Enzyme histochemistry at St. Mary Medical Center
1050 Linden Ave, Long Beach, CA · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1194840421
$214.57
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.
$499.00
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.
$17.99 with DHR vs $1,037.95 with Health Net — 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 |
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| DHR | Medicaid|> 21 | $17.99 | ↓ -92% |
| DHR | Medicaid|< 21 | $17.99 | ↓ -92% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|Exchange | $41.73 | ↓ -81% |
| Blue Shield CA | Medicare|BlueShield Promise | $46.77 | ↓ -78% |
| Kaiser | Commercial|All Plans | $50.36 | ↓ -77% |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | $57.56 | ↓ -73% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|All Other Plans | $62.59 | ↓ -71% |
| Noble IPA | Medicaid|< 21 | $64.75 | ↓ -70% |
| Noble IPA | Medicaid|> 21 | $64.75 | ↓ -70% |
| United | Commercial|Options PPO | $71.94 | ↓ -66% |
| United | Commercial|Non-Options PPO | $71.94 | ↓ -66% |
| Health Net | Medicare|All Other Plans | $71.94 | ↓ -66% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|< 21 | $71.94 | ↓ -66% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|> 21 | $71.94 | ↓ -66% |
| Cigna | Medicare|All Plans | $71.94 | ↓ -66% |
| Kaiser | Medicare|All Plans | $71.94 | ↓ -66% |
| Central Health Plan | Medicare|All Plans | $71.94 | ↓ -66% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicaid|All Plans | $71.94 | ↓ -66% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicare|All Plans | $71.94 | ↓ -66% |
| HCLA | Medicaid|Preferred IPA > 21 | $71.94 | ↓ -66% |
| Humana | Medicare|All Plans | $71.94 | ↓ -66% |
| Aetna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $71.94 | ↓ -66% |
| Aetna | Commercial|PPO | $71.94 | ↓ -66% |
| Aetna | Commercial|HMO | $71.94 | ↓ -66% |
| Molina | Medicaid|All Plans | $71.94 | ↓ -66% |
| Molina | Medicare|All Plans | $71.94 | ↓ -66% |
| United | Commercial|All Other Plans | $71.94 | ↓ -66% |
| United | Commercial|HMO | $71.94 | ↓ -66% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|MCS | $71.94 | ↓ -66% |
| Partnership Health Plan | Medicaid|< 21 | $71.94 | ↓ -66% |
| Partnership Health Plan | Medicaid|> 21 | $71.94 | ↓ -66% |
| Scan Health Plan | Medicare|All Plans | $71.94 | ↓ -66% |
| LA Care | Medicare|All Plans | $71.94 | ↓ -66% |
| Inland Empire Health Plan | Medicaid|All Plans | $71.94 | ↓ -66% |
| Angeles IPA | Medicare|All Plans | $71.94 | ↓ -66% |
| HCLA | Medicaid|Preferred IPA < 21 | $71.94 | ↓ -66% |
| HCLA | Medicare|Preferred IPA | $71.94 | ↓ -66% |
| Preferred IPA | Medicaid|Risk | $71.94 | ↓ -66% |
| SMIPA | Medicare|All Plans | $71.94 | ↓ -66% |
| United | Medicare|All Plans | $73.38 | ↓ -66% |
| HPN | Medicare|Senior | $79.14 | ↓ -63% |
| LA Care | Commercial|All Plans | $89.93 | ↓ -58% |
| Blue Shield CA | Medicare|Trauma | $89.93 | ↓ -58% |
| HCLA | Commercial|Preferred IPA | $89.93 | ↓ -58% |
| Kaiser | Medicaid|< 21 | $107.91 | ↓ -50% |
| Kaiser | Medicaid|> 21 | $107.91 | ↓ -50% |
| SevenCorners | Medicare|All Plans | $115.11 | ↓ -46% |
| Cigna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $257.02 | ↑ +20% |
| Cigna | Commercial|PPO | $257.02 | ↑ +20% |
| LA Care | Medicaid|All Plans | $283.37 | ↑ +32% |
| Blue Shield CA | Medicaid|All Plans | $493.30 | ↑ +130% |
| Care 1st | Medicaid|All Plans | $493.30 | ↑ +130% |
| EasyChoice | Medicare|All Plans | $1,037.95 | ↑ +384% |
| Blue Shield CA | Medicare|All Other Plans | $1,037.95 | ↑ +384% |
| Health Net | Medicare|HMO | $1,037.95 | ↑ +384% |
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Enzyme histochemistry at other California hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Petaluma Valley Hospital | Petaluma | $1,351.50 | $58.53 – $1,256.40 |
| Arroyo Grande Hospital | Santa Maria | $34.99 | $29.79 – $296.94 |
| French Hospital | San Luis Obispo | $32.05 | $16.09 – $349.08 |
| Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield | Bakersfield | $229.97 | $59.43 – $331.18 |
| Bakersfield Memorial Hospital | Bakersfield | $227.49 | $59.43 – $331.18 |
| Queen of The Valley Medical Center | Napa | $1,770.21 | $73.97 – $1,256.40 |
| Providence St Joseph Hospital Eureka | Eureka | $993.99 | $83.88 – $1,256.40 |
| St. Joseph's Behavioral Health Center | Stockton | $67.87 | $11.89 – $95.09 |