Fetal non stress test 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

$370.66

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$862.00

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.

$29.43 with Noble IPA vs $3,375.00 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.

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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
Noble IPA Medicaid|< 21 $29.43 ↓ -92%
Noble IPA Medicaid|> 21 $29.43 ↓ -92%
Preferred IPA Medicaid|Risk $32.70 ↓ -91%
Partnership Health Plan Medicaid|> 21 $32.70 ↓ -91%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|All Plans $32.70 ↓ -91%
Angeles IPA Medicare|All Plans $32.70 ↓ -91%
Partnership Health Plan Medicaid|< 21 $32.70 ↓ -91%
Inland Empire Health Plan Medicaid|All Plans $32.70 ↓ -91%
HCLA Medicaid|Preferred IPA > 21 $32.70 ↓ -91%
HCLA Medicaid|Preferred IPA < 21 $32.70 ↓ -91%
Health Net Medicaid|< 21 $43.59 ↓ -88%
Health Net Medicaid|> 21 $43.59 ↓ -88%
Molina Medicaid|All Plans $45.78 ↓ -88%
Kaiser Medicaid|< 21 $49.05 ↓ -87%
Kaiser Medicaid|> 21 $49.05 ↓ -87%
LA Care Medicaid|All Plans $134.72 ↓ -64%
Care 1st Medicaid|All Plans $163.50 ↓ -56%
Blue Shield CA Medicaid|All Plans $163.50 ↓ -56%
SMIPA Medicare|All Plans $195.12 ↓ -47%
DHR Medicaid|< 21 $215.50 ↓ -42%
DHR Medicaid|> 21 $215.50 ↓ -42%
LA Care Medicare|All Plans $255.61 ↓ -31%
Health Net Medicare|All Other Plans $255.61 ↓ -31%
Kaiser Medicare|All Plans $255.61 ↓ -31%
Cigna Medicare|All Plans $255.61 ↓ -31%
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|All Plans $255.61 ↓ -31%
HCLA Medicare|Preferred IPA $255.61 ↓ -31%
Scan Health Plan Medicare|All Plans $255.61 ↓ -31%
EasyChoice Medicare|All Plans $255.61 ↓ -31%
Humana Medicare|All Plans $255.61 ↓ -31%
Health Net Medicare|HMO $255.61 ↓ -31%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|All Other Plans $255.61 ↓ -31%
Molina Medicare|All Plans $255.61 ↓ -31%
Central Health Plan Medicare|All Plans $255.61 ↓ -31%
United Medicare|All Plans $260.73 ↓ -30%
HPN Medicare|Senior $281.17 ↓ -24%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Exchange $312.20 ↓ -16%
LA Care Commercial|All Plans $319.51 ↓ -14%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|Trauma $319.51 ↓ -14%
HCLA Commercial|Preferred IPA $319.51 ↓ -14%
HPN Commercial|All Plans $356.00 ↓ -4%
SevenCorners Medicare|All Plans $408.98 ↑ +10%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|All Other Plans $465.50 ↑ +26%
United Commercial|Non-Options PPO $491.34 ↑ +33%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $534.44 ↑ +44%
United Commercial|Options PPO $534.44 ↑ +44%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|BlueShield Promise $560.30 ↑ +51%
Kaiser Commercial|All Plans $603.40 ↑ +63%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $689.60 ↑ +86%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|MCS $721.70 ↑ +95%
United Commercial|HMO $827.52 ↑ +123%
Health Net Commercial|EPPO $2,417.00 ↑ +552%
Health Net Commercial|Care Product $2,936.00 ↑ +692%
Health Net Commercial|All Other Plans $3,375.00 ↑ +811%

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Fetal non stress test at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
St. John's Camarillo Hospital Camarillo $319.74 $49.47 – $447.10
Banner Lassen Medical Center Susanville $738.67 $40.23 – $691.61
Petaluma Valley Hospital Petaluma $1,806.93 $272.45 – $1,687.00
Arroyo Grande Hospital Santa Maria $338.12 $32.70 – $774.20
French Hospital San Luis Obispo $290.87 $32.70 – $727.16
Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield Bakersfield $251.54 $32.70 – $555.96
Bakersfield Memorial Hospital Bakersfield $248.83 $32.70 – $555.96
Queen of The Valley Medical Center Napa $2,086.41 $287.05 – $2,747.00

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