Dhea-s (dehydroepiand sulfate) at St. Mary Medical Center
1050 Linden Ave, Long Beach, CA · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1194840421
$2.58
Cash price 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.
$6.00
Gross charge 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.
$1.50 with DHR vs $140.70 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.
Full explanation →
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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.
Full explanation →Payer ?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. Full explanation → |
Plan ?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. Full explanation → |
Negotiated rate | vs. cash |
|---|---|---|---|
| DHR | Medicaid|< 21 | $1.50 | ↓ -42% |
| DHR | Medicaid|> 21 | $1.50 | ↓ -42% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|Exchange | $2.28 | ↓ -12% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|All Other Plans | $2.94 | ↑ +14% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|Exchange | $3.48 | ↑ +35% |
| Blue Shield CA | Medicare|BlueShield Promise | $3.90 | ↑ +51% |
| Kaiser | Commercial|All Plans | $4.20 | ↑ +63% |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | $4.80 | ↑ +86% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|All Other Plans | $5.22 | ↑ +102% |
| Noble IPA | Medicaid|< 21 | $5.40 | ↑ +109% |
| Noble IPA | Medicaid|> 21 | $5.40 | ↑ +109% |
| United | Commercial|Non-Options PPO | $6.00 | ↑ +133% |
| Health Net | Medicare|All Other Plans | $6.00 | ↑ +133% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|< 21 | $6.00 | ↑ +133% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|> 21 | $6.00 | ↑ +133% |
| Health Net | Medicare|HMO | $6.00 | ↑ +133% |
| Cigna | Medicare|All Plans | $6.00 | ↑ +133% |
| Kaiser | Medicare|All Plans | $6.00 | ↑ +133% |
| Central Health Plan | Medicare|All Plans | $6.00 | ↑ +133% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicaid|All Plans | $6.00 | ↑ +133% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicare|All Plans | $6.00 | ↑ +133% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|MCS | $6.00 | ↑ +133% |
| Blue Shield CA | Medicare|All Other Plans | $6.00 | ↑ +133% |
| LA Care | Medicare|All Plans | $6.00 | ↑ +133% |
| Humana | Medicare|All Plans | $6.00 | ↑ +133% |
| Aetna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $6.00 | ↑ +133% |
| Aetna | Commercial|PPO | $6.00 | ↑ +133% |
| Aetna | Commercial|HMO | $6.00 | ↑ +133% |
| Molina | Medicaid|All Plans | $6.00 | ↑ +133% |
| Molina | Medicare|All Plans | $6.00 | ↑ +133% |
| United | Commercial|All Other Plans | $6.00 | ↑ +133% |
| United | Medicare|All Plans | $6.00 | ↑ +133% |
| United | Commercial|HMO | $6.00 | ↑ +133% |
| United | Commercial|Options PPO | $6.00 | ↑ +133% |
| Partnership Health Plan | Medicaid|> 21 | $6.00 | ↑ +133% |
| Scan Health Plan | Medicare|All Plans | $6.00 | ↑ +133% |
| HPN | Medicare|Senior | $6.00 | ↑ +133% |
| Inland Empire Health Plan | Medicaid|All Plans | $6.00 | ↑ +133% |
| Angeles IPA | Medicare|All Plans | $6.00 | ↑ +133% |
| EasyChoice | Medicare|All Plans | $6.00 | ↑ +133% |
| HCLA | Medicaid|Preferred IPA < 21 | $6.00 | ↑ +133% |
| HCLA | Medicaid|Preferred IPA > 21 | $6.00 | ↑ +133% |
| HCLA | Medicare|Preferred IPA | $6.00 | ↑ +133% |
| Preferred IPA | Medicaid|Risk | $6.00 | ↑ +133% |
| SMIPA | Medicare|All Plans | $6.00 | ↑ +133% |
| Partnership Health Plan | Medicaid|< 21 | $6.00 | ↑ +133% |
| LA Care | Commercial|All Plans | $7.50 | ↑ +191% |
| HCLA | Commercial|Preferred IPA | $7.50 | ↑ +191% |
| Blue Shield CA | Medicare|Trauma | $7.50 | ↑ +191% |
| Kaiser | Medicaid|> 21 | $9.00 | ↑ +249% |
| Kaiser | Medicaid|< 21 | $9.00 | ↑ +249% |
| SevenCorners | Medicare|All Plans | $9.60 | ↑ +272% |
| LA Care | Medicaid|All Plans | $24.72 | ↑ +858% |
| Cigna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $49.58 | ↑ +1822% |
| Cigna | Commercial|PPO | $49.58 | ↑ +1822% |
| Care 1st | Medicaid|All Plans | $140.70 | ↑ +5353% |
| Blue Shield CA | Medicaid|All Plans | $140.70 | ↑ +5353% |
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Dhea-s (dehydroepiand sulfate) at other California hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| Petaluma Valley Hospital | Petaluma | $76.50 | $21.79 – $181.47 |
| Mark Twain Medical Center | San Andreas | $37.02 | $3.25 – $6.00 |
| Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield | Bakersfield | $10.76 | $3.00 – $63.88 |
| Queen of The Valley Medical Center | Napa | $76.50 | $22.23 – $229.33 |
| Providence St Joseph Hospital Eureka | Eureka | $76.50 | $22.23 – $260.06 |
| Redwood Memorial Hospital | Fortuna | $76.50 | $260.67 – $260.67 |
| Santa Rosa Memorial Hospital | Santa Rosa | $76.50 | $21.79 – $195.11 |
| Providence Mission Hospital - Mission Viejo | Mission Viejo | $72.00 | $5.52 – $44.46 |