Glucose tolerance test (gtt) 3 specimens 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

$14.62

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$34.00

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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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$8.50 with DHR vs $80.85 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 $8.50 ↓ -42%
DHR Medicaid|< 21 $8.50 ↓ -42%
SMIPA Medicare|All Plans $12.87 ↓ -12%
HCLA Medicare|Preferred IPA $12.87 ↓ -12%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|All Other Plans $12.87 ↓ -12%
Humana Medicare|All Plans $12.87 ↓ -12%
United Medicare|All Plans $12.87 ↓ -12%
Health Net Medicare|All Other Plans $12.87 ↓ -12%
EasyChoice Medicare|All Plans $12.87 ↓ -12%
Health Net Medicare|HMO $12.87 ↓ -12%
LA Care Medicare|All Plans $12.87 ↓ -12%
Cigna Medicare|All Plans $12.87 ↓ -12%
Kaiser Medicare|All Plans $12.87 ↓ -12%
HPN Medicare|Senior $12.87 ↓ -12%
Scan Health Plan Medicare|All Plans $12.87 ↓ -12%
Central Health Plan Medicare|All Plans $12.87 ↓ -12%
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|All Plans $12.87 ↓ -12%
Molina Medicare|All Plans $12.87 ↓ -12%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|Exchange $12.92 ↓ -12%
Noble IPA Medicaid|> 21 $14.55 ↓ -0%
Noble IPA Medicaid|< 21 $14.55 ↓ -0%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|All Plans $15.38 ↑ +5%
United Commercial|Options PPO $15.44 ↑ +6%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $15.44 ↑ +6%
United Commercial|HMO $15.44 ↑ +6%
United Commercial|Non-Options PPO $15.44 ↑ +6%
LA Care Commercial|All Plans $16.09 ↑ +10%
HCLA Commercial|Preferred IPA $16.09 ↑ +10%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|Trauma $16.09 ↑ +10%
HCLA Medicaid|Preferred IPA < 21 $16.17 ↑ +11%
Partnership Health Plan Medicaid|< 21 $16.17 ↑ +11%
Partnership Health Plan Medicaid|> 21 $16.17 ↑ +11%
Inland Empire Health Plan Medicaid|All Plans $16.17 ↑ +11%
Angeles IPA Medicare|All Plans $16.17 ↑ +11%
HCLA Medicaid|Preferred IPA > 21 $16.17 ↑ +11%
Preferred IPA Medicaid|Risk $16.17 ↑ +11%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|All Other Plans $16.66 ↑ +14%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Exchange $19.72 ↑ +35%
SevenCorners Medicare|All Plans $20.59 ↑ +41%
Health Net Medicaid|> 21 $21.55 ↑ +47%
Health Net Medicaid|< 21 $21.55 ↑ +47%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|BlueShield Promise $22.10 ↑ +51%
Molina Medicaid|All Plans $22.64 ↑ +55%
Kaiser Commercial|All Plans $23.80 ↑ +63%
Kaiser Medicaid|< 21 $24.26 ↑ +66%
Kaiser Medicaid|> 21 $24.26 ↑ +66%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $27.20 ↑ +86%
Cigna Commercial|All Other Plans $28.72 ↑ +96%
Cigna Commercial|PPO $28.72 ↑ +96%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|All Other Plans $29.58 ↑ +102%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|MCS $34.00 ↑ +133%
Aetna Commercial|All Other Plans $34.00 ↑ +133%
Aetna Commercial|PPO $34.00 ↑ +133%
Aetna Commercial|HMO $34.00 ↑ +133%
LA Care Medicaid|All Plans $46.43 ↑ +218%
Blue Shield CA Medicaid|All Plans $80.85 ↑ +453%
Care 1st Medicaid|All Plans $80.85 ↑ +453%

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Glucose tolerance test (gtt) 3 specimens at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
St. John's Camarillo Hospital Camarillo $155.06 $12.87 – $40.16
Banner Lassen Medical Center Susanville $24.41 $2.57 – $37.83
Petaluma Valley Hospital Petaluma $256.02 $12.61 – $105.08
Arroyo Grande Hospital Santa Maria $50.51 $12.87 – $48.02
Mark Twain Medical Center San Andreas $42.63 $12.87 – $31.54
French Hospital San Luis Obispo $46.26 $12.87 – $48.02
Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield Bakersfield $155.08 $12.87 – $68.80
Bakersfield Memorial Hospital Bakersfield $153.41 $12.87 – $67.94

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