Warde lipoprotein-associated phospholipase a2 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

$30.10

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.

$70.00

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.

$17.50 with DHR vs $184.75 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 $17.50 ↓ -42%
DHR Medicaid|> 21 $17.50 ↓ -42%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|Exchange $26.60 ↓ -12%
Noble IPA Medicaid|< 21 $33.26 ↑ +10%
Noble IPA Medicaid|> 21 $33.26 ↑ +10%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|All Other Plans $34.30 ↑ +14%
Partnership Health Plan Medicaid|< 21 $36.95 ↑ +23%
HCLA Medicaid|Preferred IPA < 21 $36.95 ↑ +23%
Preferred IPA Medicaid|Risk $36.95 ↑ +23%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|All Plans $36.95 ↑ +23%
Angeles IPA Medicare|All Plans $36.95 ↑ +23%
Partnership Health Plan Medicaid|> 21 $36.95 ↑ +23%
HCLA Medicaid|Preferred IPA > 21 $36.95 ↑ +23%
Inland Empire Health Plan Medicaid|All Plans $36.95 ↑ +23%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Exchange $40.60 ↑ +35%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|BlueShield Promise $45.50 ↑ +51%
LA Care Medicare|All Plans $46.31 ↑ +54%
Humana Medicare|All Plans $46.31 ↑ +54%
Molina Medicare|All Plans $46.31 ↑ +54%
United Medicare|All Plans $46.31 ↑ +54%
Health Net Medicare|All Other Plans $46.31 ↑ +54%
Health Net Medicare|HMO $46.31 ↑ +54%
Cigna Medicare|All Plans $46.31 ↑ +54%
Kaiser Medicare|All Plans $46.31 ↑ +54%
Central Health Plan Medicare|All Plans $46.31 ↑ +54%
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|All Plans $46.31 ↑ +54%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|All Other Plans $46.31 ↑ +54%
Scan Health Plan Medicare|All Plans $46.31 ↑ +54%
HPN Medicare|Senior $46.31 ↑ +54%
EasyChoice Medicare|All Plans $46.31 ↑ +54%
HCLA Medicare|Preferred IPA $46.31 ↑ +54%
SMIPA Medicare|All Plans $46.31 ↑ +54%
Kaiser Commercial|All Plans $49.00 ↑ +63%
Health Net Medicaid|> 21 $49.25 ↑ +64%
Health Net Medicaid|< 21 $49.25 ↑ +64%
Molina Medicaid|All Plans $51.73 ↑ +72%
Kaiser Medicaid|< 21 $55.43 ↑ +84%
Kaiser Medicaid|> 21 $55.43 ↑ +84%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $55.57 ↑ +85%
United Commercial|Non-Options PPO $55.57 ↑ +85%
United Commercial|Options PPO $55.57 ↑ +85%
United Commercial|HMO $55.57 ↑ +85%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $56.00 ↑ +86%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|Trauma $57.89 ↑ +92%
LA Care Commercial|All Plans $57.89 ↑ +92%
HCLA Commercial|Preferred IPA $57.89 ↑ +92%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|All Other Plans $60.90 ↑ +102%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|MCS $70.00 ↑ +133%
Aetna Commercial|PPO $70.00 ↑ +133%
Aetna Commercial|All Other Plans $70.00 ↑ +133%
Aetna Commercial|HMO $70.00 ↑ +133%
SevenCorners Medicare|All Plans $74.10 ↑ +146%
Cigna Commercial|PPO $103.27 ↑ +243%
Cigna Commercial|All Other Plans $103.27 ↑ +243%
LA Care Medicaid|All Plans $152.23 ↑ +406%
Care 1st Medicaid|All Plans $184.75 ↑ +514%
Blue Shield CA Medicaid|All Plans $184.75 ↑ +514%

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Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Fresno Medical Center FRESNO $80.08 $43.00 – $43.00
Antioch Medical Center ANTIOCH $80.08 $43.00 – $43.00
Redwood City Medical Center Redwood City $80.08 $43.00 – $43.00
Santa Clara Medical Center SANTA CLARA $80.08 $43.00 – $43.00
Baldwin Park Medical Center BALDWIN PARK $273.00 $32.00 – $32.00
Riverside Medical Center RIVERSIDE $273.00 $32.00 – $32.00
Fremont Medical Center FREMONT $80.08 $43.00 – $43.00
Banner Lassen Medical Center Susanville $31.30 $9.26 – $60.97

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