Acetylcysteine 200 mg/ml (20 %) intravenous solution 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

$956.75

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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.

$2,225.00

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.

$0.39 with Health Net vs $2,225.00 with SMIPA — 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
Health Net Commercial|Care Product $0.39 ↓ -100%
Noble IPA Medicaid|< 21 $0.41 ↓ -100%
Noble IPA Medicaid|> 21 $0.41 ↓ -100%
Health Net Commercial|All Other Plans $0.44 ↓ -100%
HCLA Medicaid|Preferred IPA < 21 $0.45 ↓ -100%
Preferred IPA Medicaid|Risk $0.45 ↓ -100%
HCLA Medicaid|Preferred IPA > 21 $0.45 ↓ -100%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|Exchange $0.50 ↓ -100%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|All Other Plans $0.50 ↓ -100%
Health Net Medicaid|< 21 $0.60 ↓ -100%
Health Net Medicaid|> 21 $0.60 ↓ -100%
Molina Medicaid|All Plans $0.63 ↓ -100%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $0.91 ↓ -100%
United Commercial|Options PPO $0.91 ↓ -100%
United Commercial|HMO $0.91 ↓ -100%
Health Net Commercial|EPPO $0.93 ↓ -100%
Aetna Commercial|PPO $0.94 ↓ -100%
Aetna Commercial|All Other Plans $0.94 ↓ -100%
Aetna Commercial|HMO $0.94 ↓ -100%
United Commercial|Non-Options PPO $1.30 ↓ -100%
LA Care Medicaid|All Plans $1.85 ↓ -100%
Blue Shield CA Medicaid|All Plans $2.25 ↓ -100%
Care 1st Medicaid|All Plans $2.25 ↓ -100%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|All Plans $5.11 ↓ -99%
Angeles IPA Medicare|All Plans $5.16 ↓ -99%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Exchange $73.13 ↓ -92%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|All Other Plans $109.16 ↓ -89%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|MCS $169.18 ↓ -82%
DHR Medicaid|> 21 $556.25 ↓ -42%
DHR Medicaid|< 21 $556.25 ↓ -42%
Cigna Commercial|All Other Plans $1,023.50 ↑ +7%
Cigna Commercial|PPO $1,023.50 ↑ +7%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|BlueShield Promise $1,446.25 ↑ +51%
Kaiser Commercial|All Plans $1,557.50 ↑ +63%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $1,780.00 ↑ +86%
SMIPA Medicare|All Plans $2,225.00 ↑ +133%

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Acetylcysteine 200 mg/ml (20 %) intravenous solution at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
St. John's Camarillo Hospital Camarillo $296.53 $0.50 – $528.06
Petaluma Valley Hospital Petaluma $363.50 $0.89 – $14.92
Arroyo Grande Hospital Santa Maria $965.57 $0.64 – $2,210.88
French Hospital San Luis Obispo $884.36 $0.45 – $2,210.88
Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield Bakersfield $516.81 $0.31 – $141.60
Bakersfield Memorial Hospital Bakersfield $511.24 $0.63 – $139.83
Queen of The Valley Medical Center Napa $363.50 $0.89 – $16.15
Providence St Joseph Hospital Eureka Eureka $363.50 $0.74 – $19.27

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