Mlh1 gene 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

$154.80

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.

$360.00

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.

$62.50 with DHR vs $961.60 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.

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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 $62.50 ↓ -60%
DHR Medicaid|< 21 $62.50 ↓ -60%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Exchange $145.00 ↓ -6%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|BlueShield Promise $162.50 ↑ +5%
Noble IPA Medicaid|< 21 $173.09 ↑ +12%
Noble IPA Medicaid|> 21 $173.09 ↑ +12%
Kaiser Commercial|All Plans $175.00 ↑ +13%
HCLA Medicaid|Preferred IPA > 21 $192.32 ↑ +24%
Humana Medicare|All Plans $192.32 ↑ +24%
Molina Medicare|All Plans $192.32 ↑ +24%
United Medicare|All Plans $192.32 ↑ +24%
Health Net Medicare|All Other Plans $192.32 ↑ +24%
Health Net Medicare|HMO $192.32 ↑ +24%
Cigna Medicare|All Plans $192.32 ↑ +24%
Kaiser Medicare|All Plans $192.32 ↑ +24%
Central Health Plan Medicare|All Plans $192.32 ↑ +24%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|All Plans $192.32 ↑ +24%
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|All Plans $192.32 ↑ +24%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|All Other Plans $192.32 ↑ +24%
Partnership Health Plan Medicaid|< 21 $192.32 ↑ +24%
Partnership Health Plan Medicaid|> 21 $192.32 ↑ +24%
Scan Health Plan Medicare|All Plans $192.32 ↑ +24%
HPN Medicare|Senior $192.32 ↑ +24%
LA Care Medicare|All Plans $192.32 ↑ +24%
Inland Empire Health Plan Medicaid|All Plans $192.32 ↑ +24%
Angeles IPA Medicare|All Plans $192.32 ↑ +24%
EasyChoice Medicare|All Plans $192.32 ↑ +24%
HCLA Medicaid|Preferred IPA < 21 $192.32 ↑ +24%
HCLA Medicare|Preferred IPA $192.32 ↑ +24%
Preferred IPA Medicaid|Risk $192.32 ↑ +24%
SMIPA Medicare|All Plans $192.32 ↑ +24%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $200.00 ↑ +29%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|All Other Plans $217.50 ↑ +41%
United Commercial|Options PPO $230.78 ↑ +49%
United Commercial|HMO $230.78 ↑ +49%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $230.78 ↑ +49%
United Commercial|Non-Options PPO $230.78 ↑ +49%
HCLA Commercial|Preferred IPA $240.40 ↑ +55%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|Trauma $240.40 ↑ +55%
LA Care Commercial|All Plans $240.40 ↑ +55%
Aetna Commercial|HMO $250.00 ↑ +61%
Molina Medicaid|All Plans $250.00 ↑ +61%
Aetna Commercial|PPO $250.00 ↑ +61%
Health Net Medicaid|< 21 $250.00 ↑ +61%
Health Net Medicaid|> 21 $250.00 ↑ +61%
Aetna Commercial|All Other Plans $250.00 ↑ +61%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|MCS $250.00 ↑ +61%
Kaiser Medicaid|> 21 $288.48 ↑ +86%
Kaiser Medicaid|< 21 $288.48 ↑ +86%
SevenCorners Medicare|All Plans $307.71 ↑ +99%
Cigna Commercial|PPO $428.91 ↑ +177%
Cigna Commercial|All Other Plans $428.91 ↑ +177%
LA Care Medicaid|All Plans $792.36 ↑ +412%
Care 1st Medicaid|All Plans $961.60 ↑ +521%
Blue Shield CA Medicaid|All Plans $961.60 ↑ +521%

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Mlh1 gene at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Banner Lassen Medical Center Susanville $88.08 $38.46 – $317.33
Arroyo Grande Hospital Santa Maria $156.22 $182.50 – $495.54
Mark Twain Medical Center San Andreas $239.76 $192.32 – $352.80
French Hospital San Luis Obispo $143.08 $98.55 – $582.55
Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield Bakersfield $133.56 $180.00 – $552.67
Bakersfield Memorial Hospital Bakersfield $132.12 $180.00 – $552.67
St. Joseph's Medical Center Stockton Stockton $105.84 $75.60 – $360.00
Mercy Medical Center Mt. Shasta Mt Shasta $283.97 $189.80 – $357.70

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