Chromosome count additional 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

$50.85

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.

$118.25

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.

$1.77 with DHR vs $60.01 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 $1.77 ↓ -97%
DHR Medicaid|> 21 $1.77 ↓ -97%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Exchange $4.11 ↓ -92%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|BlueShield Promise $4.61 ↓ -91%
Kaiser Commercial|All Plans $4.96 ↓ -90%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $5.67 ↓ -89%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|All Other Plans $6.16 ↓ -88%
Noble IPA Medicaid|> 21 $6.38 ↓ -87%
Noble IPA Medicaid|< 21 $6.38 ↓ -87%
United Commercial|HMO $7.08 ↓ -86%
United Commercial|Options PPO $7.08 ↓ -86%
United Commercial|Non-Options PPO $7.08 ↓ -86%
Health Net Medicare|All Other Plans $7.08 ↓ -86%
Health Net Medicaid|< 21 $7.08 ↓ -86%
Health Net Medicaid|> 21 $7.08 ↓ -86%
Health Net Medicare|HMO $7.08 ↓ -86%
Cigna Medicare|All Plans $7.08 ↓ -86%
Kaiser Medicare|All Plans $7.08 ↓ -86%
Central Health Plan Medicare|All Plans $7.08 ↓ -86%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|All Plans $7.08 ↓ -86%
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|All Plans $7.08 ↓ -86%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|MCS $7.08 ↓ -86%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|All Other Plans $7.08 ↓ -86%
HCLA Medicaid|Preferred IPA > 21 $7.08 ↓ -86%
Humana Medicare|All Plans $7.08 ↓ -86%
Aetna Commercial|All Other Plans $7.08 ↓ -86%
Aetna Commercial|PPO $7.08 ↓ -86%
Aetna Commercial|HMO $7.08 ↓ -86%
Molina Medicaid|All Plans $7.08 ↓ -86%
Molina Medicare|All Plans $7.08 ↓ -86%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $7.08 ↓ -86%
United Medicare|All Plans $7.08 ↓ -86%
Partnership Health Plan Medicaid|> 21 $7.08 ↓ -86%
Scan Health Plan Medicare|All Plans $7.08 ↓ -86%
HPN Medicare|Senior $7.08 ↓ -86%
LA Care Medicare|All Plans $7.08 ↓ -86%
Inland Empire Health Plan Medicaid|All Plans $7.08 ↓ -86%
Angeles IPA Medicare|All Plans $7.08 ↓ -86%
EasyChoice Medicare|All Plans $7.08 ↓ -86%
HCLA Medicaid|Preferred IPA < 21 $7.08 ↓ -86%
HCLA Medicare|Preferred IPA $7.08 ↓ -86%
Preferred IPA Medicaid|Risk $7.08 ↓ -86%
SMIPA Medicare|All Plans $7.08 ↓ -86%
Partnership Health Plan Medicaid|< 21 $7.08 ↓ -86%
LA Care Commercial|All Plans $8.85 ↓ -83%
HCLA Commercial|Preferred IPA $8.85 ↓ -83%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|Trauma $8.85 ↓ -83%
Kaiser Medicaid|> 21 $10.62 ↓ -79%
Kaiser Medicaid|< 21 $10.62 ↓ -79%
SevenCorners Medicare|All Plans $11.33 ↓ -78%
LA Care Medicaid|All Plans $29.17 ↓ -43%
Care 1st Medicaid|All Plans $54.50 ↑ +7%
Blue Shield CA Medicaid|All Plans $54.50 ↑ +7%
Cigna Commercial|PPO $60.01 ↑ +18%
Cigna Commercial|All Other Plans $60.01 ↑ +18%

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Bakersfield Memorial Hospital Bakersfield $12.85 $10.03 – $77.32
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