Infectious agent nucleic acid amplified probe methicillin resistant staphylococcus aureus at St. Mary Medical Center
1050 Linden Ave, Long Beach, CA · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1194840421
$47.30
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.
$110.00
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.
$27.50 with DHR vs $154.40 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.
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 | $27.50 | ↓ -42% |
| DHR | Medicaid|< 21 | $27.50 | ↓ -42% |
| Noble IPA | Medicaid|> 21 | $27.79 | ↓ -41% |
| Noble IPA | Medicaid|< 21 | $27.79 | ↓ -41% |
| Partnership Health Plan | Medicaid|< 21 | $30.88 | ↓ -35% |
| Preferred IPA | Medicaid|Risk | $30.88 | ↓ -35% |
| HCLA | Medicaid|Preferred IPA > 21 | $30.88 | ↓ -35% |
| HCLA | Medicaid|Preferred IPA < 21 | $30.88 | ↓ -35% |
| Angeles IPA | Medicare|All Plans | $30.88 | ↓ -35% |
| Inland Empire Health Plan | Medicaid|All Plans | $30.88 | ↓ -35% |
| Partnership Health Plan | Medicaid|> 21 | $30.88 | ↓ -35% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicaid|All Plans | $30.88 | ↓ -35% |
| Central Health Plan | Medicare|All Plans | $35.09 | ↓ -26% |
| Health Net | Medicare|All Other Plans | $35.09 | ↓ -26% |
| SMIPA | Medicare|All Plans | $35.09 | ↓ -26% |
| Humana | Medicare|All Plans | $35.09 | ↓ -26% |
| Health Net | Medicare|HMO | $35.09 | ↓ -26% |
| Blue Shield CA | Medicare|All Other Plans | $35.09 | ↓ -26% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicare|All Plans | $35.09 | ↓ -26% |
| Cigna | Medicare|All Plans | $35.09 | ↓ -26% |
| LA Care | Medicare|All Plans | $35.09 | ↓ -26% |
| Kaiser | Medicare|All Plans | $35.09 | ↓ -26% |
| HCLA | Medicare|Preferred IPA | $35.09 | ↓ -26% |
| Molina | Medicare|All Plans | $35.09 | ↓ -26% |
| HPN | Medicare|Senior | $35.09 | ↓ -26% |
| United | Medicare|All Plans | $35.09 | ↓ -26% |
| Scan Health Plan | Medicare|All Plans | $35.09 | ↓ -26% |
| EasyChoice | Medicare|All Plans | $35.09 | ↓ -26% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|< 21 | $41.16 | ↓ -13% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|> 21 | $41.16 | ↓ -13% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|Exchange | $41.80 | ↓ -12% |
| United | Commercial|Options PPO | $42.11 | ↓ -11% |
| United | Commercial|All Other Plans | $42.11 | ↓ -11% |
| United | Commercial|HMO | $42.11 | ↓ -11% |
| United | Commercial|Non-Options PPO | $42.11 | ↓ -11% |
| Molina | Medicaid|All Plans | $43.23 | ↓ -9% |
| LA Care | Commercial|All Plans | $43.86 | ↓ -7% |
| HCLA | Commercial|Preferred IPA | $43.86 | ↓ -7% |
| Blue Shield CA | Medicare|Trauma | $43.86 | ↓ -7% |
| Kaiser | Medicaid|> 21 | $46.32 | ↓ -2% |
| Kaiser | Medicaid|< 21 | $46.32 | ↓ -2% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|All Other Plans | $53.90 | ↑ +14% |
| SevenCorners | Medicare|All Plans | $56.14 | ↑ +19% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|Exchange | $63.80 | ↑ +35% |
| Blue Shield CA | Medicare|BlueShield Promise | $71.50 | ↑ +51% |
| Kaiser | Commercial|All Plans | $77.00 | ↑ +63% |
| Cigna | Commercial|PPO | $78.26 | ↑ +65% |
| Cigna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $78.26 | ↑ +65% |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | $88.00 | ↑ +86% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|All Other Plans | $95.70 | ↑ +102% |
| Aetna | Commercial|HMO | $110.00 | ↑ +133% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|MCS | $110.00 | ↑ +133% |
| Aetna | Commercial|PPO | $110.00 | ↑ +133% |
| Aetna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $110.00 | ↑ +133% |
| LA Care | Medicaid|All Plans | $127.23 | ↑ +169% |
| Blue Shield CA | Medicaid|All Plans | $154.40 | ↑ +226% |
| Care 1st | Medicaid|All Plans | $154.40 | ↑ +226% |
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Infectious agent nucleic acid amplified probe methicillin resistant staphylococcus aureus at other California hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| Banner Lassen Medical Center | Susanville | $25.11 | $7.02 – $50.95 |
| Petaluma Valley Hospital | Petaluma | $311.61 | $34.39 – $280.28 |
| Arroyo Grande Hospital | Santa Maria | $78.33 | $28.07 – $107.80 |
| Mark Twain Medical Center | San Andreas | $335.00 | $30.88 – $85.98 |
| French Hospital | San Luis Obispo | $71.74 | $28.07 – $118.58 |
| Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield | Bakersfield | $64.93 | $23.00 – $100.84 |
| Bakersfield Memorial Hospital | Bakersfield | $64.23 | $23.00 – $100.84 |
| Queen of The Valley Medical Center | Napa | $536.52 | $35.09 – $354.21 |