 |
| Arroyo Grande Hospital | Santa Maria | $5.67 | $6.04 – $20.30 |
| Mark Twain Medical Center | San Andreas | $13.11 | $7.87 – $19.29 |
| French Hospital | San Luis Obispo | $5.20 | $3.26 – $23.86 |
| Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield | Bakersfield | $5.24 | $6.04 – $22.64 |
| Bakersfield Memorial Hospital | Bakersfield | $5.18 | $6.04 – $22.64 |
| St. Joseph's Behavioral Health Center | Stockton | $8.06 | $1.21 – $9.67 |