Benztropine 1 mg/ml injection 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

$229.19

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.

$533.00

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.

$0.01 with BCBS - Anthem vs $533.00 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 $0.01 ↓ -100%
Health Net Commercial|EPPO $18.60 ↓ -92%
Noble IPA Medicaid|> 21 $19.11 ↓ -92%
Noble IPA Medicaid|< 21 $19.11 ↓ -92%
Angeles IPA Medicare|All Plans $20.90 ↓ -91%
HCLA Medicaid|Preferred IPA < 21 $21.23 ↓ -91%
Preferred IPA Medicaid|Risk $21.23 ↓ -91%
HCLA Medicaid|Preferred IPA > 21 $21.23 ↓ -91%
Health Net Commercial|Care Product $22.80 ↓ -90%
Health Net Commercial|All Other Plans $26.10 ↓ -89%
United Commercial|Options PPO $27.87 ↓ -88%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $27.87 ↓ -88%
United Commercial|HMO $27.87 ↓ -88%
Health Net Medicaid|> 21 $28.30 ↓ -88%
Health Net Medicaid|< 21 $28.30 ↓ -88%
Molina Medicaid|All Plans $29.72 ↓ -87%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|Exchange $30.00 ↓ -87%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|All Other Plans $30.00 ↓ -87%
United Commercial|Non-Options PPO $31.38 ↓ -86%
Aetna Commercial|All Other Plans $34.86 ↓ -85%
Aetna Commercial|HMO $34.86 ↓ -85%
Aetna Commercial|PPO $34.86 ↓ -85%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Exchange $36.78 ↓ -84%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|All Other Plans $54.89 ↓ -76%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|MCS $85.08 ↓ -63%
LA Care Medicaid|All Plans $87.47 ↓ -62%
Care 1st Medicaid|All Plans $106.15 ↓ -54%
Blue Shield CA Medicaid|All Plans $106.15 ↓ -54%
DHR Medicaid|> 21 $133.25 ↓ -42%
DHR Medicaid|< 21 $133.25 ↓ -42%
Cigna Commercial|PPO $245.18 ↑ +7%
Cigna Commercial|All Other Plans $245.18 ↑ +7%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|BlueShield Promise $346.45 ↑ +51%
Kaiser Commercial|All Plans $373.10 ↑ +63%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $426.40 ↑ +86%
SMIPA Medicare|All Plans $533.00 ↑ +133%

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Benztropine 1 mg/ml injection solution at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
St. John's Camarillo Hospital Camarillo $70.96 $8.02 – $126.36
Petaluma Valley Hospital Petaluma $125.82 $7.50 – $36.06
Arroyo Grande Hospital Santa Maria $231.12 $13.30 – $529.20
French Hospital San Luis Obispo $211.68 $21.23 – $529.20
Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield Bakersfield $248.20 $15.90 – $150.40
Bakersfield Memorial Hospital Bakersfield $245.53 $0.01 – $148.52
Queen of The Valley Medical Center Napa $106.46 $8.12 – $36.06
Providence St Joseph Hospital Eureka Eureka $106.46 $9.69 – $36.06

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