Fetal fibronectin 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

$170.28

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.

$396.00

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.

$47.50 with DHR vs $280.95 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 $47.50 ↓ -72%
DHR Medicaid|< 21 $47.50 ↓ -72%
Noble IPA Medicaid|> 21 $50.57 ↓ -70%
Noble IPA Medicaid|< 21 $50.57 ↓ -70%
Partnership Health Plan Medicaid|< 21 $56.19 ↓ -67%
Preferred IPA Medicaid|Risk $56.19 ↓ -67%
HCLA Medicaid|Preferred IPA > 21 $56.19 ↓ -67%
HCLA Medicaid|Preferred IPA < 21 $56.19 ↓ -67%
Angeles IPA Medicare|All Plans $56.19 ↓ -67%
Inland Empire Health Plan Medicaid|All Plans $56.19 ↓ -67%
Partnership Health Plan Medicaid|> 21 $56.19 ↓ -67%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|All Plans $56.19 ↓ -67%
EasyChoice Medicare|All Plans $64.41 ↓ -62%
Health Net Medicare|All Other Plans $64.41 ↓ -62%
SMIPA Medicare|All Plans $64.41 ↓ -62%
Humana Medicare|All Plans $64.41 ↓ -62%
Health Net Medicare|HMO $64.41 ↓ -62%
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|All Plans $64.41 ↓ -62%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|All Other Plans $64.41 ↓ -62%
Cigna Medicare|All Plans $64.41 ↓ -62%
LA Care Medicare|All Plans $64.41 ↓ -62%
Kaiser Medicare|All Plans $64.41 ↓ -62%
HPN Medicare|Senior $64.41 ↓ -62%
HCLA Medicare|Preferred IPA $64.41 ↓ -62%
Molina Medicare|All Plans $64.41 ↓ -62%
Scan Health Plan Medicare|All Plans $64.41 ↓ -62%
United Medicare|All Plans $64.41 ↓ -62%
Central Health Plan Medicare|All Plans $64.41 ↓ -62%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|Exchange $72.20 ↓ -58%
Health Net Medicaid|< 21 $74.90 ↓ -56%
Health Net Medicaid|> 21 $74.90 ↓ -56%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $77.29 ↓ -55%
United Commercial|Non-Options PPO $77.29 ↓ -55%
United Commercial|HMO $77.29 ↓ -55%
United Commercial|Options PPO $77.29 ↓ -55%
Molina Medicaid|All Plans $78.67 ↓ -54%
HCLA Commercial|Preferred IPA $80.51 ↓ -53%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|Trauma $80.51 ↓ -53%
LA Care Commercial|All Plans $80.51 ↓ -53%
Kaiser Medicaid|> 21 $84.28 ↓ -51%
Kaiser Medicaid|< 21 $84.28 ↓ -51%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|All Other Plans $93.10 ↓ -45%
SevenCorners Medicare|All Plans $103.06 ↓ -39%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Exchange $110.20 ↓ -35%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|BlueShield Promise $123.50 ↓ -27%
Kaiser Commercial|All Plans $133.00 ↓ -22%
Cigna Commercial|All Other Plans $143.66 ↓ -16%
Cigna Commercial|PPO $143.66 ↓ -16%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $152.00 ↓ -11%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|All Other Plans $165.30 ↓ -3%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|MCS $190.00 ↑ +12%
Aetna Commercial|HMO $190.00 ↑ +12%
Aetna Commercial|PPO $190.00 ↑ +12%
Aetna Commercial|All Other Plans $190.00 ↑ +12%
LA Care Medicaid|All Plans $231.50 ↑ +36%
Care 1st Medicaid|All Plans $280.95 ↑ +65%
Blue Shield CA Medicaid|All Plans $280.95 ↑ +65%

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Fetal fibronectin at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
St. John's Camarillo Hospital Camarillo $431.87 $64.41 – $200.96
Banner Lassen Medical Center Susanville $121.44 $12.88 – $188.18
Petaluma Valley Hospital Petaluma $820.59 $63.12 – $1,099.14
Arroyo Grande Hospital Santa Maria $1,006.23 $51.52 – $230.30
Mark Twain Medical Center San Andreas $620.72 $56.19 – $913.36
French Hospital San Luis Obispo $921.60 $51.52 – $230.30
Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield Bakersfield $448.54 $56.19 – $589.60
Bakersfield Memorial Hospital Bakersfield $443.71 $56.19 – $582.23

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