Cold agglutinin screen (arc) at St. Mary Medical Center
1050 Linden Ave, Long Beach, CA · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1194840421
$30.10
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.
$70.00
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.
$5.13 with DHR vs $46.35 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 | $5.13 | ↓ -83% |
| DHR | Medicaid|< 21 | $5.13 | ↓ -83% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|Exchange | $7.79 | ↓ -74% |
| HCLA | Medicare|Preferred IPA | $8.07 | ↓ -73% |
| Molina | Medicare|All Plans | $8.07 | ↓ -73% |
| Blue Shield CA | Medicare|All Other Plans | $8.07 | ↓ -73% |
| Humana | Medicare|All Plans | $8.07 | ↓ -73% |
| SMIPA | Medicare|All Plans | $8.07 | ↓ -73% |
| United | Medicare|All Plans | $8.07 | ↓ -73% |
| Health Net | Medicare|All Other Plans | $8.07 | ↓ -73% |
| Health Net | Medicare|HMO | $8.07 | ↓ -73% |
| EasyChoice | Medicare|All Plans | $8.07 | ↓ -73% |
| Cigna | Medicare|All Plans | $8.07 | ↓ -73% |
| Kaiser | Medicare|All Plans | $8.07 | ↓ -73% |
| Central Health Plan | Medicare|All Plans | $8.07 | ↓ -73% |
| LA Care | Medicare|All Plans | $8.07 | ↓ -73% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicare|All Plans | $8.07 | ↓ -73% |
| HPN | Medicare|Senior | $8.07 | ↓ -73% |
| Scan Health Plan | Medicare|All Plans | $8.07 | ↓ -73% |
| Noble IPA | Medicaid|> 21 | $8.34 | ↓ -72% |
| Noble IPA | Medicaid|< 21 | $8.34 | ↓ -72% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicaid|All Plans | $8.55 | ↓ -72% |
| Partnership Health Plan | Medicaid|> 21 | $9.27 | ↓ -69% |
| Preferred IPA | Medicaid|Risk | $9.27 | ↓ -69% |
| Inland Empire Health Plan | Medicaid|All Plans | $9.27 | ↓ -69% |
| Partnership Health Plan | Medicaid|< 21 | $9.27 | ↓ -69% |
| HCLA | Medicaid|Preferred IPA > 21 | $9.27 | ↓ -69% |
| HCLA | Medicaid|Preferred IPA < 21 | $9.27 | ↓ -69% |
| Angeles IPA | Medicare|All Plans | $9.27 | ↓ -69% |
| United | Commercial|HMO | $9.68 | ↓ -68% |
| United | Commercial|Options PPO | $9.68 | ↓ -68% |
| United | Commercial|Non-Options PPO | $9.68 | ↓ -68% |
| United | Commercial|All Other Plans | $9.68 | ↓ -68% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|All Other Plans | $10.05 | ↓ -67% |
| Blue Shield CA | Medicare|Trauma | $10.09 | ↓ -66% |
| LA Care | Commercial|All Plans | $10.09 | ↓ -66% |
| HCLA | Commercial|Preferred IPA | $10.09 | ↓ -66% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|Exchange | $11.89 | ↓ -60% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|< 21 | $12.36 | ↓ -59% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|> 21 | $12.36 | ↓ -59% |
| SevenCorners | Medicare|All Plans | $12.91 | ↓ -57% |
| Molina | Medicaid|All Plans | $12.98 | ↓ -57% |
| Blue Shield CA | Medicare|BlueShield Promise | $13.32 | ↓ -56% |
| Kaiser | Medicaid|< 21 | $13.90 | ↓ -54% |
| Kaiser | Medicaid|> 21 | $13.90 | ↓ -54% |
| Kaiser | Commercial|All Plans | $14.35 | ↓ -52% |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | $16.40 | ↓ -46% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|All Other Plans | $17.83 | ↓ -41% |
| Cigna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $18.01 | ↓ -40% |
| Cigna | Commercial|PPO | $18.01 | ↓ -40% |
| Aetna | Commercial|PPO | $20.49 | ↓ -32% |
| Aetna | Commercial|HMO | $20.49 | ↓ -32% |
| Aetna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $20.49 | ↓ -32% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|MCS | $20.49 | ↓ -32% |
| LA Care | Medicaid|All Plans | $26.62 | ↓ -12% |
| Care 1st | Medicaid|All Plans | $46.35 | ↑ +54% |
| Blue Shield CA | Medicaid|All Plans | $46.35 | ↑ +54% |
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Cold agglutinin screen (arc) at other California hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| Banner Lassen Medical Center | Susanville | $59.24 | $1.61 – $20.37 |
| Arroyo Grande Hospital | Santa Maria | $9.21 | $8.07 – $21.07 |
| French Hospital | San Luis Obispo | $8.43 | $5.81 – $24.47 |
| Sierra Nevada Memorial Hospital | Grass Valley | $311.74 | $8.07 – $68.60 |
| Providence Cedars-Sinai Tarzana Medical Center | Tarzana | $10.71 | $8.07 – $17.88 |
| California Hospital Medical Center | Los Angeles | $41.23 | $8.07 – $67.15 |
| Providence Saint Joseph Medical Center | Burbank | $10.71 | $8.07 – $39.22 |
| Community Hospital San Bernardino | San Bernardino | $27.37 | $4.10 – $46.35 |