Test stress cardiovascular tracing only 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

$961.48

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.

$2,236.00

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.

$57.96 with BCBS - Anthem vs $6,343.00 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.

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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
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|All Plans $57.96 ↓ -94%
Partnership Health Plan Medicaid|> 21 $60.24 ↓ -94%
HCLA Medicaid|Preferred IPA > 21 $60.24 ↓ -94%
HCLA Medicaid|Preferred IPA < 21 $60.24 ↓ -94%
Inland Empire Health Plan Medicaid|All Plans $60.24 ↓ -94%
Partnership Health Plan Medicaid|< 21 $60.24 ↓ -94%
Health Net Medicaid|> 21 $80.12 ↓ -92%
Health Net Medicaid|< 21 $80.12 ↓ -92%
Noble IPA Medicaid|< 21 $85.95 ↓ -91%
Noble IPA Medicaid|> 21 $85.95 ↓ -91%
Kaiser Medicaid|< 21 $90.36 ↓ -91%
Kaiser Medicaid|> 21 $90.36 ↓ -91%
Angeles IPA Medicare|All Plans $95.50 ↓ -90%
Preferred IPA Medicaid|Risk $95.50 ↓ -90%
Molina Medicaid|All Plans $133.70 ↓ -86%
LA Care Medicaid|All Plans $248.19 ↓ -74%
SMIPA Medicare|All Plans $297.41 ↓ -69%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Exchange $360.59 ↓ -62%
Kaiser Medicare|All Plans $395.66 ↓ -59%
HCLA Medicare|Preferred IPA $395.66 ↓ -59%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|All Other Plans $395.66 ↓ -59%
Health Net Medicare|All Other Plans $395.66 ↓ -59%
EasyChoice Medicare|All Plans $395.66 ↓ -59%
Health Net Medicare|HMO $395.66 ↓ -59%
Cigna Medicare|All Plans $395.66 ↓ -59%
Central Health Plan Medicare|All Plans $395.66 ↓ -59%
Scan Health Plan Medicare|All Plans $395.66 ↓ -59%
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|All Plans $395.66 ↓ -59%
LA Care Medicare|All Plans $395.66 ↓ -59%
Humana Medicare|All Plans $395.66 ↓ -59%
Molina Medicare|All Plans $395.66 ↓ -59%
United Medicare|All Plans $403.58 ↓ -58%
HPN Medicare|Senior $435.23 ↓ -55%
Care 1st Medicaid|All Plans $477.50 ↓ -50%
Blue Shield CA Medicaid|All Plans $477.50 ↓ -50%
LA Care Commercial|All Plans $494.57 ↓ -49%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|Trauma $494.58 ↓ -49%
HCLA Commercial|Preferred IPA $494.58 ↓ -49%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|All Other Plans $537.65 ↓ -44%
DHR Medicaid|> 21 $559.00 ↓ -42%
DHR Medicaid|< 21 $559.00 ↓ -42%
Healthcare Partners Medicare|All Plans $560.00 ↓ -42%
SevenCorners Medicare|All Plans $633.06 ↓ -34%
Healthcare Partners Commercial|All Plans $634.00 ↓ -34%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|MCS $833.56 ↓ -13%
United Commercial|Non-Options PPO $1,274.52 ↑ +33%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|BlueShield Promise $1,453.40 ↑ +51%
Kaiser Commercial|All Plans $1,565.20 ↑ +63%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $1,788.80 ↑ +86%
Health Net Commercial|EPPO $2,417.00 ↑ +151%
Health Net Commercial|Care Product $2,936.00 ↑ +205%
Health Net Commercial|All Other Plans $3,375.00 ↑ +251%
United Commercial|HMO $6,206.00 ↑ +545%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $6,343.00 ↑ +560%
United Commercial|Options PPO $6,343.00 ↑ +560%

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Test stress cardiovascular tracing only at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
St. John's Camarillo Hospital Camarillo $1,035.00 $51.44 – $1,843.14
Banner Lassen Medical Center Susanville $1,295.16 $62.28 – $1,668.40
Petaluma Valley Hospital Petaluma $821.10 $290.98 – $414.71
Arroyo Grande Hospital Santa Maria $995.10 $60.24 – $1,799.28
Mark Twain Medical Center San Andreas $946.39 $60.24 – $701.68
French Hospital San Luis Obispo $911.40 $60.24 – $1,025.08
Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield Bakersfield $1,185.72 $60.24 – $1,521.60
Bakersfield Memorial Hospital Bakersfield $1,172.94 $60.24 – $1,502.58

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