Creatine kinase 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

$87.72

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.

$204.00

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.

$2.25 with DHR vs $41.55 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 $2.25 ↓ -97%
DHR Medicaid|< 21 $2.25 ↓ -97%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|Exchange $3.42 ↓ -96%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|All Other Plans $4.41 ↓ -95%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Exchange $5.22 ↓ -94%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|BlueShield Promise $5.85 ↓ -93%
Kaiser Commercial|All Plans $6.30 ↓ -93%
Molina Medicare|All Plans $6.51 ↓ -93%
United Medicare|All Plans $6.51 ↓ -93%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|All Other Plans $6.51 ↓ -93%
Health Net Medicare|HMO $6.51 ↓ -93%
Cigna Medicare|All Plans $6.51 ↓ -93%
Kaiser Medicare|All Plans $6.51 ↓ -93%
LA Care Medicare|All Plans $6.51 ↓ -93%
Central Health Plan Medicare|All Plans $6.51 ↓ -93%
HPN Medicare|Senior $6.51 ↓ -93%
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|All Plans $6.51 ↓ -93%
SMIPA Medicare|All Plans $6.51 ↓ -93%
Scan Health Plan Medicare|All Plans $6.51 ↓ -93%
Humana Medicare|All Plans $6.51 ↓ -93%
HCLA Medicare|Preferred IPA $6.51 ↓ -93%
Health Net Medicare|All Other Plans $6.51 ↓ -93%
EasyChoice Medicare|All Plans $6.51 ↓ -93%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $7.20 ↓ -92%
Noble IPA Medicaid|> 21 $7.48 ↓ -91%
Noble IPA Medicaid|< 21 $7.48 ↓ -91%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $7.81 ↓ -91%
United Commercial|Options PPO $7.81 ↓ -91%
United Commercial|Non-Options PPO $7.81 ↓ -91%
United Commercial|HMO $7.81 ↓ -91%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|All Other Plans $7.83 ↓ -91%
HCLA Commercial|Preferred IPA $8.14 ↓ -91%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|Trauma $8.14 ↓ -91%
LA Care Commercial|All Plans $8.14 ↓ -91%
HCLA Medicaid|Preferred IPA < 21 $8.31 ↓ -91%
Partnership Health Plan Medicaid|< 21 $8.31 ↓ -91%
Partnership Health Plan Medicaid|> 21 $8.31 ↓ -91%
Inland Empire Health Plan Medicaid|All Plans $8.31 ↓ -91%
Angeles IPA Medicare|All Plans $8.31 ↓ -91%
HCLA Medicaid|Preferred IPA > 21 $8.31 ↓ -91%
Preferred IPA Medicaid|Risk $8.31 ↓ -91%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|All Plans $8.38 ↓ -90%
Aetna Commercial|PPO $9.00 ↓ -90%
Aetna Commercial|HMO $9.00 ↓ -90%
Health Net Medicaid|> 21 $9.00 ↓ -90%
Health Net Medicaid|< 21 $9.00 ↓ -90%
Aetna Commercial|All Other Plans $9.00 ↓ -90%
Molina Medicaid|All Plans $9.00 ↓ -90%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|MCS $9.00 ↓ -90%
SevenCorners Medicare|All Plans $10.42 ↓ -88%
Kaiser Medicaid|> 21 $12.46 ↓ -86%
Kaiser Medicaid|< 21 $12.46 ↓ -86%
Cigna Commercial|PPO $14.51 ↓ -83%
Cigna Commercial|All Other Plans $14.51 ↓ -83%
LA Care Medicaid|All Plans $23.85 ↓ -73%
Blue Shield CA Medicaid|All Plans $41.55 ↓ -53%
Care 1st Medicaid|All Plans $41.55 ↓ -53%

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St. John's Camarillo Hospital Camarillo $200.61 $2.43 – $17.27
Banner Lassen Medical Center Susanville $12.52 $1.30 – $9.55
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French Hospital San Luis Obispo $156.41 $2.43 – $19.71
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