Cytotoxic antibody 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

$139.75

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.

$325.00

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.

$27.50 with DHR vs $274.25 with Care 1st — 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 $27.50 ↓ -80%
DHR Medicaid|> 21 $27.50 ↓ -80%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|Exchange $41.80 ↓ -70%
Noble IPA Medicaid|< 21 $49.37 ↓ -65%
Noble IPA Medicaid|> 21 $49.37 ↓ -65%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|All Other Plans $53.90 ↓ -61%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|All Plans $54.06 ↓ -61%
Inland Empire Health Plan Medicaid|All Plans $54.85 ↓ -61%
Preferred IPA Medicaid|Risk $54.85 ↓ -61%
Partnership Health Plan Medicaid|< 21 $54.85 ↓ -61%
HCLA Medicaid|Preferred IPA < 21 $54.85 ↓ -61%
Angeles IPA Medicare|All Plans $54.85 ↓ -61%
HCLA Medicaid|Preferred IPA > 21 $54.85 ↓ -61%
Partnership Health Plan Medicaid|> 21 $54.85 ↓ -61%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Exchange $63.80 ↓ -54%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|BlueShield Promise $71.50 ↓ -49%
Health Net Medicaid|< 21 $73.12 ↓ -48%
Health Net Medicaid|> 21 $73.12 ↓ -48%
Molina Medicaid|All Plans $76.79 ↓ -45%
Kaiser Commercial|All Plans $77.00 ↓ -45%
LA Care Medicare|All Plans $78.65 ↓ -44%
Humana Medicare|All Plans $78.65 ↓ -44%
Molina Medicare|All Plans $78.65 ↓ -44%
United Medicare|All Plans $78.65 ↓ -44%
Health Net Medicare|All Other Plans $78.65 ↓ -44%
Health Net Medicare|HMO $78.65 ↓ -44%
Cigna Medicare|All Plans $78.65 ↓ -44%
Kaiser Medicare|All Plans $78.65 ↓ -44%
Central Health Plan Medicare|All Plans $78.65 ↓ -44%
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|All Plans $78.65 ↓ -44%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|All Other Plans $78.65 ↓ -44%
Scan Health Plan Medicare|All Plans $78.65 ↓ -44%
HPN Medicare|Senior $78.65 ↓ -44%
EasyChoice Medicare|All Plans $78.65 ↓ -44%
HCLA Medicare|Preferred IPA $78.65 ↓ -44%
SMIPA Medicare|All Plans $78.65 ↓ -44%
Kaiser Medicaid|< 21 $82.28 ↓ -41%
Kaiser Medicaid|> 21 $82.28 ↓ -41%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $88.00 ↓ -37%
United Commercial|HMO $94.38 ↓ -32%
United Commercial|Non-Options PPO $94.38 ↓ -32%
United Commercial|Options PPO $94.38 ↓ -32%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $94.38 ↓ -32%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|All Other Plans $95.70 ↓ -32%
LA Care Commercial|All Plans $98.31 ↓ -30%
HCLA Commercial|Preferred IPA $98.31 ↓ -30%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|Trauma $98.31 ↓ -30%
Aetna Commercial|PPO $110.00 ↓ -21%
Aetna Commercial|HMO $110.00 ↓ -21%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|MCS $110.00 ↓ -21%
Aetna Commercial|All Other Plans $110.00 ↓ -21%
SevenCorners Medicare|All Plans $125.84 ↓ -10%
LA Care Medicaid|All Plans $157.55 ↑ +13%
Cigna Commercial|All Other Plans $175.39 ↑ +26%
Cigna Commercial|PPO $175.39 ↑ +26%
Blue Shield CA Medicaid|All Plans $274.25 ↑ +96%
Care 1st Medicaid|All Plans $274.25 ↑ +96%

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Cytotoxic antibody screening at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Community Hospital San Bernardino San Bernardino $127.08 $22.00 – $274.25
Glendale Memorial Hospital Health Center Glendale $105.95 $22.00 – $175.39
St. Bernardine Medical Center San Bernardino $108.23 $28.60 – $274.25
Petaluma Valley Hospital Petaluma not published $77.08 – $279.13
Queen of The Valley Medical Center Napa not published $78.65 – $352.75
Providence St Joseph Hospital Eureka Eureka not published $78.65 – $400.02
Healdsburg Hospital Healdsburg not published $78.65 – $159.57
Redwood Memorial Hospital Fortuna not published $400.95 – $400.95

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