Duplex scan bilateral study 93985 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

$886.23

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.

$2,061.00

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.

$170.00 with Healthcare Partners vs $6,343.00 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
Healthcare Partners Medicare|All Plans $170.00 ↓ -81%
Healthcare Partners Commercial|All Plans $192.00 ↓ -78%
Noble IPA Medicaid|< 21 $222.61 ↓ -75%
Noble IPA Medicaid|> 21 $222.61 ↓ -75%
HCLA Medicaid|Preferred IPA < 21 $247.34 ↓ -72%
Angeles IPA Medicare|All Plans $247.34 ↓ -72%
Partnership Health Plan Medicaid|< 21 $247.34 ↓ -72%
Partnership Health Plan Medicaid|> 21 $247.34 ↓ -72%
Inland Empire Health Plan Medicaid|All Plans $247.34 ↓ -72%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|All Plans $247.34 ↓ -72%
HCLA Medicaid|Preferred IPA > 21 $247.34 ↓ -72%
Preferred IPA Medicaid|Risk $247.34 ↓ -72%
SMIPA Medicare|All Plans $273.84 ↓ -69%
Scan Health Plan Medicare|All Plans $307.13 ↓ -65%
Humana Medicare|All Plans $307.13 ↓ -65%
Molina Medicare|All Plans $307.13 ↓ -65%
Health Net Medicare|All Other Plans $307.13 ↓ -65%
HCLA Medicare|Preferred IPA $307.13 ↓ -65%
Health Net Medicare|HMO $307.13 ↓ -65%
Cigna Medicare|All Plans $307.13 ↓ -65%
EasyChoice Medicare|All Plans $307.13 ↓ -65%
Kaiser Medicare|All Plans $307.13 ↓ -65%
Central Health Plan Medicare|All Plans $307.13 ↓ -65%
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|All Plans $307.13 ↓ -65%
LA Care Medicare|All Plans $307.13 ↓ -65%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|All Other Plans $307.13 ↓ -65%
United Medicare|All Plans $313.28 ↓ -65%
Health Net Medicaid|> 21 $329.70 ↓ -63%
Health Net Medicaid|< 21 $329.70 ↓ -63%
HPN Medicare|Senior $337.84 ↓ -62%
Molina Medicaid|All Plans $346.28 ↓ -61%
Kaiser Medicaid|< 21 $371.01 ↓ -58%
Kaiser Medicaid|> 21 $371.01 ↓ -58%
LA Care Commercial|All Plans $383.91 ↓ -57%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|Trauma $383.91 ↓ -57%
HCLA Commercial|Preferred IPA $383.91 ↓ -57%
SevenCorners Medicare|All Plans $491.41 ↓ -45%
DHR Medicaid|< 21 $515.25 ↓ -42%
DHR Medicaid|> 21 $515.25 ↓ -42%
Cigna Commercial|PPO $936.29 ↑ +6%
Cigna Commercial|All Other Plans $936.29 ↑ +6%
LA Care Medicaid|All Plans $1,019.04 ↑ +15%
United Commercial|Non-Options PPO $1,174.77 ↑ +33%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Exchange $1,186.49 ↑ +34%
Care 1st Medicaid|All Plans $1,236.70 ↑ +40%
Blue Shield CA Medicaid|All Plans $1,236.70 ↑ +40%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|BlueShield Promise $1,339.65 ↑ +51%
Kaiser Commercial|All Plans $1,442.70 ↑ +63%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $1,648.80 ↑ +86%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|All Other Plans $1,769.10 ↑ +100%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|MCS $2,061.00 ↑ +133%
Health Net Commercial|EPPO $2,417.00 ↑ +173%
Health Net Commercial|Care Product $2,936.00 ↑ +231%
Health Net Commercial|All Other Plans $3,375.00 ↑ +281%
United Commercial|HMO $6,206.00 ↑ +600%
United Commercial|Options PPO $6,343.00 ↑ +616%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $6,343.00 ↑ +616%

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Duplex scan bilateral study 93985 at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
St. John's Camarillo Hospital Camarillo $255.36 $157.41 – $1,113.94
French Hospital San Luis Obispo $251.67 $173.34 – $1,271.67
Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield Bakersfield $175.12 $236.00 – $1,206.45
Bakersfield Memorial Hospital Bakersfield $173.23 $236.00 – $1,206.45
St. Joseph's Medical Center Stockton Stockton $167.58 $59.85 – $285.00
Santa Rosa Memorial Hospital Santa Rosa $342.21 $332.01 – $1,467.07
Mercy Medical Center Mt. Shasta Mt Shasta $475.36 $146.64 – $611.00
Mercy Medical Center Merced Merced $315.18 $247.34 – $612.00

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