Tissue exam koh skin/hair/nails 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

$52.89

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.

$123.00

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.

$2.50 with DHR vs $26.75 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.

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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
DHR Medicaid|> 21 $2.50 ↓ -95%
DHR Medicaid|< 21 $2.50 ↓ -95%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|Exchange $3.80 ↓ -93%
HCLA Medicare|Preferred IPA $4.27 ↓ -92%
Molina Medicare|All Plans $4.27 ↓ -92%
EasyChoice Medicare|All Plans $4.27 ↓ -92%
Humana Medicare|All Plans $4.27 ↓ -92%
SMIPA Medicare|All Plans $4.27 ↓ -92%
Health Net Medicare|All Other Plans $4.27 ↓ -92%
Health Net Medicare|HMO $4.27 ↓ -92%
LA Care Medicare|All Plans $4.27 ↓ -92%
Cigna Medicare|All Plans $4.27 ↓ -92%
Kaiser Medicare|All Plans $4.27 ↓ -92%
HPN Medicare|Senior $4.27 ↓ -92%
Scan Health Plan Medicare|All Plans $4.27 ↓ -92%
Central Health Plan Medicare|All Plans $4.27 ↓ -92%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|All Other Plans $4.27 ↓ -92%
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|All Plans $4.27 ↓ -92%
United Medicare|All Plans $4.27 ↓ -92%
Noble IPA Medicaid|< 21 $4.81 ↓ -91%
Noble IPA Medicaid|> 21 $4.81 ↓ -91%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|All Other Plans $4.90 ↓ -91%
United Commercial|Options PPO $5.12 ↓ -90%
United Commercial|Non-Options PPO $5.12 ↓ -90%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $5.12 ↓ -90%
United Commercial|HMO $5.12 ↓ -90%
HCLA Commercial|Preferred IPA $5.34 ↓ -90%
LA Care Commercial|All Plans $5.34 ↓ -90%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|Trauma $5.34 ↓ -90%
HCLA Medicaid|Preferred IPA < 21 $5.35 ↓ -90%
Partnership Health Plan Medicaid|< 21 $5.35 ↓ -90%
Partnership Health Plan Medicaid|> 21 $5.35 ↓ -90%
Inland Empire Health Plan Medicaid|All Plans $5.35 ↓ -90%
Angeles IPA Medicare|All Plans $5.35 ↓ -90%
HCLA Medicaid|Preferred IPA > 21 $5.35 ↓ -90%
Preferred IPA Medicaid|Risk $5.35 ↓ -90%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Exchange $5.80 ↓ -89%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|All Plans $5.90 ↓ -89%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|BlueShield Promise $6.50 ↓ -88%
SevenCorners Medicare|All Plans $6.83 ↓ -87%
Kaiser Commercial|All Plans $7.00 ↓ -87%
Health Net Medicaid|< 21 $7.13 ↓ -87%
Health Net Medicaid|> 21 $7.13 ↓ -87%
Molina Medicaid|All Plans $7.49 ↓ -86%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $8.00 ↓ -85%
Kaiser Medicaid|> 21 $8.02 ↓ -85%
Kaiser Medicaid|< 21 $8.02 ↓ -85%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|All Other Plans $8.70 ↓ -84%
Cigna Commercial|All Other Plans $9.54 ↓ -82%
Cigna Commercial|PPO $9.54 ↓ -82%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|MCS $10.00 ↓ -81%
Aetna Commercial|HMO $10.00 ↓ -81%
Aetna Commercial|All Other Plans $10.00 ↓ -81%
Aetna Commercial|PPO $10.00 ↓ -81%
LA Care Medicaid|All Plans $15.37 ↓ -71%
Care 1st Medicaid|All Plans $26.75 ↓ -49%
Blue Shield CA Medicaid|All Plans $26.75 ↓ -49%

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Tissue exam koh skin/hair/nails at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Banner Lassen Medical Center Susanville $92.07 $0.85 – $62.08
Arroyo Grande Hospital Santa Maria $23.12 $4.27 – $52.92
French Hospital San Luis Obispo $21.17 $4.27 – $52.92
Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield Bakersfield $8.58 $4.27 – $18.50
Bakersfield Memorial Hospital Bakersfield $8.49 $4.27 – $18.27
Providence St Joseph Hospital Eureka Eureka $160.14 $4.27 – $49.93
St. Joseph's Behavioral Health Center Stockton $13.21 $2.32 – $18.50
St. Joseph's Medical Center Stockton Stockton $32.34 $3.63 – $18.96

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