Tissue culture skin/biopsy at St. Mary Medical Center
1050 Linden Ave, Long Beach, CA · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1194840421
$128.02
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.
$297.72
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.
$49.50 with DHR vs $897.05 with Care 1st — 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 | $49.50 | ↓ -61% |
| DHR | Medicaid|> 21 | $49.50 | ↓ -61% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|Exchange | $114.84 | ↓ -10% |
| Blue Shield CA | Medicare|BlueShield Promise | $128.70 | ↑ +1% |
| Kaiser | Commercial|All Plans | $138.60 | ↑ +8% |
| United | Medicare|All Plans | $140.73 | ↑ +10% |
| Health Net | Medicare|HMO | $140.73 | ↑ +10% |
| Humana | Medicare|All Plans | $140.73 | ↑ +10% |
| SMIPA | Medicare|All Plans | $140.73 | ↑ +10% |
| HCLA | Medicare|Preferred IPA | $140.73 | ↑ +10% |
| Molina | Medicare|All Plans | $140.73 | ↑ +10% |
| Health Net | Medicare|All Other Plans | $140.73 | ↑ +10% |
| EasyChoice | Medicare|All Plans | $140.73 | ↑ +10% |
| Cigna | Medicare|All Plans | $140.73 | ↑ +10% |
| Kaiser | Medicare|All Plans | $140.73 | ↑ +10% |
| LA Care | Medicare|All Plans | $140.73 | ↑ +10% |
| Central Health Plan | Medicare|All Plans | $140.73 | ↑ +10% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicare|All Plans | $140.73 | ↑ +10% |
| HPN | Medicare|Senior | $140.73 | ↑ +10% |
| Scan Health Plan | Medicare|All Plans | $140.73 | ↑ +10% |
| Blue Shield CA | Medicare|All Other Plans | $140.73 | ↑ +10% |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | $158.40 | ↑ +24% |
| Noble IPA | Medicaid|< 21 | $161.47 | ↑ +26% |
| Noble IPA | Medicaid|> 21 | $161.47 | ↑ +26% |
| United | Commercial|Non-Options PPO | $168.88 | ↑ +32% |
| United | Commercial|HMO | $168.88 | ↑ +32% |
| United | Commercial|All Other Plans | $168.88 | ↑ +32% |
| United | Commercial|Options PPO | $168.88 | ↑ +32% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|All Other Plans | $172.26 | ↑ +35% |
| Blue Shield CA | Medicare|Trauma | $175.91 | ↑ +37% |
| LA Care | Commercial|All Plans | $175.91 | ↑ +37% |
| HCLA | Commercial|Preferred IPA | $175.91 | ↑ +37% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicaid|All Plans | $177.95 | ↑ +39% |
| HCLA | Medicaid|Preferred IPA > 21 | $179.41 | ↑ +40% |
| Partnership Health Plan | Medicaid|< 21 | $179.41 | ↑ +40% |
| Partnership Health Plan | Medicaid|> 21 | $179.41 | ↑ +40% |
| Inland Empire Health Plan | Medicaid|All Plans | $179.41 | ↑ +40% |
| Angeles IPA | Medicare|All Plans | $179.41 | ↑ +40% |
| HCLA | Medicaid|Preferred IPA < 21 | $179.41 | ↑ +40% |
| Preferred IPA | Medicaid|Risk | $179.41 | ↑ +40% |
| Molina | Medicaid|All Plans | $198.00 | ↑ +55% |
| Aetna | Commercial|PPO | $198.00 | ↑ +55% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|MCS | $198.00 | ↑ +55% |
| Aetna | Commercial|HMO | $198.00 | ↑ +55% |
| Aetna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $198.00 | ↑ +55% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|> 21 | $198.00 | ↑ +55% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|< 21 | $198.00 | ↑ +55% |
| SevenCorners | Medicare|All Plans | $225.17 | ↑ +76% |
| Kaiser | Medicaid|< 21 | $269.12 | ↑ +110% |
| Kaiser | Medicaid|> 21 | $269.12 | ↑ +110% |
| Cigna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $313.83 | ↑ +145% |
| Cigna | Commercial|PPO | $313.83 | ↑ +145% |
| LA Care | Medicaid|All Plans | $515.33 | ↑ +303% |
| Blue Shield CA | Medicaid|All Plans | $897.05 | ↑ +601% |
| Care 1st | Medicaid|All Plans | $897.05 | ↑ +601% |
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Tissue culture skin/biopsy at other California hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| St. John's Camarillo Hospital | Camarillo | $86.73 | $53.46 – $373.38 |
| Banner Lassen Medical Center | Susanville | $221.82 | $28.15 – $230.86 |
| Arroyo Grande Hospital | Santa Maria | $89.58 | $48.75 – $362.59 |
| French Hospital | San Luis Obispo | $82.04 | $26.33 – $426.25 |
| Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield | Bakersfield | $73.46 | $87.50 – $404.39 |
| Bakersfield Memorial Hospital | Bakersfield | $72.67 | $87.50 – $404.39 |
| St. Joseph's Behavioral Health Center | Stockton | $113.06 | $19.80 – $158.40 |
| St. Joseph's Medical Center Stockton | Stockton | $58.22 | $36.75 – $175.00 |