Immunofluorescence per specimen initial single antibody stain at St. Mary Medical Center
1050 Linden Ave, Long Beach, CA · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1194840421
$238.22
Cash price 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.
$554.00
Gross charge 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 $402.00 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.
Full explanation →
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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.
Full explanation →Payer ?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. Full explanation → |
Plan ?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. Full explanation → |
Negotiated rate | vs. cash |
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| DHR | Medicaid|> 21 | $3.50 | ↓ -99% |
| DHR | Medicaid|< 21 | $3.50 | ↓ -99% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|Exchange | $8.12 | ↓ -97% |
| Blue Shield CA | Medicare|BlueShield Promise | $9.10 | ↓ -96% |
| Kaiser | Commercial|All Plans | $9.80 | ↓ -96% |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | $11.20 | ↓ -95% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|All Other Plans | $12.18 | ↓ -95% |
| Noble IPA | Medicaid|< 21 | $12.60 | ↓ -95% |
| Noble IPA | Medicaid|> 21 | $12.60 | ↓ -95% |
| United | Commercial|Options PPO | $14.00 | ↓ -94% |
| United | Commercial|Non-Options PPO | $14.00 | ↓ -94% |
| Health Net | Medicare|All Other Plans | $14.00 | ↓ -94% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|< 21 | $14.00 | ↓ -94% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|> 21 | $14.00 | ↓ -94% |
| Cigna | Medicare|All Plans | $14.00 | ↓ -94% |
| Kaiser | Medicare|All Plans | $14.00 | ↓ -94% |
| Central Health Plan | Medicare|All Plans | $14.00 | ↓ -94% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicaid|All Plans | $14.00 | ↓ -94% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicare|All Plans | $14.00 | ↓ -94% |
| HCLA | Medicaid|Preferred IPA > 21 | $14.00 | ↓ -94% |
| Humana | Medicare|All Plans | $14.00 | ↓ -94% |
| Aetna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $14.00 | ↓ -94% |
| Aetna | Commercial|PPO | $14.00 | ↓ -94% |
| Aetna | Commercial|HMO | $14.00 | ↓ -94% |
| Molina | Medicaid|All Plans | $14.00 | ↓ -94% |
| Molina | Medicare|All Plans | $14.00 | ↓ -94% |
| United | Commercial|All Other Plans | $14.00 | ↓ -94% |
| United | Commercial|HMO | $14.00 | ↓ -94% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|MCS | $14.00 | ↓ -94% |
| Partnership Health Plan | Medicaid|< 21 | $14.00 | ↓ -94% |
| Partnership Health Plan | Medicaid|> 21 | $14.00 | ↓ -94% |
| Scan Health Plan | Medicare|All Plans | $14.00 | ↓ -94% |
| LA Care | Medicare|All Plans | $14.00 | ↓ -94% |
| Inland Empire Health Plan | Medicaid|All Plans | $14.00 | ↓ -94% |
| Angeles IPA | Medicare|All Plans | $14.00 | ↓ -94% |
| HCLA | Medicaid|Preferred IPA < 21 | $14.00 | ↓ -94% |
| HCLA | Medicare|Preferred IPA | $14.00 | ↓ -94% |
| Preferred IPA | Medicaid|Risk | $14.00 | ↓ -94% |
| SMIPA | Medicare|All Plans | $14.00 | ↓ -94% |
| United | Medicare|All Plans | $14.28 | ↓ -94% |
| HPN | Medicare|Senior | $15.40 | ↓ -94% |
| Blue Shield CA | Medicare|Trauma | $17.50 | ↓ -93% |
| LA Care | Commercial|All Plans | $17.50 | ↓ -93% |
| HCLA | Commercial|Preferred IPA | $17.50 | ↓ -93% |
| Kaiser | Medicaid|> 21 | $21.00 | ↓ -91% |
| Kaiser | Medicaid|< 21 | $21.00 | ↓ -91% |
| SevenCorners | Medicare|All Plans | $22.40 | ↓ -91% |
| LA Care | Medicaid|All Plans | $57.68 | ↓ -76% |
| Health Net | Medicare|HMO | $217.73 | ↓ -9% |
| EasyChoice | Medicare|All Plans | $217.73 | ↓ -9% |
| Blue Shield CA | Medicare|All Other Plans | $217.73 | ↓ -9% |
| Cigna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $267.03 | ↑ +12% |
| Cigna | Commercial|PPO | $267.03 | ↑ +12% |
| Care 1st | Medicaid|All Plans | $402.00 | ↑ +69% |
| Blue Shield CA | Medicaid|All Plans | $402.00 | ↑ +69% |
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Immunofluorescence per specimen initial single antibody stain at other California hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| St. John's Camarillo Hospital | Camarillo | $53.88 | $3.73 – $317.70 |
| Banner Lassen Medical Center | Susanville | $15.61 | $15.17 – $92.48 |
| Petaluma Valley Hospital | Petaluma | $600.27 | $61.61 – $566.82 |
| Arroyo Grande Hospital | Santa Maria | $120.19 | $15.83 – $308.52 |
| Mark Twain Medical Center | San Andreas | $71.27 | $27.09 – $102.59 |
| French Hospital | San Luis Obispo | $110.08 | $8.55 – $362.69 |
| Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield | Bakersfield | $92.01 | $47.26 – $344.09 |
| Bakersfield Memorial Hospital | Bakersfield | $91.02 | $47.26 – $344.09 |