Acyclovir 5 mg/ml in ns IV syringe (neo/ped) - cnr 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

$178.45

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.

$415.00

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.

$0.04 with HCLA vs $26.00 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
HCLA Medicaid|Preferred IPA < 21 $0.04 ↓ -100%
Preferred IPA Medicaid|Risk $0.04 ↓ -100%
Noble IPA Medicaid|> 21 $0.04 ↓ -100%
Noble IPA Medicaid|< 21 $0.04 ↓ -100%
HCLA Medicaid|Preferred IPA > 21 $0.04 ↓ -100%
Health Net Medicaid|> 21 $0.05 ↓ -100%
Health Net Medicaid|< 21 $0.05 ↓ -100%
Molina Medicaid|All Plans $0.06 ↓ -100%
United Commercial|Non-Options PPO $0.07 ↓ -100%
Aetna Commercial|HMO $0.08 ↓ -100%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $0.08 ↓ -100%
United Commercial|HMO $0.08 ↓ -100%
United Commercial|Options PPO $0.08 ↓ -100%
Aetna Commercial|All Other Plans $0.08 ↓ -100%
Aetna Commercial|PPO $0.08 ↓ -100%
Health Net Commercial|EPPO $0.09 ↓ -100%
Health Net Commercial|Care Product $0.11 ↓ -100%
Health Net Commercial|All Other Plans $0.12 ↓ -100%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|Exchange $0.14 ↓ -100%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|All Other Plans $0.14 ↓ -100%
LA Care Medicaid|All Plans $0.16 ↓ -100%
Blue Shield CA Medicaid|All Plans $0.20 ↓ -100%
Care 1st Medicaid|All Plans $0.20 ↓ -100%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Exchange $0.85 ↓ -100%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|All Other Plans $1.26 ↓ -99%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|MCS $1.96 ↓ -99%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|All Plans $4.51 ↓ -97%
Angeles IPA Medicare|All Plans $4.52 ↓ -97%
DHR Medicaid|> 21 $6.50 ↓ -96%
DHR Medicaid|< 21 $6.50 ↓ -96%
Cigna Commercial|PPO $11.96 ↓ -93%
Cigna Commercial|All Other Plans $11.96 ↓ -93%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|BlueShield Promise $16.90 ↓ -91%
Kaiser Commercial|All Plans $18.20 ↓ -90%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $20.80 ↓ -88%
SMIPA Medicare|All Plans $26.00 ↓ -85%

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Acyclovir 5 mg/ml in ns IV syringe (neo/ped) - cnr at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
St. John's Camarillo Hospital Camarillo $55.19 $0.06 – $52.26
Petaluma Valley Hospital Petaluma $145.69 $0.07 – $0.17
Arroyo Grande Hospital Santa Maria $179.76 $0.06 – $27.00
French Hospital San Luis Obispo $188.16 $0.04 – $52.92
Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield Bakersfield $79.77 $0.04 – $20.80
Bakersfield Memorial Hospital Bakersfield $78.91 $0.06 – $6.32
Queen of The Valley Medical Center Napa $145.69 $0.07 – $0.19
Providence St Joseph Hospital Eureka Eureka $145.69 $0.06 – $0.22

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