Cystine urine quantitative 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

$25.75

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.

$59.88

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.

$10.29 with DHR vs $131.70 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 $10.29 ↓ -60%
DHR Medicaid|> 21 $10.29 ↓ -60%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|Exchange $15.64 ↓ -39%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|All Other Plans $20.16 ↓ -22%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|All Plans $22.56 ↓ -12%
Molina Medicare|All Plans $22.98 ↓ -11%
United Medicare|All Plans $22.98 ↓ -11%
LA Care Medicare|All Plans $22.98 ↓ -11%
Central Health Plan Medicare|All Plans $22.98 ↓ -11%
Health Net Medicare|All Other Plans $22.98 ↓ -11%
Scan Health Plan Medicare|All Plans $22.98 ↓ -11%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|All Other Plans $22.98 ↓ -11%
Health Net Medicare|HMO $22.98 ↓ -11%
HPN Medicare|Senior $22.98 ↓ -11%
Humana Medicare|All Plans $22.98 ↓ -11%
SMIPA Medicare|All Plans $22.98 ↓ -11%
HCLA Medicare|Preferred IPA $22.98 ↓ -11%
EasyChoice Medicare|All Plans $22.98 ↓ -11%
Cigna Medicare|All Plans $22.98 ↓ -11%
Kaiser Medicare|All Plans $22.98 ↓ -11%
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|All Plans $22.98 ↓ -11%
Noble IPA Medicaid|< 21 $23.71 ↓ -8%
Noble IPA Medicaid|> 21 $23.71 ↓ -8%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Exchange $23.87 ↓ -7%
HCLA Medicaid|Preferred IPA < 21 $26.34 ↑ +2%
Partnership Health Plan Medicaid|< 21 $26.34 ↑ +2%
Partnership Health Plan Medicaid|> 21 $26.34 ↑ +2%
Inland Empire Health Plan Medicaid|All Plans $26.34 ↑ +2%
Angeles IPA Medicare|All Plans $26.34 ↑ +2%
HCLA Medicaid|Preferred IPA > 21 $26.34 ↑ +2%
Preferred IPA Medicaid|Risk $26.34 ↑ +2%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|BlueShield Promise $26.75 ↑ +4%
United Commercial|HMO $27.58 ↑ +7%
United Commercial|Non-Options PPO $27.58 ↑ +7%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $27.58 ↑ +7%
United Commercial|Options PPO $27.58 ↑ +7%
LA Care Commercial|All Plans $28.73 ↑ +12%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|Trauma $28.73 ↑ +12%
HCLA Commercial|Preferred IPA $28.73 ↑ +12%
Kaiser Commercial|All Plans $28.80 ↑ +12%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $32.92 ↑ +28%
Health Net Medicaid|< 21 $35.11 ↑ +36%
Health Net Medicaid|> 21 $35.11 ↑ +36%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|All Other Plans $35.80 ↑ +39%
SevenCorners Medicare|All Plans $36.77 ↑ +43%
Molina Medicaid|All Plans $36.88 ↑ +43%
Kaiser Medicaid|> 21 $39.51 ↑ +53%
Kaiser Medicaid|< 21 $39.51 ↑ +53%
Aetna Commercial|All Other Plans $41.14 ↑ +60%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|MCS $41.14 ↑ +60%
Aetna Commercial|PPO $41.14 ↑ +60%
Aetna Commercial|HMO $41.14 ↑ +60%
Cigna Commercial|PPO $51.26 ↑ +99%
Cigna Commercial|All Other Plans $51.26 ↑ +99%
LA Care Medicaid|All Plans $75.64 ↑ +194%
Care 1st Medicaid|All Plans $131.70 ↑ +411%
Blue Shield CA Medicaid|All Plans $131.70 ↑ +411%

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Cystine urine quantitative at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Banner Lassen Medical Center Susanville $40.06 $4.60 – $39.77
Arroyo Grande Hospital Santa Maria $61.53 $20.57 – $59.22
Mark Twain Medical Center San Andreas $39.89 $22.98 – $58.69
French Hospital San Luis Obispo $56.35 $11.11 – $69.62
Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield Bakersfield $22.22 $20.57 – $66.05
Bakersfield Memorial Hospital Bakersfield $21.98 $20.57 – $66.05
St. Joseph's Behavioral Health Center Stockton $34.20 $4.12 – $32.92
St. Joseph's Medical Center Stockton Stockton $17.61 $8.64 – $41.14

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