Aztreonam 1 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

$397.75

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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.

$925.00

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.

$61.60 with BCBS - Anthem vs $308.00 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
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|All Plans $61.60 ↓ -85%
DHR Medicaid|> 21 $77.00 ↓ -81%
DHR Medicaid|< 21 $77.00 ↓ -81%
HCLA Medicaid|Preferred IPA > 21 $92.40 ↓ -77%
HCLA Medicaid|Preferred IPA < 21 $92.40 ↓ -77%
Health Net Commercial|Care Product $100.00 ↓ -75%
Preferred IPA Medicaid|Risk $107.80 ↓ -73%
Cigna Commercial|PPO $141.68 ↓ -64%
Cigna Commercial|All Other Plans $141.68 ↓ -64%
United Commercial|Non-Options PPO $178.64 ↓ -55%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Exchange $184.80 ↓ -54%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $190.96 ↓ -52%
United Commercial|Options PPO $190.96 ↓ -52%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|BlueShield Promise $200.20 ↓ -50%
Kaiser Commercial|All Plans $215.60 ↓ -46%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $246.40 ↓ -38%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|All Other Plans $274.12 ↓ -31%
United Commercial|HMO $295.68 ↓ -26%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|MCS $308.00 ↓ -23%
SMIPA Medicare|All Plans $308.00 ↓ -23%

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Aztreonam 1 gram solution for injection at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
St. John's Camarillo Hospital Camarillo $106.00 $18.09 – $52.26
Petaluma Valley Hospital Petaluma $257.36 $3.97 – $5.33
Arroyo Grande Hospital Santa Maria $358.24 $140.85 – $306.74
French Hospital San Luis Obispo $315.17 $106.92 – $388.08
Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield Bakersfield $191.07 $55.60 – $111.20
Bakersfield Memorial Hospital Bakersfield $121.85 $16.00 – $64.00
Queen of The Valley Medical Center Napa $257.36 $4.29 – $5.33
Providence St Joseph Hospital Eureka Eureka $257.36 $5.12 – $5.33

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