Tissue culture tumor at St. Mary Medical Center
1050 Linden Ave, Long Beach, CA · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1194840421
$97.44
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.
$226.60
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.
$40.43 with DHR vs $940.40 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 | $40.43 | ↓ -59% |
| DHR | Medicaid|< 21 | $40.43 | ↓ -59% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|Exchange | $93.79 | ↓ -4% |
| Blue Shield CA | Medicare|BlueShield Promise | $105.11 | ↑ +8% |
| Kaiser | Commercial|All Plans | $113.19 | ↑ +16% |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | $129.36 | ↑ +33% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|All Other Plans | $140.68 | ↑ +44% |
| Noble IPA | Medicaid|> 21 | $145.53 | ↑ +49% |
| Noble IPA | Medicaid|< 21 | $145.53 | ↑ +49% |
| HPN | Medicare|Senior | $147.52 | ↑ +51% |
| LA Care | Medicare|All Plans | $147.52 | ↑ +51% |
| Health Net | Medicare|HMO | $147.52 | ↑ +51% |
| SMIPA | Medicare|All Plans | $147.52 | ↑ +51% |
| Cigna | Medicare|All Plans | $147.52 | ↑ +51% |
| Kaiser | Medicare|All Plans | $147.52 | ↑ +51% |
| HCLA | Medicare|Preferred IPA | $147.52 | ↑ +51% |
| Central Health Plan | Medicare|All Plans | $147.52 | ↑ +51% |
| Molina | Medicare|All Plans | $147.52 | ↑ +51% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicare|All Plans | $147.52 | ↑ +51% |
| Humana | Medicare|All Plans | $147.52 | ↑ +51% |
| EasyChoice | Medicare|All Plans | $147.52 | ↑ +51% |
| Blue Shield CA | Medicare|All Other Plans | $147.52 | ↑ +51% |
| Health Net | Medicare|All Other Plans | $147.52 | ↑ +51% |
| United | Medicare|All Plans | $147.52 | ↑ +51% |
| Scan Health Plan | Medicare|All Plans | $147.52 | ↑ +51% |
| HCLA | Medicaid|Preferred IPA > 21 | $161.70 | ↑ +66% |
| Aetna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $161.70 | ↑ +66% |
| Aetna | Commercial|PPO | $161.70 | ↑ +66% |
| Aetna | Commercial|HMO | $161.70 | ↑ +66% |
| Molina | Medicaid|All Plans | $161.70 | ↑ +66% |
| United | Commercial|All Other Plans | $161.70 | ↑ +66% |
| United | Commercial|HMO | $161.70 | ↑ +66% |
| United | Commercial|Options PPO | $161.70 | ↑ +66% |
| United | Commercial|Non-Options PPO | $161.70 | ↑ +66% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|< 21 | $161.70 | ↑ +66% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|> 21 | $161.70 | ↑ +66% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicaid|All Plans | $161.70 | ↑ +66% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|MCS | $161.70 | ↑ +66% |
| Partnership Health Plan | Medicaid|< 21 | $161.70 | ↑ +66% |
| Partnership Health Plan | Medicaid|> 21 | $161.70 | ↑ +66% |
| Inland Empire Health Plan | Medicaid|All Plans | $161.70 | ↑ +66% |
| Angeles IPA | Medicare|All Plans | $161.70 | ↑ +66% |
| HCLA | Medicaid|Preferred IPA < 21 | $161.70 | ↑ +66% |
| Preferred IPA | Medicaid|Risk | $161.70 | ↑ +66% |
| LA Care | Commercial|All Plans | $184.40 | ↑ +89% |
| Blue Shield CA | Medicare|Trauma | $184.40 | ↑ +89% |
| HCLA | Commercial|Preferred IPA | $184.40 | ↑ +89% |
| SevenCorners | Medicare|All Plans | $236.03 | ↑ +142% |
| Kaiser | Medicaid|> 21 | $242.55 | ↑ +149% |
| Kaiser | Medicaid|< 21 | $242.55 | ↑ +149% |
| Cigna | Commercial|PPO | $329.00 | ↑ +238% |
| Cigna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $329.00 | ↑ +238% |
| LA Care | Medicaid|All Plans | $540.21 | ↑ +454% |
| Care 1st | Medicaid|All Plans | $940.40 | ↑ +865% |
| Blue Shield CA | Medicaid|All Plans | $940.40 | ↑ +865% |
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Tissue culture tumor at other California hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Redwood City Medical Center | Redwood City | $258.72 | $137.00 – $137.00 |
| Santa Clara Medical Center | SANTA CLARA | $258.72 | $137.00 – $137.00 |
| Sacramento Medical Center | SACRAMENTO | $258.72 | $137.00 – $137.00 |
| Oakland Medical Center | Oakland | $258.72 | $137.00 – $137.00 |
| Walnut Creek Medical Center | WALNUT CREEK | $258.72 | $137.00 – $137.00 |
| Arroyo Grande Hospital | Santa Maria | $69.21 | $80.85 – $380.11 |
| French Hospital | San Luis Obispo | $63.39 | $43.66 – $446.85 |
| Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield | Bakersfield | $64.93 | $87.50 – $423.93 |