Cytopathology cervical/vaginal thin layer manual screening 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

$86.86

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.

$202.00

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.

$12.50 with DHR vs $129.10 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 $12.50 ↓ -86%
DHR Medicaid|< 21 $12.50 ↓ -86%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|All Plans $18.00 ↓ -79%
HCLA Medicare|Preferred IPA $20.26 ↓ -77%
Molina Medicare|All Plans $20.26 ↓ -77%
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|All Plans $20.26 ↓ -77%
Humana Medicare|All Plans $20.26 ↓ -77%
SMIPA Medicare|All Plans $20.26 ↓ -77%
EasyChoice Medicare|All Plans $20.26 ↓ -77%
Health Net Medicare|HMO $20.26 ↓ -77%
LA Care Medicare|All Plans $20.26 ↓ -77%
Cigna Medicare|All Plans $20.26 ↓ -77%
Kaiser Medicare|All Plans $20.26 ↓ -77%
HPN Medicare|Senior $20.26 ↓ -77%
Scan Health Plan Medicare|All Plans $20.26 ↓ -77%
Central Health Plan Medicare|All Plans $20.26 ↓ -77%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|All Other Plans $20.26 ↓ -77%
United Medicare|All Plans $20.26 ↓ -77%
Health Net Medicare|All Other Plans $20.26 ↓ -77%
Noble IPA Medicaid|< 21 $23.24 ↓ -73%
Noble IPA Medicaid|> 21 $23.24 ↓ -73%
United Commercial|Options PPO $24.31 ↓ -72%
United Commercial|Non-Options PPO $24.31 ↓ -72%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $24.31 ↓ -72%
United Commercial|HMO $24.31 ↓ -72%
LA Care Commercial|All Plans $25.32 ↓ -71%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|Trauma $25.33 ↓ -71%
HCLA Commercial|Preferred IPA $25.33 ↓ -71%
HCLA Medicaid|Preferred IPA > 21 $25.82 ↓ -70%
Partnership Health Plan Medicaid|< 21 $25.82 ↓ -70%
Partnership Health Plan Medicaid|> 21 $25.82 ↓ -70%
Inland Empire Health Plan Medicaid|All Plans $25.82 ↓ -70%
Angeles IPA Medicare|All Plans $25.82 ↓ -70%
HCLA Medicaid|Preferred IPA < 21 $25.82 ↓ -70%
Preferred IPA Medicaid|Risk $25.82 ↓ -70%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Exchange $29.00 ↓ -67%
SevenCorners Medicare|All Plans $32.42 ↓ -63%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|BlueShield Promise $32.50 ↓ -63%
Health Net Medicaid|< 21 $34.42 ↓ -60%
Health Net Medicaid|> 21 $34.42 ↓ -60%
Kaiser Commercial|All Plans $35.00 ↓ -60%
Molina Medicaid|All Plans $36.15 ↓ -58%
Kaiser Medicaid|> 21 $38.73 ↓ -55%
Kaiser Medicaid|< 21 $38.73 ↓ -55%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $40.00 ↓ -54%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|All Other Plans $43.50 ↓ -50%
Cigna Commercial|All Other Plans $45.19 ↓ -48%
Cigna Commercial|PPO $45.19 ↓ -48%
Aetna Commercial|HMO $50.00 ↓ -42%
Aetna Commercial|All Other Plans $50.00 ↓ -42%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|MCS $50.00 ↓ -42%
Aetna Commercial|PPO $50.00 ↓ -42%
LA Care Medicaid|All Plans $74.16 ↓ -15%
Care 1st Medicaid|All Plans $129.10 ↑ +49%
Blue Shield CA Medicaid|All Plans $129.10 ↑ +49%

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Cytopathology cervical/vaginal thin layer manual screening at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
St. John's Camarillo Hospital Camarillo $35.50 $20.26 – $63.22
Petaluma Valley Hospital Petaluma $136.68 $19.85 – $115.41
Arroyo Grande Hospital Santa Maria $85.60 $16.69 – $52.21
French Hospital San Luis Obispo $78.40 $9.02 – $61.37
Queen of The Valley Medical Center Napa $115.77 $20.26 – $145.85
Providence St Joseph Hospital Eureka Eureka $236.13 $20.26 – $165.39
Healdsburg Hospital Healdsburg $90.27 $20.26 – $81.15
Redwood Memorial Hospital Fortuna $193.29 $165.78 – $165.78

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