Chromosome analysis 5 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

$229.34

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.

$533.33

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.

$26.57 with DHR vs $1,362.70 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.

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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 $26.57 ↓ -88%
DHR Medicaid|> 21 $26.57 ↓ -88%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Exchange $61.63 ↓ -73%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|BlueShield Promise $69.07 ↓ -70%
Kaiser Commercial|All Plans $74.38 ↓ -68%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $85.00 ↓ -63%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|All Other Plans $92.44 ↓ -60%
Noble IPA Medicaid|< 21 $95.63 ↓ -58%
Noble IPA Medicaid|> 21 $95.63 ↓ -58%
United Commercial|HMO $106.25 ↓ -54%
United Commercial|Options PPO $106.25 ↓ -54%
United Commercial|Non-Options PPO $106.25 ↓ -54%
Health Net Medicare|All Other Plans $106.25 ↓ -54%
Health Net Medicaid|< 21 $106.25 ↓ -54%
Health Net Medicaid|> 21 $106.25 ↓ -54%
Health Net Medicare|HMO $106.25 ↓ -54%
Cigna Medicare|All Plans $106.25 ↓ -54%
Kaiser Medicare|All Plans $106.25 ↓ -54%
Central Health Plan Medicare|All Plans $106.25 ↓ -54%
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|All Plans $106.25 ↓ -54%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|MCS $106.25 ↓ -54%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|All Other Plans $106.25 ↓ -54%
HCLA Medicaid|Preferred IPA > 21 $106.25 ↓ -54%
Humana Medicare|All Plans $106.25 ↓ -54%
Aetna Commercial|All Other Plans $106.25 ↓ -54%
Aetna Commercial|PPO $106.25 ↓ -54%
Aetna Commercial|HMO $106.25 ↓ -54%
Molina Medicaid|All Plans $106.25 ↓ -54%
Molina Medicare|All Plans $106.25 ↓ -54%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $106.25 ↓ -54%
United Medicare|All Plans $106.25 ↓ -54%
Partnership Health Plan Medicaid|> 21 $106.25 ↓ -54%
Scan Health Plan Medicare|All Plans $106.25 ↓ -54%
HPN Medicare|Senior $106.25 ↓ -54%
LA Care Medicare|All Plans $106.25 ↓ -54%
Inland Empire Health Plan Medicaid|All Plans $106.25 ↓ -54%
Angeles IPA Medicare|All Plans $106.25 ↓ -54%
EasyChoice Medicare|All Plans $106.25 ↓ -54%
HCLA Medicaid|Preferred IPA < 21 $106.25 ↓ -54%
HCLA Medicare|Preferred IPA $106.25 ↓ -54%
Preferred IPA Medicaid|Risk $106.25 ↓ -54%
SMIPA Medicare|All Plans $106.25 ↓ -54%
Partnership Health Plan Medicaid|< 21 $106.25 ↓ -54%
LA Care Commercial|All Plans $132.82 ↓ -42%
HCLA Commercial|Preferred IPA $132.82 ↓ -42%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|Trauma $132.82 ↓ -42%
Kaiser Medicaid|> 21 $159.38 ↓ -31%
Kaiser Medicaid|< 21 $159.38 ↓ -31%
SevenCorners Medicare|All Plans $170.00 ↓ -26%
LA Care Medicaid|All Plans $437.75 ↑ +91%
Cigna Commercial|PPO $589.51 ↑ +157%
Cigna Commercial|All Other Plans $589.51 ↑ +157%
Care 1st Medicaid|All Plans $1,362.70 ↑ +494%
Blue Shield CA Medicaid|All Plans $1,362.70 ↑ +494%

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Chromosome analysis 5 at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Arroyo Grande Hospital Santa Maria $74.90 $87.50 – $681.09
French Hospital San Luis Obispo $68.60 $47.25 – $800.68
Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield Bakersfield $64.93 $87.50 – $759.62
Bakersfield Memorial Hospital Bakersfield $64.23 $87.50 – $759.62
St. Joseph's Medical Center Stockton Stockton $51.45 $36.75 – $175.00
Mercy Medical Center Mt. Shasta Mt Shasta $213.95 $143.00 – $269.50
Northridge Hospital Medical Center Northridge $73.76 $66.09 – $481.96
Sierra Nevada Memorial Hospital Grass Valley $98.10 $120.60 – $180.00

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