Vital capacity test at St. Mary Medical Center
1050 Linden Ave, Long Beach, CA · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1194840421
$74.39
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.
$173.00
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.
$6.39 with HCLA vs $276.80 with SevenCorners — 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| HCLA | Medicaid|Preferred IPA > 21 | $6.39 | ↓ -91% |
| Partnership Health Plan | Medicaid|< 21 | $6.39 | ↓ -91% |
| Partnership Health Plan | Medicaid|> 21 | $6.39 | ↓ -91% |
| Inland Empire Health Plan | Medicaid|All Plans | $6.39 | ↓ -91% |
| HCLA | Medicaid|Preferred IPA < 21 | $6.39 | ↓ -91% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicaid|All Plans | $7.99 | ↓ -89% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|> 21 | $8.50 | ↓ -89% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|< 21 | $8.50 | ↓ -89% |
| Noble IPA | Medicaid|< 21 | $9.12 | ↓ -88% |
| Noble IPA | Medicaid|> 21 | $9.12 | ↓ -88% |
| Kaiser | Medicaid|< 21 | $9.58 | ↓ -87% |
| Kaiser | Medicaid|> 21 | $9.58 | ↓ -87% |
| Angeles IPA | Medicare|All Plans | $10.13 | ↓ -86% |
| Preferred IPA | Medicaid|Risk | $10.13 | ↓ -86% |
| Molina | Medicaid|All Plans | $14.18 | ↓ -81% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|Exchange | $21.76 | ↓ -71% |
| LA Care | Medicaid|All Plans | $26.33 | ↓ -65% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|All Other Plans | $32.45 | ↓ -56% |
| DHR | Medicaid|< 21 | $43.25 | ↓ -42% |
| DHR | Medicaid|> 21 | $43.25 | ↓ -42% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|MCS | $50.31 | ↓ -32% |
| Care 1st | Medicaid|All Plans | $50.65 | ↓ -32% |
| Blue Shield CA | Medicaid|All Plans | $50.65 | ↓ -32% |
| United | Commercial|Non-Options PPO | $100.34 | ↑ +35% |
| United | Commercial|All Other Plans | $107.26 | ↑ +44% |
| United | Commercial|Options PPO | $107.26 | ↑ +44% |
| Blue Shield CA | Medicare|BlueShield Promise | $112.45 | ↑ +51% |
| Kaiser | Commercial|All Plans | $121.10 | ↑ +63% |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | $138.40 | ↑ +86% |
| SMIPA | Medicare|All Plans | $162.57 | ↑ +119% |
| United | Commercial|HMO | $166.08 | ↑ +123% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicare|All Plans | $173.00 | ↑ +133% |
| Kaiser | Medicare|All Plans | $173.00 | ↑ +133% |
| Cigna | Medicare|All Plans | $173.00 | ↑ +133% |
| Scan Health Plan | Medicare|All Plans | $173.00 | ↑ +133% |
| HPN | Commercial|All Plans | $173.00 | ↑ +133% |
| LA Care | Medicare|All Plans | $173.00 | ↑ +133% |
| Health Net | Medicare|All Other Plans | $173.00 | ↑ +133% |
| HCLA | Medicare|Preferred IPA | $173.00 | ↑ +133% |
| Molina | Medicare|All Plans | $173.00 | ↑ +133% |
| Humana | Medicare|All Plans | $173.00 | ↑ +133% |
| Central Health Plan | Medicare|All Plans | $173.00 | ↑ +133% |
| United | Medicare|All Plans | $176.46 | ↑ +137% |
| HPN | Medicare|Senior | $190.30 | ↑ +156% |
| Health Net | Medicare|HMO | $198.80 | ↑ +167% |
| Blue Shield CA | Medicare|All Other Plans | $198.80 | ↑ +167% |
| EasyChoice | Medicare|All Plans | $198.80 | ↑ +167% |
| HCLA | Commercial|Preferred IPA | $216.25 | ↑ +191% |
| Blue Shield CA | Medicare|Trauma | $216.25 | ↑ +191% |
| LA Care | Commercial|All Plans | $216.25 | ↑ +191% |
| SevenCorners | Medicare|All Plans | $276.80 | ↑ +272% |
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Vital capacity test at other California hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| St. John's Camarillo Hospital | Camarillo | $107.31 | $7.86 – $365.02 |
| Banner Lassen Medical Center | Susanville | $53.86 | $9.19 – $96.03 |
| Petaluma Valley Hospital | Petaluma | $230.52 | $25.01 – $176.94 |
| Arroyo Grande Hospital | Santa Maria | $85.60 | $6.39 – $198.80 |
| Mark Twain Medical Center | San Andreas | $128.54 | $6.39 – $188.16 |
| French Hospital | San Luis Obispo | $76.44 | $6.39 – $195.00 |
| Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield | Bakersfield | $122.81 | $6.39 – $264.80 |
| Bakersfield Memorial Hospital | Bakersfield | $121.48 | $6.39 – $261.49 |