Cytopathology fna adequacy evaluation first episode each site 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

$172.86

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.

$402.00

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.

$20.00 with DHR vs $217.73 with EasyChoice — 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 $20.00 ↓ -88%
DHR Medicaid|> 21 $20.00 ↓ -88%
Noble IPA Medicaid|< 21 $36.52 ↓ -79%
Noble IPA Medicaid|> 21 $36.52 ↓ -79%
Inland Empire Health Plan Medicaid|All Plans $40.58 ↓ -77%
HCLA Medicaid|Preferred IPA < 21 $40.58 ↓ -77%
Angeles IPA Medicare|All Plans $40.58 ↓ -77%
Partnership Health Plan Medicaid|< 21 $40.58 ↓ -77%
Partnership Health Plan Medicaid|> 21 $40.58 ↓ -77%
Preferred IPA Medicaid|Risk $40.58 ↓ -77%
HCLA Medicaid|Preferred IPA > 21 $40.58 ↓ -77%
Cigna Commercial|PPO $43.99 ↓ -75%
Cigna Commercial|All Other Plans $43.99 ↓ -75%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Exchange $46.40 ↓ -73%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|All Plans $48.32 ↓ -72%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|BlueShield Promise $52.00 ↓ -70%
Health Net Medicaid|> 21 $54.09 ↓ -69%
Health Net Medicaid|< 21 $54.09 ↓ -69%
Kaiser Commercial|All Plans $56.00 ↓ -68%
Molina Medicaid|All Plans $56.81 ↓ -67%
Kaiser Medicaid|< 21 $60.87 ↓ -65%
Kaiser Medicaid|> 21 $60.87 ↓ -65%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $64.00 ↓ -63%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|All Other Plans $69.60 ↓ -60%
Kaiser Medicare|All Plans $80.00 ↓ -54%
Humana Medicare|All Plans $80.00 ↓ -54%
Aetna Commercial|All Other Plans $80.00 ↓ -54%
Aetna Commercial|PPO $80.00 ↓ -54%
Aetna Commercial|HMO $80.00 ↓ -54%
Molina Medicare|All Plans $80.00 ↓ -54%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $80.00 ↓ -54%
United Commercial|HMO $80.00 ↓ -54%
United Commercial|Options PPO $80.00 ↓ -54%
United Commercial|Non-Options PPO $80.00 ↓ -54%
Health Net Medicare|All Other Plans $80.00 ↓ -54%
Cigna Medicare|All Plans $80.00 ↓ -54%
Central Health Plan Medicare|All Plans $80.00 ↓ -54%
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|All Plans $80.00 ↓ -54%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|MCS $80.00 ↓ -54%
Scan Health Plan Medicare|All Plans $80.00 ↓ -54%
LA Care Medicare|All Plans $80.00 ↓ -54%
HCLA Medicare|Preferred IPA $80.00 ↓ -54%
United Medicare|All Plans $81.60 ↓ -53%
HPN Medicare|Senior $88.00 ↓ -49%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|Trauma $100.00 ↓ -42%
LA Care Commercial|All Plans $100.00 ↓ -42%
HCLA Commercial|Preferred IPA $100.00 ↓ -42%
LA Care Medicaid|All Plans $116.55 ↓ -33%
SevenCorners Medicare|All Plans $128.00 ↓ -26%
SMIPA Medicare|All Plans $168.62 ↓ -2%
Care 1st Medicaid|All Plans $202.90 ↑ +17%
Blue Shield CA Medicaid|All Plans $202.90 ↑ +17%
Health Net Medicare|HMO $217.73 ↑ +26%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|All Other Plans $217.73 ↑ +26%
EasyChoice Medicare|All Plans $217.73 ↑ +26%

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Cytopathology fna adequacy evaluation first episode each site at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
St. John's Camarillo Hospital Camarillo $84.10 $51.84 – $384.00
Petaluma Valley Hospital Petaluma $290.19 $84.91 – $287.00
Arroyo Grande Hospital Santa Maria $674.10 $40.58 – $509.60
Mark Twain Medical Center San Andreas $164.51 $6.00 – $23.16
French Hospital San Luis Obispo $617.40 $40.58 – $509.60
Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield Bakersfield $77.91 $15.26 – $56.68
Bakersfield Memorial Hospital Bakersfield $77.07 $15.26 – $56.68
Queen of The Valley Medical Center Napa $321.81 $107.30 – $287.00

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