Dch pulmonary stress test 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

$421.40

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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.

$980.00

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.

$114.30 with HCLA vs $940.80 with United — 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
HCLA Medicaid|Preferred IPA < 21 $114.30 ↓ -73%
Inland Empire Health Plan Medicaid|All Plans $114.30 ↓ -73%
Partnership Health Plan Medicaid|> 21 $114.30 ↓ -73%
HCLA Medicaid|Preferred IPA > 21 $114.30 ↓ -73%
Partnership Health Plan Medicaid|< 21 $114.30 ↓ -73%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|All Plans $142.88 ↓ -66%
Health Net Medicaid|< 21 $152.02 ↓ -64%
Health Net Medicaid|> 21 $152.02 ↓ -64%
Noble IPA Medicaid|> 21 $163.10 ↓ -61%
Noble IPA Medicaid|< 21 $163.10 ↓ -61%
Kaiser Medicaid|> 21 $171.45 ↓ -59%
Kaiser Medicaid|< 21 $171.45 ↓ -59%
Angeles IPA Medicare|All Plans $181.22 ↓ -57%
Preferred IPA Medicaid|Risk $181.22 ↓ -57%
DHR Medicaid|< 21 $245.00 ↓ -42%
DHR Medicaid|> 21 $245.00 ↓ -42%
Molina Medicaid|All Plans $253.71 ↓ -40%
SMIPA Medicare|All Plans $297.41 ↓ -29%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Exchange $327.81 ↓ -22%
Central Health Plan Medicare|All Plans $395.66 ↓ -6%
Humana Medicare|All Plans $395.66 ↓ -6%
Molina Medicare|All Plans $395.66 ↓ -6%
Health Net Medicare|All Other Plans $395.66 ↓ -6%
Health Net Medicare|HMO $395.66 ↓ -6%
Cigna Medicare|All Plans $395.66 ↓ -6%
Kaiser Medicare|All Plans $395.66 ↓ -6%
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|All Plans $395.66 ↓ -6%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|All Other Plans $395.66 ↓ -6%
Scan Health Plan Medicare|All Plans $395.66 ↓ -6%
LA Care Medicare|All Plans $395.66 ↓ -6%
EasyChoice Medicare|All Plans $395.66 ↓ -6%
HCLA Medicare|Preferred IPA $395.66 ↓ -6%
United Medicare|All Plans $403.58 ↓ -4%
HPN Medicare|Senior $435.23 ↑ +3%
LA Care Medicaid|All Plans $470.92 ↑ +12%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|All Other Plans $488.78 ↑ +16%
LA Care Commercial|All Plans $494.57 ↑ +17%
HCLA Commercial|Preferred IPA $494.58 ↑ +17%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|Trauma $494.58 ↑ +17%
United Commercial|Non-Options PPO $568.40 ↑ +35%
United Commercial|Options PPO $607.60 ↑ +44%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $607.60 ↑ +44%
SevenCorners Medicare|All Plans $633.06 ↑ +50%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|BlueShield Promise $637.00 ↑ +51%
Kaiser Commercial|All Plans $686.00 ↑ +63%
HPN Commercial|All Plans $747.00 ↑ +77%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|MCS $757.79 ↑ +80%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $784.00 ↑ +86%
Care 1st Medicaid|All Plans $906.10 ↑ +115%
Blue Shield CA Medicaid|All Plans $906.10 ↑ +115%
United Commercial|HMO $940.80 ↑ +123%

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Dch pulmonary stress test at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Arroyo Grande Hospital Santa Maria $888.53 $114.30 – $2,034.48
French Hospital San Luis Obispo $813.80 $114.30 – $2,034.48
St. Joseph's Medical Center Stockton Stockton $216.68 $114.30 – $619.08
Mercy Medical Center Merced Merced $331.66 $114.30 – $637.56
Providence Saint Joseph Medical Center Burbank $1,110.55 $279.65 – $887.89
Mercy San Juan Medical Center Carmichael $564.44 $98.89 – $1,709.80
Mercy General Hospital Sacramento $449.08 $98.89 – $1,648.00
Mercy Hospital of Folsom Folsom $801.34 $98.89 – $1,689.20

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