Administration chemotherapy IV infusion up to 1 hour single/initial substance/drug 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

$595.12

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$1,384.00

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.

$28.59 with BCBS - Anthem vs $11,374.00 with Cigna — same scan, same building. Share

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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
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|All Plans $28.59 ↓ -95%
Noble IPA Medicaid|< 21 $32.63 ↓ -95%
Noble IPA Medicaid|> 21 $32.63 ↓ -95%
Partnership Health Plan Medicaid|< 21 $32.81 ↓ -94%
HCLA Medicaid|Preferred IPA > 21 $32.81 ↓ -94%
HCLA Medicaid|Preferred IPA < 21 $32.81 ↓ -94%
Inland Empire Health Plan Medicaid|All Plans $32.81 ↓ -94%
Partnership Health Plan Medicaid|> 21 $32.81 ↓ -94%
Preferred IPA Medicaid|Risk $36.26 ↓ -94%
Angeles IPA Medicare|All Plans $36.26 ↓ -94%
Health Net Medicaid|> 21 $43.64 ↓ -93%
Health Net Medicaid|< 21 $43.64 ↓ -93%
Kaiser Medicaid|> 21 $49.22 ↓ -92%
Kaiser Medicaid|< 21 $49.22 ↓ -92%
Molina Medicaid|All Plans $50.76 ↓ -91%
LA Care Medicaid|All Plans $135.18 ↓ -77%
Care 1st Medicaid|All Plans $181.30 ↓ -70%
Blue Shield CA Medicaid|All Plans $181.30 ↓ -70%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Exchange $328.00 ↓ -45%
DHR Medicaid|< 21 $346.00 ↓ -42%
DHR Medicaid|> 21 $346.00 ↓ -42%
SMIPA Medicare|All Plans $363.80 ↓ -39%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|Exchange $400.00 ↓ -33%
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|All Plans $421.45 ↓ -29%
Health Net Medicare|All Other Plans $421.45 ↓ -29%
Cigna Medicare|All Plans $421.45 ↓ -29%
Kaiser Medicare|All Plans $421.45 ↓ -29%
Health Net Medicare|HMO $421.45 ↓ -29%
Central Health Plan Medicare|All Plans $421.45 ↓ -29%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|All Other Plans $421.45 ↓ -29%
Scan Health Plan Medicare|All Plans $421.45 ↓ -29%
LA Care Medicare|All Plans $421.45 ↓ -29%
Molina Medicare|All Plans $421.45 ↓ -29%
EasyChoice Medicare|All Plans $421.45 ↓ -29%
HCLA Medicare|Preferred IPA $421.45 ↓ -29%
Humana Medicare|All Plans $421.45 ↓ -29%
United Medicare|All Plans $429.88 ↓ -28%
HPN Medicare|Senior $463.60 ↓ -22%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|All Other Plans $489.00 ↓ -18%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|All Other Plans $522.00 ↓ -12%
HCLA Commercial|Preferred IPA $526.81 ↓ -11%
LA Care Commercial|All Plans $526.81 ↓ -11%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|Trauma $526.81 ↓ -11%
SevenCorners Medicare|All Plans $674.32 ↑ +13%
Healthcare Partners Medicare|All Plans $705.84 ↑ +19%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|MCS $758.00 ↑ +27%
Healthcare Partners Commercial|All Plans $788.88 ↑ +33%
United Commercial|Non-Options PPO $802.72 ↑ +35%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|BlueShield Promise $899.60 ↑ +51%
Kaiser Commercial|All Plans $968.80 ↑ +63%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $1,107.20 ↑ +86%
Aetna Commercial|HMO $1,113.42 ↑ +87%
Aetna Commercial|All Other Plans $1,113.42 ↑ +87%
Aetna Commercial|PPO $1,113.42 ↑ +87%
United Commercial|HMO $1,333.00 ↑ +124%
United Commercial|Options PPO $1,384.00 ↑ +133%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $1,384.00 ↑ +133%
Cigna Commercial|All Other Plans $11,374.00 ↑ +1811%
Cigna Commercial|PPO $11,374.00 ↑ +1811%

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Administration chemotherapy IV infusion up to 1 hour single/initial substance/drug at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
St. John's Camarillo Hospital Camarillo $589.99 $40.36 – $834.88
Banner Lassen Medical Center Susanville $225.65 $47.17 – $498.58
Arroyo Grande Hospital Santa Maria $736.16 $32.81 – $11,311.00
Mark Twain Medical Center San Andreas $1,154.85 $32.81 – $1,699.32
French Hospital San Luis Obispo $706.00 $32.81 – $9,050.00
Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield Bakersfield $383.62 $32.81 – $19,249.00
Bakersfield Memorial Hospital Bakersfield $727.40 $32.81 – $985.52
Queen of The Valley Medical Center Napa $1,988.49 $468.99 – $468.99

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