Pertussis ag if 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

$13.91

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.

$32.34

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.

$8.09 with DHR vs $72.45 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 $8.09 ↓ -42%
DHR Medicaid|< 21 $8.09 ↓ -42%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|All Plans $11.53 ↓ -17%
HCLA Medicare|Preferred IPA $11.98 ↓ -14%
Molina Medicare|All Plans $11.98 ↓ -14%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|All Other Plans $11.98 ↓ -14%
Humana Medicare|All Plans $11.98 ↓ -14%
SMIPA Medicare|All Plans $11.98 ↓ -14%
United Medicare|All Plans $11.98 ↓ -14%
Health Net Medicare|All Other Plans $11.98 ↓ -14%
Health Net Medicare|HMO $11.98 ↓ -14%
EasyChoice Medicare|All Plans $11.98 ↓ -14%
Cigna Medicare|All Plans $11.98 ↓ -14%
Kaiser Medicare|All Plans $11.98 ↓ -14%
Central Health Plan Medicare|All Plans $11.98 ↓ -14%
LA Care Medicare|All Plans $11.98 ↓ -14%
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|All Plans $11.98 ↓ -14%
HPN Medicare|Senior $11.98 ↓ -14%
Scan Health Plan Medicare|All Plans $11.98 ↓ -14%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|Exchange $12.29 ↓ -12%
Noble IPA Medicaid|> 21 $13.04 ↓ -6%
Noble IPA Medicaid|< 21 $13.04 ↓ -6%
United Commercial|Options PPO $14.38 ↑ +3%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $14.38 ↑ +3%
United Commercial|HMO $14.38 ↑ +3%
United Commercial|Non-Options PPO $14.38 ↑ +3%
Angeles IPA Medicare|All Plans $14.49 ↑ +4%
Inland Empire Health Plan Medicaid|All Plans $14.49 ↑ +4%
Partnership Health Plan Medicaid|> 21 $14.49 ↑ +4%
HCLA Medicaid|Preferred IPA > 21 $14.49 ↑ +4%
HCLA Medicaid|Preferred IPA < 21 $14.49 ↑ +4%
Partnership Health Plan Medicaid|< 21 $14.49 ↑ +4%
Preferred IPA Medicaid|Risk $14.49 ↑ +4%
LA Care Commercial|All Plans $14.97 ↑ +8%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|Trauma $14.98 ↑ +8%
HCLA Commercial|Preferred IPA $14.98 ↑ +8%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|All Other Plans $15.85 ↑ +14%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Exchange $18.76 ↑ +35%
SevenCorners Medicare|All Plans $19.17 ↑ +38%
Health Net Medicaid|> 21 $19.32 ↑ +39%
Health Net Medicaid|< 21 $19.32 ↑ +39%
Molina Medicaid|All Plans $20.29 ↑ +46%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|BlueShield Promise $21.03 ↑ +51%
Kaiser Medicaid|> 21 $21.73 ↑ +56%
Kaiser Medicaid|< 21 $21.73 ↑ +56%
Kaiser Commercial|All Plans $22.64 ↑ +63%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $25.88 ↑ +86%
Cigna Commercial|PPO $26.73 ↑ +92%
Cigna Commercial|All Other Plans $26.73 ↑ +92%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|All Other Plans $28.14 ↑ +102%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|MCS $32.34 ↑ +132%
Aetna Commercial|HMO $32.34 ↑ +132%
Aetna Commercial|PPO $32.34 ↑ +132%
Aetna Commercial|All Other Plans $32.34 ↑ +132%
LA Care Medicaid|All Plans $41.61 ↑ +199%
Care 1st Medicaid|All Plans $72.45 ↑ +421%
Blue Shield CA Medicaid|All Plans $72.45 ↑ +421%

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Pertussis ag if at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Banner Lassen Medical Center Susanville $10.60 $2.40 – $18.43
Sierra Nevada Memorial Hospital Grass Valley $125.90 $6.77 – $10.10
Community Hospital San Bernardino San Bernardino $12.65 $6.47 – $72.45
Glendale Memorial Hospital Health Center Glendale $10.55 $6.47 – $32.34
Mercy San Juan Medical Center Carmichael $69.05 $1.12 – $26.54
St. Bernardine Medical Center San Bernardino $10.77 $8.41 – $72.45
Mercy General Hospital Sacramento $54.94 $3.54 – $26.54
Mercy Hospital of Folsom Folsom $98.03 $1.12 – $26.54

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