Nuclear Stress Test (Heart) at St. Mary Medical Center
1050 Linden Ave, Long Beach, CA · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1194840421
$1,985.31
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.
$4,617.00
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.
$313.31 with Noble IPA vs $5,317.33 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.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Noble IPA | Medicaid|> 21 | $313.31 | ↓ -84% |
| Noble IPA | Medicaid|< 21 | $313.31 | ↓ -84% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicaid|All Plans | $348.12 | ↓ -82% |
| Angeles IPA | Medicare|All Plans | $348.12 | ↓ -82% |
| Inland Empire Health Plan | Medicaid|All Plans | $348.12 | ↓ -82% |
| HCLA | Medicaid|Preferred IPA > 21 | $348.12 | ↓ -82% |
| HCLA | Medicaid|Preferred IPA < 21 | $348.12 | ↓ -82% |
| Partnership Health Plan | Medicaid|> 21 | $348.12 | ↓ -82% |
| Partnership Health Plan | Medicaid|< 21 | $348.12 | ↓ -82% |
| Preferred IPA | Medicaid|Risk | $348.12 | ↓ -82% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|> 21 | $464.04 | ↓ -77% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|< 21 | $464.04 | ↓ -77% |
| Molina | Medicaid|All Plans | $487.37 | ↓ -75% |
| Kaiser | Medicaid|> 21 | $522.18 | ↓ -74% |
| Kaiser | Medicaid|< 21 | $522.18 | ↓ -74% |
| DHR | Medicaid|> 21 | $704.00 | ↓ -65% |
| DHR | Medicaid|< 21 | $704.00 | ↓ -65% |
| Healthcare Partners | Medicare|All Plans | $1,074.00 | ↓ -46% |
| Healthcare Partners | Commercial|All Plans | $1,216.00 | ↓ -39% |
| LA Care | Medicaid|All Plans | $1,434.25 | ↓ -28% |
| SMIPA | Medicare|All Plans | $1,494.93 | ↓ -25% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|Exchange | $1,633.28 | ↓ -18% |
| HCLA | Medicare|Preferred IPA | $1,658.74 | ↓ -16% |
| Humana | Medicare|All Plans | $1,658.74 | ↓ -16% |
| Molina | Medicare|All Plans | $1,658.74 | ↓ -16% |
| Health Net | Medicare|All Other Plans | $1,658.74 | ↓ -16% |
| Health Net | Medicare|HMO | $1,658.74 | ↓ -16% |
| Cigna | Medicare|All Plans | $1,658.74 | ↓ -16% |
| Kaiser | Medicare|All Plans | $1,658.74 | ↓ -16% |
| Central Health Plan | Medicare|All Plans | $1,658.74 | ↓ -16% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicare|All Plans | $1,658.74 | ↓ -16% |
| Blue Shield CA | Medicare|All Other Plans | $1,658.74 | ↓ -16% |
| Scan Health Plan | Medicare|All Plans | $1,658.74 | ↓ -16% |
| LA Care | Medicare|All Plans | $1,658.74 | ↓ -16% |
| EasyChoice | Medicare|All Plans | $1,658.74 | ↓ -16% |
| United | Medicare|All Plans | $1,691.92 | ↓ -15% |
| Care 1st | Medicaid|All Plans | $1,740.60 | ↓ -12% |
| Blue Shield CA | Medicaid|All Plans | $1,740.60 | ↓ -12% |
| HPN | Medicare|Senior | $1,824.61 | ↓ -8% |
| Blue Shield CA | Medicare|BlueShield Promise | $1,830.40 | ↓ -8% |
| Kaiser | Commercial|All Plans | $1,971.20 | ↓ -1% |
| HCLA | Commercial|Preferred IPA | $2,073.43 | ↑ +4% |
| LA Care | Commercial|All Plans | $2,073.43 | ↑ +4% |
| Blue Shield CA | Medicare|Trauma | $2,073.43 | ↑ +4% |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | $2,252.80 | ↑ +13% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|All Other Plans | $2,449.92 | ↑ +23% |
| SevenCorners | Medicare|All Plans | $2,653.98 | ↑ +34% |
| Aetna | Commercial|HMO | $2,756.38 | ↑ +39% |
| Aetna | Commercial|PPO | $2,756.38 | ↑ +39% |
| Aetna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $2,756.38 | ↑ +39% |
| United | Commercial|Non-Options PPO | $2,816.00 | ↑ +42% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|MCS | $2,816.00 | ↑ +42% |
| United | Commercial|Options PPO | $2,816.00 | ↑ +42% |
| United | Commercial|HMO | $2,816.00 | ↑ +42% |
| United | Commercial|All Other Plans | $2,816.00 | ↑ +42% |
| Cigna | Commercial|PPO | $5,317.33 | ↑ +168% |
| Cigna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $5,317.33 | ↑ +168% |
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Nuclear Stress Test (Heart) at other California hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| St. John's Camarillo Hospital | Camarillo | $5,264.76 | $526.67 – $9,375.60 |
| Banner Lassen Medical Center | Susanville | $4,154.83 | $66.42 – $574.40 |
| Petaluma Valley Hospital | Petaluma | $5,490.15 | $1,744.68 – $2,682.07 |
| Arroyo Grande Hospital | Santa Maria | $4,847.96 | $348.12 – $9,657.90 |
| Mark Twain Medical Center | San Andreas | $7,914.75 | $348.12 – $5,487.02 |
| French Hospital | San Luis Obispo | $3,863.16 | $348.12 – $7,222.02 |
| Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield | Bakersfield | $2,968.75 | $348.12 – $6,851.62 |
| Bakersfield Memorial Hospital | Bakersfield | $2,936.74 | $348.12 – $6,851.62 |