Cytopathology cervical/vaginal thin layer auto screen/manual rescreen/review 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

$113.52

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.

$264.00

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.

$7.50 with DHR vs $117.50 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.

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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 $7.50 ↓ -93%
DHR Medicaid|< 21 $7.50 ↓ -93%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Exchange $17.40 ↓ -85%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|BlueShield Promise $19.50 ↓ -83%
Kaiser Commercial|All Plans $21.00 ↓ -82%
Noble IPA Medicaid|> 21 $21.15 ↓ -81%
Noble IPA Medicaid|< 21 $21.15 ↓ -81%
HCLA Medicaid|Preferred IPA < 21 $23.50 ↓ -79%
HCLA Medicaid|Preferred IPA > 21 $23.50 ↓ -79%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|All Plans $23.50 ↓ -79%
Partnership Health Plan Medicaid|< 21 $23.50 ↓ -79%
Preferred IPA Medicaid|Risk $23.50 ↓ -79%
Angeles IPA Medicare|All Plans $23.50 ↓ -79%
Inland Empire Health Plan Medicaid|All Plans $23.50 ↓ -79%
Partnership Health Plan Medicaid|> 21 $23.50 ↓ -79%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $24.00 ↓ -79%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|All Other Plans $26.10 ↓ -77%
Kaiser Medicare|All Plans $26.61 ↓ -77%
Humana Medicare|All Plans $26.61 ↓ -77%
Molina Medicare|All Plans $26.61 ↓ -77%
United Medicare|All Plans $26.61 ↓ -77%
Health Net Medicare|All Other Plans $26.61 ↓ -77%
Health Net Medicare|HMO $26.61 ↓ -77%
Cigna Medicare|All Plans $26.61 ↓ -77%
Central Health Plan Medicare|All Plans $26.61 ↓ -77%
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|All Plans $26.61 ↓ -77%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|All Other Plans $26.61 ↓ -77%
Scan Health Plan Medicare|All Plans $26.61 ↓ -77%
HPN Medicare|Senior $26.61 ↓ -77%
LA Care Medicare|All Plans $26.61 ↓ -77%
EasyChoice Medicare|All Plans $26.61 ↓ -77%
HCLA Medicare|Preferred IPA $26.61 ↓ -77%
SMIPA Medicare|All Plans $26.61 ↓ -77%
United Commercial|HMO $30.00 ↓ -74%
Aetna Commercial|All Other Plans $30.00 ↓ -74%
Health Net Medicaid|> 21 $30.00 ↓ -74%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|MCS $30.00 ↓ -74%
Aetna Commercial|HMO $30.00 ↓ -74%
Molina Medicaid|All Plans $30.00 ↓ -74%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $30.00 ↓ -74%
Aetna Commercial|PPO $30.00 ↓ -74%
Health Net Medicaid|< 21 $30.00 ↓ -74%
United Commercial|Non-Options PPO $30.00 ↓ -74%
United Commercial|Options PPO $30.00 ↓ -74%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|Trauma $33.26 ↓ -71%
LA Care Commercial|All Plans $33.26 ↓ -71%
HCLA Commercial|Preferred IPA $33.26 ↓ -71%
Kaiser Medicaid|> 21 $35.25 ↓ -69%
Kaiser Medicaid|< 21 $35.25 ↓ -69%
SevenCorners Medicare|All Plans $42.58 ↓ -62%
Cigna Commercial|All Other Plans $59.36 ↓ -48%
Cigna Commercial|PPO $59.36 ↓ -48%
LA Care Medicaid|All Plans $96.82 ↓ -15%
Care 1st Medicaid|All Plans $117.50 ↑ +4%
Blue Shield CA Medicaid|All Plans $117.50 ↑ +4%

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Cytopathology cervical/vaginal thin layer auto screen/manual rescreen/review at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Northridge Hospital Medical Center Northridge $16.47 $14.75 – $59.00
Community Hospital San Bernardino San Bernardino $106.36 $16.50 – $117.50
Glendale Memorial Hospital Health Center Glendale $88.35 $7.50 – $59.36
St. Bernardine Medical Center San Bernardino $89.25 $9.00 – $117.50
Petaluma Valley Hospital Petaluma not published $26.08 – $165.26
Queen of The Valley Medical Center Napa not published $26.61 – $208.84
Providence St Joseph Hospital Eureka Eureka not published $26.61 – $236.83
Healdsburg Hospital Healdsburg not published $26.61 – $106.12

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