Drug test(s) presumptive any class instrument chemistry analyzers 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

$111.37

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.

$259.00

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.

$3.24 with DHR vs $217.50 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 $3.24 ↓ -97%
DHR Medicaid|> 21 $3.24 ↓ -97%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|Exchange $4.92 ↓ -96%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|All Other Plans $6.35 ↓ -94%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Exchange $7.51 ↓ -93%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|BlueShield Promise $8.42 ↓ -92%
Kaiser Commercial|All Plans $9.06 ↓ -92%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $10.36 ↓ -91%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|All Other Plans $11.26 ↓ -90%
Noble IPA Medicaid|< 21 $11.65 ↓ -90%
Noble IPA Medicaid|> 21 $11.65 ↓ -90%
United Commercial|Non-Options PPO $12.94 ↓ -88%
Health Net Medicare|All Other Plans $12.94 ↓ -88%
Health Net Medicaid|< 21 $12.94 ↓ -88%
Health Net Medicaid|> 21 $12.94 ↓ -88%
Health Net Medicare|HMO $12.94 ↓ -88%
Cigna Medicare|All Plans $12.94 ↓ -88%
Kaiser Medicare|All Plans $12.94 ↓ -88%
Central Health Plan Medicare|All Plans $12.94 ↓ -88%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|All Plans $12.94 ↓ -88%
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|All Plans $12.94 ↓ -88%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|MCS $12.94 ↓ -88%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|All Other Plans $12.94 ↓ -88%
LA Care Medicare|All Plans $12.94 ↓ -88%
Humana Medicare|All Plans $12.94 ↓ -88%
Aetna Commercial|All Other Plans $12.94 ↓ -88%
Aetna Commercial|PPO $12.94 ↓ -88%
Aetna Commercial|HMO $12.94 ↓ -88%
Molina Medicaid|All Plans $12.94 ↓ -88%
Molina Medicare|All Plans $12.94 ↓ -88%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $12.94 ↓ -88%
United Medicare|All Plans $12.94 ↓ -88%
United Commercial|HMO $12.94 ↓ -88%
United Commercial|Options PPO $12.94 ↓ -88%
Partnership Health Plan Medicaid|> 21 $12.94 ↓ -88%
Scan Health Plan Medicare|All Plans $12.94 ↓ -88%
HPN Medicare|Senior $12.94 ↓ -88%
Inland Empire Health Plan Medicaid|All Plans $12.94 ↓ -88%
Angeles IPA Medicare|All Plans $12.94 ↓ -88%
EasyChoice Medicare|All Plans $12.94 ↓ -88%
HCLA Medicaid|Preferred IPA < 21 $12.94 ↓ -88%
HCLA Medicaid|Preferred IPA > 21 $12.94 ↓ -88%
HCLA Medicare|Preferred IPA $12.94 ↓ -88%
Preferred IPA Medicaid|Risk $12.94 ↓ -88%
SMIPA Medicare|All Plans $12.94 ↓ -88%
Partnership Health Plan Medicaid|< 21 $12.94 ↓ -88%
LA Care Commercial|All Plans $16.18 ↓ -85%
HCLA Commercial|Preferred IPA $16.18 ↓ -85%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|Trauma $16.18 ↓ -85%
Kaiser Medicaid|> 21 $19.41 ↓ -83%
Kaiser Medicaid|< 21 $19.41 ↓ -83%
SevenCorners Medicare|All Plans $20.71 ↓ -81%
LA Care Medicaid|All Plans $53.32 ↓ -52%
Cigna Commercial|All Other Plans $138.58 ↑ +24%
Cigna Commercial|PPO $138.58 ↑ +24%
Care 1st Medicaid|All Plans $217.50 ↑ +95%
Blue Shield CA Medicaid|All Plans $217.50 ↑ +95%

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Drug test(s) presumptive any class instrument chemistry analyzers at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
St. John's Camarillo Hospital Camarillo $343.40 $4.86 – $164.87
Banner Lassen Medical Center Susanville $191.56 $12.30 – $71.78
Petaluma Valley Hospital Petaluma $623.22 $60.90 – $481.59
Arroyo Grande Hospital Santa Maria $272.21 $6.47 – $160.11
Mark Twain Medical Center San Andreas $356.31 $7.01 – $12.94
French Hospital San Luis Obispo $249.32 $3.50 – $188.22
Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield Bakersfield $280.11 $6.47 – $178.56
Bakersfield Memorial Hospital Bakersfield $277.09 $6.47 – $178.56

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