Hbb gene dup/del variants 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

$198.14

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.

$460.79

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.

$115.20 with DHR vs $809.60 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 $115.20 ↓ -42%
DHR Medicaid|< 21 $115.20 ↓ -42%
Noble IPA Medicaid|< 21 $145.73 ↓ -26%
Noble IPA Medicaid|> 21 $145.73 ↓ -26%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|All Plans $161.92 ↓ -18%
Inland Empire Health Plan Medicaid|All Plans $161.92 ↓ -18%
Preferred IPA Medicaid|Risk $161.92 ↓ -18%
Angeles IPA Medicare|All Plans $161.92 ↓ -18%
HCLA Medicaid|Preferred IPA < 21 $161.92 ↓ -18%
Partnership Health Plan Medicaid|> 21 $161.92 ↓ -18%
Partnership Health Plan Medicaid|< 21 $161.92 ↓ -18%
HCLA Medicaid|Preferred IPA > 21 $161.92 ↓ -18%
Kaiser Medicare|All Plans $202.40 ↑ +2%
Humana Medicare|All Plans $202.40 ↑ +2%
Molina Medicare|All Plans $202.40 ↑ +2%
United Medicare|All Plans $202.40 ↑ +2%
Health Net Medicare|All Other Plans $202.40 ↑ +2%
Health Net Medicare|HMO $202.40 ↑ +2%
Cigna Medicare|All Plans $202.40 ↑ +2%
Central Health Plan Medicare|All Plans $202.40 ↑ +2%
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|All Plans $202.40 ↑ +2%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|All Other Plans $202.40 ↑ +2%
Scan Health Plan Medicare|All Plans $202.40 ↑ +2%
HPN Medicare|Senior $202.40 ↑ +2%
LA Care Medicare|All Plans $202.40 ↑ +2%
EasyChoice Medicare|All Plans $202.40 ↑ +2%
HCLA Medicare|Preferred IPA $202.40 ↑ +2%
SMIPA Medicare|All Plans $202.40 ↑ +2%
Health Net Medicaid|> 21 $215.84 ↑ +9%
Health Net Medicaid|< 21 $215.84 ↑ +9%
Molina Medicaid|All Plans $226.69 ↑ +14%
United Commercial|Non-Options PPO $242.88 ↑ +23%
United Commercial|Options PPO $242.88 ↑ +23%
United Commercial|HMO $242.88 ↑ +23%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $242.88 ↑ +23%
Kaiser Medicaid|< 21 $242.88 ↑ +23%
Kaiser Medicaid|> 21 $242.88 ↑ +23%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|Trauma $253.00 ↑ +28%
LA Care Commercial|All Plans $253.00 ↑ +28%
HCLA Commercial|Preferred IPA $253.00 ↑ +28%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Exchange $267.26 ↑ +35%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|BlueShield Promise $299.52 ↑ +51%
Kaiser Commercial|All Plans $322.56 ↑ +63%
SevenCorners Medicare|All Plans $323.84 ↑ +63%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $368.64 ↑ +86%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|All Other Plans $400.89 ↑ +102%
Cigna Commercial|PPO $451.38 ↑ +128%
Cigna Commercial|All Other Plans $451.38 ↑ +128%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|MCS $460.79 ↑ +133%
Aetna Commercial|PPO $460.79 ↑ +133%
Aetna Commercial|All Other Plans $460.79 ↑ +133%
Aetna Commercial|HMO $460.79 ↑ +133%
LA Care Medicaid|All Plans $667.11 ↑ +237%
Care 1st Medicaid|All Plans $809.60 ↑ +309%
Blue Shield CA Medicaid|All Plans $809.60 ↑ +309%

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Hbb gene dup/del variants at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Arroyo Grande Hospital Santa Maria $197.22 $161.92 – $521.50
Mark Twain Medical Center San Andreas $306.89 $161.92 – $451.58
French Hospital San Luis Obispo $180.63 $124.42 – $613.07
Mercy Medical Center Mt. Shasta Mt Shasta $358.50 $161.92 – $451.58
Dominican Hospital Santa Cruz $207.36 $161.92 – $1,812.37
Northridge Hospital Medical Center Northridge $128.57 $115.20 – $460.79
Sierra Nevada Memorial Hospital Grass Valley $251.14 $161.92 – $451.58
Community Hospital San Bernardino San Bernardino $180.17 $161.92 – $809.60

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