Fat/lipids feces qualitative 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

$6.02

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.

$14.00

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.

$3.50 with DHR vs $32.50 with Care 1st — 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 $3.50 ↓ -42%
DHR Medicaid|< 21 $3.50 ↓ -42%
SMIPA Medicare|All Plans $5.10 ↓ -15%
HCLA Medicare|Preferred IPA $5.10 ↓ -15%
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|All Plans $5.10 ↓ -15%
Humana Medicare|All Plans $5.10 ↓ -15%
Health Net Medicare|All Other Plans $5.10 ↓ -15%
EasyChoice Medicare|All Plans $5.10 ↓ -15%
Health Net Medicare|HMO $5.10 ↓ -15%
LA Care Medicare|All Plans $5.10 ↓ -15%
Cigna Medicare|All Plans $5.10 ↓ -15%
Kaiser Medicare|All Plans $5.10 ↓ -15%
HPN Medicare|Senior $5.10 ↓ -15%
Scan Health Plan Medicare|All Plans $5.10 ↓ -15%
Central Health Plan Medicare|All Plans $5.10 ↓ -15%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|All Other Plans $5.10 ↓ -15%
Molina Medicare|All Plans $5.10 ↓ -15%
United Medicare|All Plans $5.10 ↓ -15%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|Exchange $5.32 ↓ -12%
Noble IPA Medicaid|< 21 $5.85 ↓ -3%
Noble IPA Medicaid|> 21 $5.85 ↓ -3%
United Commercial|Non-Options PPO $6.12 ↑ +2%
United Commercial|Options PPO $6.12 ↑ +2%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $6.12 ↑ +2%
United Commercial|HMO $6.12 ↑ +2%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|Trauma $6.38 ↑ +6%
HCLA Commercial|Preferred IPA $6.38 ↑ +6%
LA Care Commercial|All Plans $6.38 ↑ +6%
HCLA Medicaid|Preferred IPA < 21 $6.50 ↑ +8%
Partnership Health Plan Medicaid|< 21 $6.50 ↑ +8%
Partnership Health Plan Medicaid|> 21 $6.50 ↑ +8%
Inland Empire Health Plan Medicaid|All Plans $6.50 ↑ +8%
Angeles IPA Medicare|All Plans $6.50 ↑ +8%
HCLA Medicaid|Preferred IPA > 21 $6.50 ↑ +8%
Preferred IPA Medicaid|Risk $6.50 ↑ +8%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|All Other Plans $6.86 ↑ +14%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|All Plans $7.04 ↑ +17%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Exchange $8.12 ↑ +35%
SevenCorners Medicare|All Plans $8.16 ↑ +36%
Health Net Medicaid|> 21 $8.66 ↑ +44%
Health Net Medicaid|< 21 $8.66 ↑ +44%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|BlueShield Promise $9.10 ↑ +51%
Molina Medicaid|All Plans $9.10 ↑ +51%
Kaiser Medicaid|< 21 $9.75 ↑ +62%
Kaiser Medicaid|> 21 $9.75 ↑ +62%
Kaiser Commercial|All Plans $9.80 ↑ +63%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $11.20 ↑ +86%
Cigna Commercial|PPO $11.39 ↑ +89%
Cigna Commercial|All Other Plans $11.39 ↑ +89%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|All Other Plans $12.18 ↑ +102%
Aetna Commercial|HMO $14.00 ↑ +133%
Aetna Commercial|All Other Plans $14.00 ↑ +133%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|MCS $14.00 ↑ +133%
Aetna Commercial|PPO $14.00 ↑ +133%
LA Care Medicaid|All Plans $18.66 ↑ +210%
Blue Shield CA Medicaid|All Plans $32.50 ↑ +440%
Care 1st Medicaid|All Plans $32.50 ↑ +440%

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Fat/lipids feces qualitative at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
St. John's Camarillo Hospital Camarillo $6.14 $3.78 – $13.55
Banner Lassen Medical Center Susanville $10.64 $1.02 – $16.49
Petaluma Valley Hospital Petaluma $16.17 $5.00 – $41.60
Arroyo Grande Hospital Santa Maria $6.00 $5.10 – $13.72
Mark Twain Medical Center San Andreas $9.33 $5.10 – $13.72
French Hospital San Luis Obispo $5.49 $3.78 – $15.47
Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield Bakersfield $5.20 $5.10 – $14.68
Bakersfield Memorial Hospital Bakersfield $5.14 $5.10 – $14.68

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