Infectious agent nucleic acid amplified probe clostridium difficile toxin gene(s) 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

$94.17

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.

$219.00

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.

$23.50 with DHR vs $143.20 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 $23.50 ↓ -75%
DHR Medicaid|< 21 $23.50 ↓ -75%
Noble IPA Medicaid|> 21 $25.78 ↓ -73%
Noble IPA Medicaid|< 21 $25.78 ↓ -73%
Partnership Health Plan Medicaid|< 21 $28.64 ↓ -70%
Preferred IPA Medicaid|Risk $28.64 ↓ -70%
HCLA Medicaid|Preferred IPA > 21 $28.64 ↓ -70%
HCLA Medicaid|Preferred IPA < 21 $28.64 ↓ -70%
Angeles IPA Medicare|All Plans $28.64 ↓ -70%
Inland Empire Health Plan Medicaid|All Plans $28.64 ↓ -70%
Partnership Health Plan Medicaid|> 21 $28.64 ↓ -70%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|All Plans $28.64 ↓ -70%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|Exchange $35.72 ↓ -62%
Health Net Medicare|All Other Plans $37.27 ↓ -60%
SMIPA Medicare|All Plans $37.27 ↓ -60%
Humana Medicare|All Plans $37.27 ↓ -60%
Health Net Medicare|HMO $37.27 ↓ -60%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|All Other Plans $37.27 ↓ -60%
Cigna Medicare|All Plans $37.27 ↓ -60%
LA Care Medicare|All Plans $37.27 ↓ -60%
Kaiser Medicare|All Plans $37.27 ↓ -60%
HPN Medicare|Senior $37.27 ↓ -60%
HCLA Medicare|Preferred IPA $37.27 ↓ -60%
Molina Medicare|All Plans $37.27 ↓ -60%
Scan Health Plan Medicare|All Plans $37.27 ↓ -60%
United Medicare|All Plans $37.27 ↓ -60%
Central Health Plan Medicare|All Plans $37.27 ↓ -60%
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|All Plans $37.27 ↓ -60%
EasyChoice Medicare|All Plans $37.27 ↓ -60%
Health Net Medicaid|< 21 $38.18 ↓ -59%
Health Net Medicaid|> 21 $38.18 ↓ -59%
Molina Medicaid|All Plans $40.10 ↓ -57%
Kaiser Medicaid|< 21 $42.96 ↓ -54%
Kaiser Medicaid|> 21 $42.96 ↓ -54%
United Commercial|Options PPO $44.72 ↓ -53%
United Commercial|HMO $44.72 ↓ -53%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $44.72 ↓ -53%
United Commercial|Non-Options PPO $44.72 ↓ -53%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|All Other Plans $46.06 ↓ -51%
LA Care Commercial|All Plans $46.59 ↓ -51%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|Trauma $46.59 ↓ -51%
HCLA Commercial|Preferred IPA $46.59 ↓ -51%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Exchange $54.52 ↓ -42%
SevenCorners Medicare|All Plans $59.63 ↓ -37%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|BlueShield Promise $61.10 ↓ -35%
Kaiser Commercial|All Plans $65.80 ↓ -30%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $75.20 ↓ -20%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|All Other Plans $81.78 ↓ -13%
Cigna Commercial|All Other Plans $83.13 ↓ -12%
Cigna Commercial|PPO $83.13 ↓ -12%
Aetna Commercial|PPO $94.00 ↓ -0%
Aetna Commercial|HMO $94.00 ↓ -0%
Aetna Commercial|All Other Plans $94.00 ↓ -0%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|MCS $94.00 ↓ -0%
LA Care Medicaid|All Plans $118.00 ↑ +25%
Blue Shield CA Medicaid|All Plans $143.20 ↑ +52%
Care 1st Medicaid|All Plans $143.20 ↑ +52%

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Infectious agent nucleic acid amplified probe clostridium difficile toxin gene(s) at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
St. John's Camarillo Hospital Camarillo $165.57 $37.27 – $294.84
Banner Lassen Medical Center Susanville $62.50 $7.45 – $50.44
Petaluma Valley Hospital Petaluma $932.79 $36.52 – $336.45
Arroyo Grande Hospital Santa Maria $205.87 $28.64 – $96.05
Mark Twain Medical Center San Andreas $271.73 $28.64 – $91.32
French Hospital San Luis Obispo $188.56 $25.38 – $112.91
Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield Bakersfield $49.72 $28.64 – $107.12
Bakersfield Memorial Hospital Bakersfield $49.18 $28.64 – $107.12

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