Cytopath c/v manual at St. Mary Medical Center
1050 Linden Ave, Long Beach, CA · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1194840421
$12.90
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.
$30.00
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.
$7.25 with DHR vs $82.50 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 | $7.25 | ↓ -44% |
| DHR | Medicaid|> 21 | $7.25 | ↓ -44% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicaid|All Plans | $11.50 | ↓ -11% |
| Noble IPA | Medicaid|> 21 | $14.85 | ↑ +15% |
| Noble IPA | Medicaid|< 21 | $14.85 | ↑ +15% |
| SMIPA | Medicare|All Plans | $15.12 | ↑ +17% |
| Inland Empire Health Plan | Medicaid|All Plans | $16.50 | ↑ +28% |
| Partnership Health Plan | Medicaid|> 21 | $16.50 | ↑ +28% |
| Partnership Health Plan | Medicaid|< 21 | $16.50 | ↑ +28% |
| Preferred IPA | Medicaid|Risk | $16.50 | ↑ +28% |
| HCLA | Medicaid|Preferred IPA < 21 | $16.50 | ↑ +28% |
| Angeles IPA | Medicare|All Plans | $16.50 | ↑ +28% |
| HCLA | Medicaid|Preferred IPA > 21 | $16.50 | ↑ +28% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|Exchange | $16.82 | ↑ +30% |
| United | Commercial|All Other Plans | $18.18 | ↑ +41% |
| United | Commercial|HMO | $18.18 | ↑ +41% |
| United | Commercial|Options PPO | $18.18 | ↑ +41% |
| United | Commercial|Non-Options PPO | $18.18 | ↑ +41% |
| Kaiser | Medicare|All Plans | $18.19 | ↑ +41% |
| Humana | Medicare|All Plans | $18.19 | ↑ +41% |
| Molina | Medicare|All Plans | $18.19 | ↑ +41% |
| United | Medicare|All Plans | $18.19 | ↑ +41% |
| Health Net | Medicare|All Other Plans | $18.19 | ↑ +41% |
| Health Net | Medicare|HMO | $18.19 | ↑ +41% |
| Cigna | Medicare|All Plans | $18.19 | ↑ +41% |
| Central Health Plan | Medicare|All Plans | $18.19 | ↑ +41% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicare|All Plans | $18.19 | ↑ +41% |
| Blue Shield CA | Medicare|All Other Plans | $18.19 | ↑ +41% |
| Scan Health Plan | Medicare|All Plans | $18.19 | ↑ +41% |
| HPN | Medicare|Senior | $18.19 | ↑ +41% |
| LA Care | Medicare|All Plans | $18.19 | ↑ +41% |
| EasyChoice | Medicare|All Plans | $18.19 | ↑ +41% |
| HCLA | Medicare|Preferred IPA | $18.19 | ↑ +41% |
| Blue Shield CA | Medicare|BlueShield Promise | $18.85 | ↑ +46% |
| Kaiser | Commercial|All Plans | $20.30 | ↑ +57% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|> 21 | $21.99 | ↑ +70% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|< 21 | $21.99 | ↑ +70% |
| LA Care | Commercial|All Plans | $22.74 | ↑ +76% |
| HCLA | Commercial|Preferred IPA | $22.74 | ↑ +76% |
| Blue Shield CA | Medicare|Trauma | $22.74 | ↑ +76% |
| Molina | Medicaid|All Plans | $23.10 | ↑ +79% |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | $23.20 | ↑ +80% |
| Kaiser | Medicaid|< 21 | $24.75 | ↑ +92% |
| Kaiser | Medicaid|> 21 | $24.75 | ↑ +92% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|All Other Plans | $25.23 | ↑ +96% |
| Aetna | Commercial|HMO | $29.00 | ↑ +125% |
| Aetna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $29.00 | ↑ +125% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|MCS | $29.00 | ↑ +125% |
| Aetna | Commercial|PPO | $29.00 | ↑ +125% |
| SevenCorners | Medicare|All Plans | $29.10 | ↑ +126% |
| Cigna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $35.51 | ↑ +175% |
| Cigna | Commercial|PPO | $35.51 | ↑ +175% |
| LA Care | Medicaid|All Plans | $47.38 | ↑ +267% |
| Care 1st | Medicaid|All Plans | $82.50 | ↑ +540% |
| Blue Shield CA | Medicaid|All Plans | $82.50 | ↑ +540% |
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Cytopath c/v manual at other California hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Community Hospital San Bernardino | San Bernardino | $12.13 | $16.50 – $82.50 |
| Glendale Memorial Hospital Health Center | Glendale | $16.30 | $12.50 – $50.00 |
| St. Bernardine Medical Center | San Bernardino | $9.33 | $8.40 – $82.50 |
| Petaluma Valley Hospital | Petaluma | not published | $18.17 – $42.21 |
| Queen of The Valley Medical Center | Napa | not published | $18.54 – $53.34 |
| Providence St Joseph Hospital Eureka | Eureka | not published | $18.54 – $60.49 |
| Healdsburg Hospital | Healdsburg | not published | $18.54 – $42.33 |
| Redwood Memorial Hospital | Fortuna | not published | $60.63 – $60.63 |