Plethysmography lung volumes/airway resistance at St. Mary Medical Center
1050 Linden Ave, Long Beach, CA · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1194840421
$368.08
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.
$856.00
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.
$43.28 with Noble IPA vs $821.76 with United — 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 |
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| Noble IPA | Medicaid|> 21 | $43.28 | ↓ -88% |
| Noble IPA | Medicaid|< 21 | $43.28 | ↓ -88% |
| Partnership Health Plan | Medicaid|> 21 | $48.09 | ↓ -87% |
| Preferred IPA | Medicaid|Risk | $48.09 | ↓ -87% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicaid|All Plans | $48.09 | ↓ -87% |
| Partnership Health Plan | Medicaid|< 21 | $48.09 | ↓ -87% |
| Inland Empire Health Plan | Medicaid|All Plans | $48.09 | ↓ -87% |
| HCLA | Medicaid|Preferred IPA > 21 | $48.09 | ↓ -87% |
| HCLA | Medicaid|Preferred IPA < 21 | $48.09 | ↓ -87% |
| Angeles IPA | Medicare|All Plans | $48.09 | ↓ -87% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|< 21 | $64.10 | ↓ -83% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|> 21 | $64.10 | ↓ -83% |
| Molina | Medicaid|All Plans | $67.33 | ↓ -82% |
| Kaiser | Medicaid|> 21 | $72.14 | ↓ -80% |
| Kaiser | Medicaid|< 21 | $72.14 | ↓ -80% |
| LA Care | Medicaid|All Plans | $198.13 | ↓ -46% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|Exchange | $205.07 | ↓ -44% |
| DHR | Medicaid|< 21 | $214.00 | ↓ -42% |
| DHR | Medicaid|> 21 | $214.00 | ↓ -42% |
| Care 1st | Medicaid|All Plans | $240.45 | ↓ -35% |
| Blue Shield CA | Medicaid|All Plans | $240.45 | ↓ -35% |
| SMIPA | Medicare|All Plans | $297.41 | ↓ -19% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|All Other Plans | $305.77 | ↓ -17% |
| Kaiser | Medicare|All Plans | $395.66 | ↑ +7% |
| Blue Shield CA | Medicare|All Other Plans | $395.66 | ↑ +7% |
| LA Care | Medicare|All Plans | $395.66 | ↑ +7% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicare|All Plans | $395.66 | ↑ +7% |
| Cigna | Medicare|All Plans | $395.66 | ↑ +7% |
| Scan Health Plan | Medicare|All Plans | $395.66 | ↑ +7% |
| Health Net | Medicare|HMO | $395.66 | ↑ +7% |
| Central Health Plan | Medicare|All Plans | $395.66 | ↑ +7% |
| Health Net | Medicare|All Other Plans | $395.66 | ↑ +7% |
| EasyChoice | Medicare|All Plans | $395.66 | ↑ +7% |
| HCLA | Medicare|Preferred IPA | $395.66 | ↑ +7% |
| Molina | Medicare|All Plans | $395.66 | ↑ +7% |
| Humana | Medicare|All Plans | $395.66 | ↑ +7% |
| United | Medicare|All Plans | $403.58 | ↑ +10% |
| HPN | Medicare|Senior | $435.23 | ↑ +18% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|MCS | $474.05 | ↑ +29% |
| LA Care | Commercial|All Plans | $494.57 | ↑ +34% |
| Blue Shield CA | Medicare|Trauma | $494.58 | ↑ +34% |
| HCLA | Commercial|Preferred IPA | $494.58 | ↑ +34% |
| United | Commercial|Non-Options PPO | $496.48 | ↑ +35% |
| United | Commercial|All Other Plans | $530.72 | ↑ +44% |
| United | Commercial|Options PPO | $530.72 | ↑ +44% |
| Blue Shield CA | Medicare|BlueShield Promise | $556.40 | ↑ +51% |
| Kaiser | Commercial|All Plans | $599.20 | ↑ +63% |
| SevenCorners | Medicare|All Plans | $633.06 | ↑ +72% |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | $684.80 | ↑ +86% |
| HPN | Commercial|All Plans | $747.00 | ↑ +103% |
| United | Commercial|HMO | $821.76 | ↑ +123% |
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Plethysmography lung volumes/airway resistance at other California hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| St. John's Camarillo Hospital | Camarillo | $374.49 | $72.75 – $702.96 |
| Petaluma Valley Hospital | Petaluma | $1,080.69 | $235.82 – $513.13 |
| Arroyo Grande Hospital | Santa Maria | $396.33 | $48.09 – $517.44 |
| Mark Twain Medical Center | San Andreas | $567.44 | $48.09 – $735.98 |
| French Hospital | San Luis Obispo | $363.00 | $48.09 – $907.48 |
| Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield | Bakersfield | $113.53 | $48.09 – $306.00 |
| Bakersfield Memorial Hospital | Bakersfield | $112.31 | $48.09 – $306.00 |
| Queen of The Valley Medical Center | Napa | $639.54 | $298.02 – $529.83 |