Rheumatoid factor qualitative 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

$51.60

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.

$120.00

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.

$6.14 with Cigna vs $96.00 with MultiPlan — 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
Cigna Medicare|All Plans $6.14 ↓ -88%
Humana Medicare|All Plans $6.14 ↓ -88%
Health Net Medicare|HMO $6.14 ↓ -88%
EasyChoice Medicare|All Plans $6.14 ↓ -88%
Kaiser Medicare|All Plans $6.14 ↓ -88%
LA Care Medicare|All Plans $6.14 ↓ -88%
HPN Medicare|Senior $6.14 ↓ -88%
Central Health Plan Medicare|All Plans $6.14 ↓ -88%
HCLA Medicare|Preferred IPA $6.14 ↓ -88%
Molina Medicare|All Plans $6.14 ↓ -88%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|All Other Plans $6.14 ↓ -88%
United Medicare|All Plans $6.14 ↓ -88%
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|All Plans $6.14 ↓ -88%
Scan Health Plan Medicare|All Plans $6.14 ↓ -88%
Health Net Medicare|All Other Plans $6.14 ↓ -88%
SMIPA Medicare|All Plans $6.14 ↓ -88%
Noble IPA Medicaid|< 21 $6.51 ↓ -87%
Noble IPA Medicaid|> 21 $6.51 ↓ -87%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|All Plans $7.22 ↓ -86%
Partnership Health Plan Medicaid|< 21 $7.23 ↓ -86%
Preferred IPA Medicaid|Risk $7.23 ↓ -86%
HCLA Medicaid|Preferred IPA > 21 $7.23 ↓ -86%
HCLA Medicaid|Preferred IPA < 21 $7.23 ↓ -86%
Angeles IPA Medicare|All Plans $7.23 ↓ -86%
Inland Empire Health Plan Medicaid|All Plans $7.23 ↓ -86%
Partnership Health Plan Medicaid|> 21 $7.23 ↓ -86%
United Commercial|Options PPO $7.37 ↓ -86%
United Commercial|HMO $7.37 ↓ -86%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $7.37 ↓ -86%
United Commercial|Non-Options PPO $7.37 ↓ -86%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|Trauma $7.67 ↓ -85%
LA Care Commercial|All Plans $7.67 ↓ -85%
HCLA Commercial|Preferred IPA $7.67 ↓ -85%
Health Net Medicaid|< 21 $9.64 ↓ -81%
Health Net Medicaid|> 21 $9.64 ↓ -81%
SevenCorners Medicare|All Plans $9.82 ↓ -81%
Molina Medicaid|All Plans $10.12 ↓ -80%
Kaiser Medicaid|> 21 $10.85 ↓ -79%
Kaiser Medicaid|< 21 $10.85 ↓ -79%
Cigna Commercial|All Other Plans $13.69 ↓ -73%
Cigna Commercial|PPO $13.69 ↓ -73%
LA Care Medicaid|All Plans $20.76 ↓ -60%
DHR Medicaid|< 21 $30.00 ↓ -42%
DHR Medicaid|> 21 $30.00 ↓ -42%
Blue Shield CA Medicaid|All Plans $36.15 ↓ -30%
Care 1st Medicaid|All Plans $36.15 ↓ -30%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Exchange $37.02 ↓ -28%
Aetna Commercial|PPO $45.13 ↓ -13%
Aetna Commercial|All Other Plans $45.13 ↓ -13%
Aetna Commercial|HMO $45.13 ↓ -13%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|Exchange $45.60 ↓ -12%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|All Other Plans $55.20 ↑ +7%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|All Other Plans $58.80 ↑ +14%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|BlueShield Promise $78.00 ↑ +51%
Kaiser Commercial|All Plans $84.00 ↑ +63%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|MCS $85.57 ↑ +66%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $96.00 ↑ +86%

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Rheumatoid factor qualitative at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
St. John's Camarillo Hospital Camarillo $3.29 $2.03 – $16.29
Banner Lassen Medical Center Susanville $44.59 $1.23 – $67.90
Petaluma Valley Hospital Petaluma $14.26 $6.02 – $45.61
Arroyo Grande Hospital Santa Maria $14.34 $6.14 – $32.83
Mark Twain Medical Center San Andreas $91.91 $6.14 – $135.24
French Hospital San Luis Obispo $13.14 $6.14 – $32.83
Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield Bakersfield $90.90 $6.14 – $65.60
Bakersfield Memorial Hospital Bakersfield $89.92 $6.14 – $64.78

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