Infectious agent nucleic acid respiratory virus multiplex amplified probe 3-5 targets 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

$365.93

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.

$851.00

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.

$37.50 with DHR vs $318.09 with Cigna — 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 $37.50 ↓ -90%
DHR Medicaid|> 21 $37.50 ↓ -90%
Noble IPA Medicaid|< 21 $54.96 ↓ -85%
Noble IPA Medicaid|> 21 $54.96 ↓ -85%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|Exchange $57.00 ↓ -84%
HCLA Medicaid|Preferred IPA < 21 $61.07 ↓ -83%
Angeles IPA Medicare|All Plans $61.07 ↓ -83%
HCLA Medicaid|Preferred IPA > 21 $61.07 ↓ -83%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|All Plans $61.07 ↓ -83%
Preferred IPA Medicaid|Risk $61.07 ↓ -83%
Partnership Health Plan Medicaid|> 21 $61.07 ↓ -83%
Partnership Health Plan Medicaid|< 21 $61.07 ↓ -83%
Inland Empire Health Plan Medicaid|All Plans $61.07 ↓ -83%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|All Other Plans $73.50 ↓ -80%
Health Net Medicaid|< 21 $81.41 ↓ -78%
Health Net Medicaid|> 21 $81.41 ↓ -78%
Molina Medicaid|All Plans $85.50 ↓ -77%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Exchange $87.00 ↓ -76%
Kaiser Medicaid|> 21 $91.61 ↓ -75%
Kaiser Medicaid|< 21 $91.61 ↓ -75%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|BlueShield Promise $97.50 ↓ -73%
Kaiser Commercial|All Plans $105.00 ↓ -71%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $120.00 ↓ -67%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|All Other Plans $130.50 ↓ -64%
LA Care Medicare|All Plans $142.63 ↓ -61%
Humana Medicare|All Plans $142.63 ↓ -61%
Molina Medicare|All Plans $142.63 ↓ -61%
United Medicare|All Plans $142.63 ↓ -61%
Health Net Medicare|All Other Plans $142.63 ↓ -61%
Health Net Medicare|HMO $142.63 ↓ -61%
Cigna Medicare|All Plans $142.63 ↓ -61%
Kaiser Medicare|All Plans $142.63 ↓ -61%
Central Health Plan Medicare|All Plans $142.63 ↓ -61%
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|All Plans $142.63 ↓ -61%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|All Other Plans $142.63 ↓ -61%
Scan Health Plan Medicare|All Plans $142.63 ↓ -61%
HPN Medicare|Senior $142.63 ↓ -61%
EasyChoice Medicare|All Plans $142.63 ↓ -61%
HCLA Medicare|Preferred IPA $142.63 ↓ -61%
SMIPA Medicare|All Plans $142.63 ↓ -61%
Aetna Commercial|PPO $150.00 ↓ -59%
United Commercial|HMO $150.00 ↓ -59%
Aetna Commercial|HMO $150.00 ↓ -59%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|MCS $150.00 ↓ -59%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $150.00 ↓ -59%
United Commercial|Non-Options PPO $150.00 ↓ -59%
United Commercial|Options PPO $150.00 ↓ -59%
Aetna Commercial|All Other Plans $150.00 ↓ -59%
HCLA Commercial|Preferred IPA $178.29 ↓ -51%
LA Care Commercial|All Plans $178.29 ↓ -51%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|Trauma $178.29 ↓ -51%
SevenCorners Medicare|All Plans $228.21 ↓ -38%
LA Care Medicaid|All Plans $251.61 ↓ -31%
Blue Shield CA Medicaid|All Plans $305.35 ↓ -17%
Care 1st Medicaid|All Plans $305.35 ↓ -17%
Cigna Commercial|PPO $318.09 ↓ -13%
Cigna Commercial|All Other Plans $318.09 ↓ -13%

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Infectious agent nucleic acid respiratory virus multiplex amplified probe 3-5 targets at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
St. John's Camarillo Hospital Camarillo $65.70 $40.50 – $378.44
Banner Lassen Medical Center Susanville $238.82 $28.53 – $100.77
Petaluma Valley Hospital Petaluma $806.31 $139.78 – $793.69
Arroyo Grande Hospital Santa Maria $361.24 $61.07 – $367.50
Mark Twain Medical Center San Andreas $99.90 $61.07 – $147.00
French Hospital San Luis Obispo $330.85 $40.50 – $432.03
Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield Bakersfield $187.36 $61.07 – $409.87
Bakersfield Memorial Hospital Bakersfield $185.34 $61.07 – $409.87

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