Str markers specimen anal at St. Mary Medical Center
1050 Linden Ave, Long Beach, CA · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1194840421
$264.88
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.
$616.00
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.
$27.50 with DHR vs $955.75 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.
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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| DHR | Medicaid|< 21 | $27.50 | ↓ -90% |
| DHR | Medicaid|> 21 | $27.50 | ↓ -90% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|Exchange | $63.80 | ↓ -76% |
| Blue Shield CA | Medicare|BlueShield Promise | $71.50 | ↓ -73% |
| Kaiser | Commercial|All Plans | $77.00 | ↓ -71% |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | $88.00 | ↓ -67% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|All Other Plans | $95.70 | ↓ -64% |
| Noble IPA | Medicaid|> 21 | $99.00 | ↓ -63% |
| Noble IPA | Medicaid|< 21 | $99.00 | ↓ -63% |
| United | Commercial|HMO | $110.00 | ↓ -58% |
| United | Commercial|Options PPO | $110.00 | ↓ -58% |
| United | Commercial|Non-Options PPO | $110.00 | ↓ -58% |
| Health Net | Medicare|All Other Plans | $110.00 | ↓ -58% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|< 21 | $110.00 | ↓ -58% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|> 21 | $110.00 | ↓ -58% |
| Health Net | Medicare|HMO | $110.00 | ↓ -58% |
| Cigna | Medicare|All Plans | $110.00 | ↓ -58% |
| Kaiser | Medicare|All Plans | $110.00 | ↓ -58% |
| Central Health Plan | Medicare|All Plans | $110.00 | ↓ -58% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicaid|All Plans | $110.00 | ↓ -58% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicare|All Plans | $110.00 | ↓ -58% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|MCS | $110.00 | ↓ -58% |
| Blue Shield CA | Medicare|All Other Plans | $110.00 | ↓ -58% |
| HCLA | Medicaid|Preferred IPA > 21 | $110.00 | ↓ -58% |
| Humana | Medicare|All Plans | $110.00 | ↓ -58% |
| Aetna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $110.00 | ↓ -58% |
| Aetna | Commercial|PPO | $110.00 | ↓ -58% |
| Aetna | Commercial|HMO | $110.00 | ↓ -58% |
| Molina | Medicaid|All Plans | $110.00 | ↓ -58% |
| Molina | Medicare|All Plans | $110.00 | ↓ -58% |
| United | Commercial|All Other Plans | $110.00 | ↓ -58% |
| United | Medicare|All Plans | $110.00 | ↓ -58% |
| Partnership Health Plan | Medicaid|> 21 | $110.00 | ↓ -58% |
| Scan Health Plan | Medicare|All Plans | $110.00 | ↓ -58% |
| HPN | Medicare|Senior | $110.00 | ↓ -58% |
| LA Care | Medicare|All Plans | $110.00 | ↓ -58% |
| Inland Empire Health Plan | Medicaid|All Plans | $110.00 | ↓ -58% |
| Angeles IPA | Medicare|All Plans | $110.00 | ↓ -58% |
| EasyChoice | Medicare|All Plans | $110.00 | ↓ -58% |
| HCLA | Medicaid|Preferred IPA < 21 | $110.00 | ↓ -58% |
| HCLA | Medicare|Preferred IPA | $110.00 | ↓ -58% |
| Preferred IPA | Medicaid|Risk | $110.00 | ↓ -58% |
| SMIPA | Medicare|All Plans | $110.00 | ↓ -58% |
| Partnership Health Plan | Medicaid|< 21 | $110.00 | ↓ -58% |
| LA Care | Commercial|All Plans | $137.50 | ↓ -48% |
| HCLA | Commercial|Preferred IPA | $137.50 | ↓ -48% |
| Blue Shield CA | Medicare|Trauma | $137.50 | ↓ -48% |
| Kaiser | Medicaid|> 21 | $165.00 | ↓ -38% |
| Kaiser | Medicaid|< 21 | $165.00 | ↓ -38% |
| SevenCorners | Medicare|All Plans | $176.00 | ↓ -34% |
| LA Care | Medicaid|All Plans | $453.20 | ↑ +71% |
| Cigna | Commercial|PPO | $519.80 | ↑ +96% |
| Cigna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $519.80 | ↑ +96% |
| Care 1st | Medicaid|All Plans | $955.75 | ↑ +261% |
| Blue Shield CA | Medicaid|All Plans | $955.75 | ↑ +261% |
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| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| Arroyo Grande Hospital | Santa Maria | $79.18 | $92.50 – $600.55 |
| French Hospital | San Luis Obispo | $72.52 | $49.95 – $705.99 |
| Mercy Medical Center Mt. Shasta | Mt Shasta | $431.79 | $86.72 – $166.76 |
| Sierra Nevada Memorial Hospital | Grass Valley | $127.60 | $156.87 – $234.12 |
| Community Hospital San Bernardino | San Bernardino | $240.86 | $60.50 – $955.75 |
| Glendale Memorial Hospital Health Center | Glendale | $200.82 | $27.50 – $519.80 |
| Mercy San Juan Medical Center | Carmichael | $64.15 | $25.76 – $516.16 |
| Mercy Medical Center Redding | Redding | $281.39 | $126.74 – $166.76 |