Strep b dna amp probe at St. Mary Medical Center
1050 Linden Ave, Long Beach, CA · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1194840421
$51.60
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.
$120.00
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.
$27.47 with Noble IPA vs $152.60 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Noble IPA | Medicaid|> 21 | $27.47 | ↓ -47% |
| Noble IPA | Medicaid|< 21 | $27.47 | ↓ -47% |
| DHR | Medicaid|> 21 | $30.00 | ↓ -42% |
| DHR | Medicaid|< 21 | $30.00 | ↓ -42% |
| Partnership Health Plan | Medicaid|< 21 | $30.52 | ↓ -41% |
| Preferred IPA | Medicaid|Risk | $30.52 | ↓ -41% |
| HCLA | Medicaid|Preferred IPA > 21 | $30.52 | ↓ -41% |
| HCLA | Medicaid|Preferred IPA < 21 | $30.52 | ↓ -41% |
| Angeles IPA | Medicare|All Plans | $30.52 | ↓ -41% |
| Inland Empire Health Plan | Medicaid|All Plans | $30.52 | ↓ -41% |
| Partnership Health Plan | Medicaid|> 21 | $30.52 | ↓ -41% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicaid|All Plans | $30.52 | ↓ -41% |
| Central Health Plan | Medicare|All Plans | $35.09 | ↓ -32% |
| Health Net | Medicare|All Other Plans | $35.09 | ↓ -32% |
| SMIPA | Medicare|All Plans | $35.09 | ↓ -32% |
| Humana | Medicare|All Plans | $35.09 | ↓ -32% |
| Health Net | Medicare|HMO | $35.09 | ↓ -32% |
| Blue Shield CA | Medicare|All Other Plans | $35.09 | ↓ -32% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicare|All Plans | $35.09 | ↓ -32% |
| Cigna | Medicare|All Plans | $35.09 | ↓ -32% |
| LA Care | Medicare|All Plans | $35.09 | ↓ -32% |
| Kaiser | Medicare|All Plans | $35.09 | ↓ -32% |
| HCLA | Medicare|Preferred IPA | $35.09 | ↓ -32% |
| Molina | Medicare|All Plans | $35.09 | ↓ -32% |
| HPN | Medicare|Senior | $35.09 | ↓ -32% |
| United | Medicare|All Plans | $35.09 | ↓ -32% |
| Scan Health Plan | Medicare|All Plans | $35.09 | ↓ -32% |
| EasyChoice | Medicare|All Plans | $35.09 | ↓ -32% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|< 21 | $40.68 | ↓ -21% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|> 21 | $40.68 | ↓ -21% |
| United | Commercial|Options PPO | $42.11 | ↓ -18% |
| United | Commercial|All Other Plans | $42.11 | ↓ -18% |
| United | Commercial|HMO | $42.11 | ↓ -18% |
| United | Commercial|Non-Options PPO | $42.11 | ↓ -18% |
| Molina | Medicaid|All Plans | $42.73 | ↓ -17% |
| LA Care | Commercial|All Plans | $43.86 | ↓ -15% |
| HCLA | Commercial|Preferred IPA | $43.86 | ↓ -15% |
| Blue Shield CA | Medicare|Trauma | $43.86 | ↓ -15% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|Exchange | $45.60 | ↓ -12% |
| Kaiser | Medicaid|> 21 | $45.78 | ↓ -11% |
| Kaiser | Medicaid|< 21 | $45.78 | ↓ -11% |
| SevenCorners | Medicare|All Plans | $56.14 | ↑ +9% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|All Other Plans | $58.80 | ↑ +14% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|Exchange | $69.60 | ↑ +35% |
| Blue Shield CA | Medicare|BlueShield Promise | $78.00 | ↑ +51% |
| Cigna | Commercial|PPO | $78.26 | ↑ +52% |
| Cigna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $78.26 | ↑ +52% |
| Kaiser | Commercial|All Plans | $84.00 | ↑ +63% |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | $96.00 | ↑ +86% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|All Other Plans | $104.40 | ↑ +102% |
| Aetna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $120.00 | ↑ +133% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|MCS | $120.00 | ↑ +133% |
| Aetna | Commercial|HMO | $120.00 | ↑ +133% |
| Aetna | Commercial|PPO | $120.00 | ↑ +133% |
| LA Care | Medicaid|All Plans | $125.74 | ↑ +144% |
| Care 1st | Medicaid|All Plans | $152.60 | ↑ +196% |
| Blue Shield CA | Medicaid|All Plans | $152.60 | ↑ +196% |
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Strep b dna amp probe at other California hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| Arroyo Grande Hospital | Santa Maria | $144.67 | $24.68 – $119.56 |
| Mark Twain Medical Center | San Andreas | $58.43 | $30.52 – $85.98 |
| French Hospital | San Luis Obispo | $132.50 | $24.68 – $131.32 |
| Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield | Bakersfield | $50.46 | $17.50 – $100.84 |
| Bakersfield Memorial Hospital | Bakersfield | $49.92 | $17.50 – $100.84 |
| St. Joseph's Behavioral Health Center | Stockton | $78.80 | $4.00 – $32.00 |
| St. Joseph's Medical Center Stockton | Stockton | $59.69 | $7.35 – $35.00 |
| Mercy Medical Center Mt. Shasta | Mt Shasta | $217.07 | $30.52 – $68.60 |