Warde virus isolation tissue culture innoculation presumptive id herpes simplex 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

$24.41

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.

$56.75

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.

$7.54 with DHR vs $152.70 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 $7.54 ↓ -69%
DHR Medicaid|< 21 $7.54 ↓ -69%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|Exchange $11.46 ↓ -53%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|All Other Plans $14.77 ↓ -39%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Exchange $17.49 ↓ -28%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|BlueShield Promise $19.60 ↓ -20%
Kaiser Commercial|All Plans $21.10 ↓ -14%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|All Plans $22.80 ↓ -7%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $24.12 ↓ -1%
United Medicare|All Plans $26.07 ↑ +7%
Health Net Medicare|HMO $26.07 ↑ +7%
SMIPA Medicare|All Plans $26.07 ↑ +7%
Cigna Medicare|All Plans $26.07 ↑ +7%
Kaiser Medicare|All Plans $26.07 ↑ +7%
HCLA Medicare|Preferred IPA $26.07 ↑ +7%
Central Health Plan Medicare|All Plans $26.07 ↑ +7%
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|All Plans $26.07 ↑ +7%
Molina Medicare|All Plans $26.07 ↑ +7%
EasyChoice Medicare|All Plans $26.07 ↑ +7%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|All Other Plans $26.07 ↑ +7%
Humana Medicare|All Plans $26.07 ↑ +7%
Health Net Medicare|All Other Plans $26.07 ↑ +7%
Scan Health Plan Medicare|All Plans $26.07 ↑ +7%
HPN Medicare|Senior $26.07 ↑ +7%
LA Care Medicare|All Plans $26.07 ↑ +7%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|All Other Plans $26.23 ↑ +7%
Noble IPA Medicaid|< 21 $27.13 ↑ +11%
Noble IPA Medicaid|> 21 $27.13 ↑ +11%
HCLA Medicaid|Preferred IPA < 21 $30.14 ↑ +23%
Aetna Commercial|All Other Plans $30.14 ↑ +23%
Aetna Commercial|PPO $30.14 ↑ +23%
Aetna Commercial|HMO $30.14 ↑ +23%
Molina Medicaid|All Plans $30.14 ↑ +23%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $30.14 ↑ +23%
United Commercial|HMO $30.14 ↑ +23%
United Commercial|Options PPO $30.14 ↑ +23%
United Commercial|Non-Options PPO $30.14 ↑ +23%
Health Net Medicaid|< 21 $30.14 ↑ +23%
Health Net Medicaid|> 21 $30.14 ↑ +23%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|MCS $30.14 ↑ +23%
Partnership Health Plan Medicaid|< 21 $30.14 ↑ +23%
Partnership Health Plan Medicaid|> 21 $30.14 ↑ +23%
Inland Empire Health Plan Medicaid|All Plans $30.14 ↑ +23%
Angeles IPA Medicare|All Plans $30.14 ↑ +23%
HCLA Medicaid|Preferred IPA > 21 $30.14 ↑ +23%
Preferred IPA Medicaid|Risk $30.14 ↑ +23%
LA Care Commercial|All Plans $32.59 ↑ +34%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|Trauma $32.59 ↑ +34%
HCLA Commercial|Preferred IPA $32.59 ↑ +34%
SevenCorners Medicare|All Plans $41.71 ↑ +71%
Kaiser Medicaid|> 21 $45.21 ↑ +85%
Kaiser Medicaid|< 21 $45.21 ↑ +85%
Cigna Commercial|PPO $58.16 ↑ +138%
Cigna Commercial|All Other Plans $58.16 ↑ +138%
LA Care Medicaid|All Plans $87.71 ↑ +259%
Care 1st Medicaid|All Plans $152.70 ↑ +526%
Blue Shield CA Medicaid|All Plans $152.70 ↑ +526%

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Warde virus isolation tissue culture innoculation presumptive id herpes simplex at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
St. John's Camarillo Hospital Camarillo $17.52 $8.14 – $69.19
Banner Lassen Medical Center Susanville $27.90 $5.21 – $35.13
Petaluma Valley Hospital Petaluma $129.54 $25.55 – $212.79
Arroyo Grande Hospital Santa Maria $24.29 $15.07 – $67.19
Mark Twain Medical Center San Andreas $43.41 $21.66 – $39.20
French Hospital San Luis Obispo $22.25 $8.14 – $78.99
Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield Bakersfield $49.35 $10.50 – $74.94
Bakersfield Memorial Hospital Bakersfield $48.82 $10.50 – $74.94

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