Compatibility test incubate at St. Mary Medical Center
1050 Linden Ave, Long Beach, CA · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1194840421
$93.74
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.
$218.00
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.
$50.07 with BCBS - Anthem vs $348.37 with SevenCorners — 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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| BCBS - Anthem | Medicaid|All Plans | $50.07 | ↓ -47% |
| DHR | Medicaid|> 21 | $54.50 | ↓ -42% |
| DHR | Medicaid|< 21 | $54.50 | ↓ -42% |
| Care 1st | Medicaid|All Plans | $56.68 | ↓ -40% |
| Blue Shield CA | Medicaid|All Plans | $56.68 | ↓ -40% |
| Cigna | Commercial|PPO | $70.99 | ↓ -24% |
| Cigna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $70.99 | ↓ -24% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|Exchange | $82.84 | ↓ -12% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|All Other Plans | $106.82 | ↑ +14% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|Exchange | $126.44 | ↑ +35% |
| Blue Shield CA | Medicare|BlueShield Promise | $141.70 | ↑ +51% |
| Aetna | Commercial|HMO | $145.37 | ↑ +55% |
| Aetna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $145.37 | ↑ +55% |
| Aetna | Commercial|PPO | $145.37 | ↑ +55% |
| Kaiser | Commercial|All Plans | $152.60 | ↑ +63% |
| SMIPA | Medicare|All Plans | $168.62 | ↑ +80% |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | $174.40 | ↑ +86% |
| United | Commercial|HMO | $178.99 | ↑ +91% |
| United | Commercial|Options PPO | $178.99 | ↑ +91% |
| United | Commercial|All Other Plans | $178.99 | ↑ +91% |
| United | Commercial|Non-Options PPO | $178.99 | ↑ +91% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|All Other Plans | $189.66 | ↑ +102% |
| Health Net | Medicare|HMO | $217.73 | ↑ +132% |
| Health Net | Medicare|All Other Plans | $217.73 | ↑ +132% |
| Cigna | Medicare|All Plans | $217.73 | ↑ +132% |
| Kaiser | Medicare|All Plans | $217.73 | ↑ +132% |
| Central Health Plan | Medicare|All Plans | $217.73 | ↑ +132% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicare|All Plans | $217.73 | ↑ +132% |
| Blue Shield CA | Medicare|All Other Plans | $217.73 | ↑ +132% |
| Molina | Medicare|All Plans | $217.73 | ↑ +132% |
| Scan Health Plan | Medicare|All Plans | $217.73 | ↑ +132% |
| LA Care | Medicare|All Plans | $217.73 | ↑ +132% |
| Humana | Medicare|All Plans | $217.73 | ↑ +132% |
| EasyChoice | Medicare|All Plans | $217.73 | ↑ +132% |
| HCLA | Medicare|Preferred IPA | $217.73 | ↑ +132% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|MCS | $218.00 | ↑ +133% |
| United | Medicare|All Plans | $222.09 | ↑ +137% |
| HPN | Medicare|Senior | $239.50 | ↑ +155% |
| Blue Shield CA | Medicare|Trauma | $272.16 | ↑ +190% |
| LA Care | Commercial|All Plans | $272.16 | ↑ +190% |
| HCLA | Commercial|Preferred IPA | $272.16 | ↑ +190% |
| SevenCorners | Medicare|All Plans | $348.37 | ↑ +272% |
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Compatibility test incubate at other California hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| St. John's Camarillo Hospital | Camarillo | $15.33 | $9.45 – $84.46 |
| Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield | Bakersfield | $63.45 | $83.00 – $166.00 |
| Bakersfield Memorial Hospital | Bakersfield | $62.76 | $66.09 – $166.00 |
| St. Joseph's Behavioral Health Center | Stockton | $86.80 | $15.20 – $121.60 |
| St. Joseph's Medical Center Stockton | Stockton | $44.99 | $32.13 – $153.00 |
| Mercy Medical Center Merced | Merced | $84.98 | $47.85 – $181.50 |
| Providence Cedars-Sinai Tarzana Medical Center | Tarzana | $155.40 | $1.60 – $405.38 |
| Community Hospital San Bernardino | San Bernardino | $87.98 | $37.09 – $424.57 |