Microbe susceptible mlc 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

$20.39

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.

$47.41

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.

$11.86 with DHR vs $89.58 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 $11.86 ↓ -42%
DHR Medicaid|> 21 $11.86 ↓ -42%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|All Plans $13.70 ↓ -33%
Noble IPA Medicaid|< 21 $14.56 ↓ -29%
Noble IPA Medicaid|> 21 $14.56 ↓ -29%
Preferred IPA Medicaid|Risk $16.18 ↓ -21%
Partnership Health Plan Medicaid|< 21 $16.18 ↓ -21%
Inland Empire Health Plan Medicaid|All Plans $16.18 ↓ -21%
HCLA Medicaid|Preferred IPA < 21 $16.18 ↓ -21%
Angeles IPA Medicare|All Plans $16.18 ↓ -21%
Partnership Health Plan Medicaid|> 21 $16.18 ↓ -21%
HCLA Medicaid|Preferred IPA > 21 $16.18 ↓ -21%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|Exchange $18.02 ↓ -12%
Health Net Medicaid|> 21 $21.57 ↑ +6%
Health Net Medicaid|< 21 $21.57 ↑ +6%
Molina Medicaid|All Plans $22.65 ↑ +11%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|All Other Plans $23.24 ↑ +14%
Kaiser Medicaid|< 21 $24.27 ↑ +19%
Kaiser Medicaid|> 21 $24.27 ↑ +19%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Exchange $27.50 ↑ +35%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|BlueShield Promise $30.82 ↑ +51%
Kaiser Commercial|All Plans $33.19 ↑ +63%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $37.93 ↑ +86%
LA Care Medicare|All Plans $40.17 ↑ +97%
Humana Medicare|All Plans $40.17 ↑ +97%
Molina Medicare|All Plans $40.17 ↑ +97%
United Medicare|All Plans $40.17 ↑ +97%
Health Net Medicare|All Other Plans $40.17 ↑ +97%
Health Net Medicare|HMO $40.17 ↑ +97%
Cigna Medicare|All Plans $40.17 ↑ +97%
Kaiser Medicare|All Plans $40.17 ↑ +97%
Central Health Plan Medicare|All Plans $40.17 ↑ +97%
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|All Plans $40.17 ↑ +97%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|All Other Plans $40.17 ↑ +97%
Scan Health Plan Medicare|All Plans $40.17 ↑ +97%
HPN Medicare|Senior $40.17 ↑ +97%
EasyChoice Medicare|All Plans $40.17 ↑ +97%
HCLA Medicare|Preferred IPA $40.17 ↑ +97%
SMIPA Medicare|All Plans $40.17 ↑ +97%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|All Other Plans $41.25 ↑ +102%
LA Care Medicaid|All Plans $46.47 ↑ +128%
Aetna Commercial|PPO $47.41 ↑ +133%
United Commercial|Non-Options PPO $47.41 ↑ +133%
United Commercial|Options PPO $47.41 ↑ +133%
Aetna Commercial|All Other Plans $47.41 ↑ +133%
United Commercial|HMO $47.41 ↑ +133%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $47.41 ↑ +133%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|MCS $47.41 ↑ +133%
Aetna Commercial|HMO $47.41 ↑ +133%
HCLA Commercial|Preferred IPA $50.21 ↑ +146%
LA Care Commercial|All Plans $50.21 ↑ +146%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|Trauma $50.21 ↑ +146%
SevenCorners Medicare|All Plans $64.27 ↑ +215%
Blue Shield CA Medicaid|All Plans $80.90 ↑ +297%
Care 1st Medicaid|All Plans $80.90 ↑ +297%
Cigna Commercial|All Other Plans $89.58 ↑ +339%
Cigna Commercial|PPO $89.58 ↑ +339%

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Microbe susceptible mlc at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Arroyo Grande Hospital Santa Maria $20.30 $16.18 – $103.50
French Hospital San Luis Obispo $18.59 $12.81 – $121.67
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Dominican Hospital Santa Cruz $21.34 $16.18 – $359.69
Community Hospital San Bernardino San Bernardino $18.54 $9.49 – $115.22
Glendale Memorial Hospital Health Center Glendale $15.46 $9.49 – $89.58
Mercy Medical Center Redding Redding $24.04 $11.28 – $46.47
St. Bernardine Medical Center San Bernardino $15.79 $12.33 – $115.22

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