Chromosome analysis 45 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

$100.34

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.

$233.34

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.

$51.43 with DHR vs $958.10 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 $51.43 ↓ -49%
DHR Medicaid|> 21 $51.43 ↓ -49%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Exchange $119.31 ↑ +19%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|BlueShield Promise $133.71 ↑ +33%
Kaiser Commercial|All Plans $143.99 ↑ +44%
United Medicare|All Plans $150.29 ↑ +50%
Health Net Medicare|HMO $150.29 ↑ +50%
Humana Medicare|All Plans $150.29 ↑ +50%
SMIPA Medicare|All Plans $150.29 ↑ +50%
HCLA Medicare|Preferred IPA $150.29 ↑ +50%
Molina Medicare|All Plans $150.29 ↑ +50%
Health Net Medicare|All Other Plans $150.29 ↑ +50%
EasyChoice Medicare|All Plans $150.29 ↑ +50%
Cigna Medicare|All Plans $150.29 ↑ +50%
Kaiser Medicare|All Plans $150.29 ↑ +50%
LA Care Medicare|All Plans $150.29 ↑ +50%
Central Health Plan Medicare|All Plans $150.29 ↑ +50%
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|All Plans $150.29 ↑ +50%
HPN Medicare|Senior $150.29 ↑ +50%
Scan Health Plan Medicare|All Plans $150.29 ↑ +50%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|All Other Plans $150.29 ↑ +50%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $164.56 ↑ +64%
Noble IPA Medicaid|< 21 $172.46 ↑ +72%
Noble IPA Medicaid|> 21 $172.46 ↑ +72%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|All Other Plans $178.96 ↑ +78%
United Commercial|HMO $180.35 ↑ +80%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $180.35 ↑ +80%
United Commercial|Non-Options PPO $180.35 ↑ +80%
United Commercial|Options PPO $180.35 ↑ +80%
LA Care Commercial|All Plans $187.86 ↑ +87%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|Trauma $187.86 ↑ +87%
HCLA Commercial|Preferred IPA $187.86 ↑ +87%
HCLA Medicaid|Preferred IPA > 21 $191.62 ↑ +91%
Partnership Health Plan Medicaid|< 21 $191.62 ↑ +91%
Partnership Health Plan Medicaid|> 21 $191.62 ↑ +91%
Inland Empire Health Plan Medicaid|All Plans $191.62 ↑ +91%
Angeles IPA Medicare|All Plans $191.62 ↑ +91%
HCLA Medicaid|Preferred IPA < 21 $191.62 ↑ +91%
Preferred IPA Medicaid|Risk $191.62 ↑ +91%
Molina Medicaid|All Plans $205.70 ↑ +105%
Aetna Commercial|PPO $205.70 ↑ +105%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|MCS $205.70 ↑ +105%
Aetna Commercial|HMO $205.70 ↑ +105%
Aetna Commercial|All Other Plans $205.70 ↑ +105%
Health Net Medicaid|> 21 $205.70 ↑ +105%
Health Net Medicaid|< 21 $205.70 ↑ +105%
SevenCorners Medicare|All Plans $240.46 ↑ +140%
Kaiser Medicaid|< 21 $287.43 ↑ +186%
Kaiser Medicaid|> 21 $287.43 ↑ +186%
Cigna Commercial|All Other Plans $335.17 ↑ +234%
Cigna Commercial|PPO $335.17 ↑ +234%
LA Care Medicaid|All Plans $550.39 ↑ +449%
Blue Shield CA Medicaid|All Plans $958.10 ↑ +855%
Care 1st Medicaid|All Plans $958.10 ↑ +855%

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Chromosome analysis 45 at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Arroyo Grande Hospital Santa Maria $88.04 $102.85 – $387.24
Mark Twain Medical Center San Andreas $137.00 $111.35 – $201.59
French Hospital San Luis Obispo $80.64 $55.54 – $455.24
Mercy Medical Center Mt. Shasta Mt Shasta $160.04 $98.80 – $186.20
California Hospital Medical Center Los Angeles $99.77 $51.43 – $958.10
Community Hospital San Bernardino San Bernardino $91.24 $113.14 – $958.10
Glendale Memorial Hospital Health Center Glendale $76.07 $51.43 – $335.17
Mercy Medical Center Redding Redding $104.29 $133.59 – $190.00

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