Urine pregnancy test 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

$104.06

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.

$242.00

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.

$3.62 with Noble IPA vs $20.10 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.

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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
Noble IPA Medicaid|< 21 $3.62 ↓ -97%
Noble IPA Medicaid|> 21 $3.62 ↓ -97%
DHR Medicaid|> 21 $3.75 ↓ -96%
DHR Medicaid|< 21 $3.75 ↓ -96%
Partnership Health Plan Medicaid|< 21 $4.02 ↓ -96%
HCLA Medicaid|Preferred IPA < 21 $4.02 ↓ -96%
Angeles IPA Medicare|All Plans $4.02 ↓ -96%
Preferred IPA Medicaid|Risk $4.02 ↓ -96%
Inland Empire Health Plan Medicaid|All Plans $4.02 ↓ -96%
Partnership Health Plan Medicaid|> 21 $4.02 ↓ -96%
HCLA Medicaid|Preferred IPA > 21 $4.02 ↓ -96%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|All Plans $5.14 ↓ -95%
Health Net Medicaid|< 21 $5.36 ↓ -95%
Health Net Medicaid|> 21 $5.36 ↓ -95%
Molina Medicaid|All Plans $5.63 ↓ -95%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|Exchange $5.70 ↓ -95%
Kaiser Medicaid|> 21 $6.03 ↓ -94%
Kaiser Medicaid|< 21 $6.03 ↓ -94%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|All Other Plans $7.35 ↓ -93%
Molina Medicare|All Plans $8.61 ↓ -92%
Humana Medicare|All Plans $8.61 ↓ -92%
United Medicare|All Plans $8.61 ↓ -92%
Health Net Medicare|All Other Plans $8.61 ↓ -92%
Health Net Medicare|HMO $8.61 ↓ -92%
Cigna Medicare|All Plans $8.61 ↓ -92%
Kaiser Medicare|All Plans $8.61 ↓ -92%
Central Health Plan Medicare|All Plans $8.61 ↓ -92%
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|All Plans $8.61 ↓ -92%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|All Other Plans $8.61 ↓ -92%
Scan Health Plan Medicare|All Plans $8.61 ↓ -92%
HPN Medicare|Senior $8.61 ↓ -92%
LA Care Medicare|All Plans $8.61 ↓ -92%
EasyChoice Medicare|All Plans $8.61 ↓ -92%
HCLA Medicare|Preferred IPA $8.61 ↓ -92%
SMIPA Medicare|All Plans $8.61 ↓ -92%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Exchange $8.70 ↓ -92%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|BlueShield Promise $9.75 ↓ -91%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $10.33 ↓ -90%
United Commercial|Non-Options PPO $10.33 ↓ -90%
United Commercial|Options PPO $10.33 ↓ -90%
United Commercial|HMO $10.33 ↓ -90%
Kaiser Commercial|All Plans $10.50 ↓ -90%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|Trauma $10.76 ↓ -90%
LA Care Commercial|All Plans $10.76 ↓ -90%
HCLA Commercial|Preferred IPA $10.76 ↓ -90%
LA Care Medicaid|All Plans $11.54 ↓ -89%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $12.00 ↓ -88%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|All Other Plans $13.05 ↓ -87%
SevenCorners Medicare|All Plans $13.78 ↓ -87%
Aetna Commercial|All Other Plans $15.00 ↓ -86%
Aetna Commercial|HMO $15.00 ↓ -86%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|MCS $15.00 ↓ -86%
Aetna Commercial|PPO $15.00 ↓ -86%
Cigna Commercial|PPO $19.21 ↓ -82%
Cigna Commercial|All Other Plans $19.21 ↓ -82%
Blue Shield CA Medicaid|All Plans $20.10 ↓ -81%
Care 1st Medicaid|All Plans $20.10 ↓ -81%

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Urine pregnancy test at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
St. John's Camarillo Hospital Camarillo $95.05 $6.08 – $169.26
Banner Lassen Medical Center Susanville $34.16 $1.72 – $56.26
Petaluma Valley Hospital Petaluma $28.05 $8.44 – $41.66
Arroyo Grande Hospital Santa Maria $114.28 $4.02 – $28.42
Mark Twain Medical Center San Andreas $74.60 $4.02 – $21.10
French Hospital San Luis Obispo $104.67 $4.02 – $28.42
Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield Bakersfield $139.87 $3.93 – $128.80
Bakersfield Memorial Hospital Bakersfield $138.36 $3.93 – $127.19

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