Ampicillin-sulbactam 1.5 gram solution for injection 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

$73.10

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.

$170.00

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.

$2.71 with United vs $30.00 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
United Commercial|All Other Plans $2.71 ↓ -96%
United Commercial|Options PPO $2.71 ↓ -96%
United Commercial|HMO $2.71 ↓ -96%
Health Net Commercial|EPPO $3.12 ↓ -96%
Aetna Commercial|HMO $3.26 ↓ -96%
Aetna Commercial|PPO $3.26 ↓ -96%
Aetna Commercial|All Other Plans $3.26 ↓ -96%
Health Net Commercial|Care Product $3.83 ↓ -95%
Health Net Commercial|All Other Plans $4.38 ↓ -94%
United Commercial|Non-Options PPO $4.50 ↓ -94%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|All Other Plans $5.04 ↓ -93%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|Exchange $5.04 ↓ -93%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|All Plans $6.00 ↓ -92%
DHR Medicaid|< 21 $7.50 ↓ -90%
DHR Medicaid|> 21 $7.50 ↓ -90%
HCLA Medicaid|Preferred IPA < 21 $9.00 ↓ -88%
HCLA Medicaid|Preferred IPA > 21 $9.00 ↓ -88%
Preferred IPA Medicaid|Risk $10.50 ↓ -86%
Cigna Commercial|All Other Plans $13.80 ↓ -81%
Cigna Commercial|PPO $13.80 ↓ -81%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Exchange $18.00 ↓ -75%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|BlueShield Promise $19.50 ↓ -73%
Kaiser Commercial|All Plans $21.00 ↓ -71%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $24.00 ↓ -67%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|All Other Plans $26.70 ↓ -63%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|MCS $30.00 ↓ -59%
SMIPA Medicare|All Plans $30.00 ↓ -59%

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Ampicillin-sulbactam 1.5 gram solution for injection at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
St. John's Camarillo Hospital Camarillo $57.38 $2.71 – $52.26
Petaluma Valley Hospital Petaluma $93.72 $3.15 – $9.06
Arroyo Grande Hospital Santa Maria $74.05 $2.71 – $52.92
French Hospital San Luis Obispo $36.46 $2.71 – $52.92
Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield Bakersfield $55.28 $2.67 – $20.80
Bakersfield Memorial Hospital Bakersfield $54.69 $2.59 – $20.54
Queen of The Valley Medical Center Napa $93.72 $3.15 – $9.80
Providence St Joseph Hospital Eureka Eureka $93.72 $2.99 – $11.69

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