Calcitonin (salmon) 200 unit/ml injection solution at St. Mary Medical Center
1050 Linden Ave, Long Beach, CA · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1194840421
$4,250.55
Cash price 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.
$9,885.00
Gross charge 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.
$281.55 with BCBS - Anthem vs $7,908.00 with MultiPlan — 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.
Full explanation →
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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.
Full explanation →Payer ?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. Full explanation → |
Plan ?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. Full explanation → |
Negotiated rate | vs. cash |
|---|---|---|---|
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|Exchange | $281.55 | ↓ -93% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|All Other Plans | $420.22 | ↓ -90% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|MCS | $651.28 | ↓ -85% |
| HCLA | Medicare|Preferred IPA | $1,061.97 | ↓ -75% |
| Scan Health Plan | Medicare|All Plans | $1,061.97 | ↓ -75% |
| Molina | Medicare|All Plans | $1,061.97 | ↓ -75% |
| Blue Shield CA | Medicare|All Other Plans | $1,061.97 | ↓ -75% |
| LA Care | Medicare|All Plans | $1,061.97 | ↓ -75% |
| EasyChoice | Medicare|All Plans | $1,061.97 | ↓ -75% |
| Cigna | Medicare|All Plans | $1,061.97 | ↓ -75% |
| Health Net | Medicare|All Other Plans | $1,061.97 | ↓ -75% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicare|All Plans | $1,061.97 | ↓ -75% |
| Central Health Plan | Medicare|All Plans | $1,061.97 | ↓ -75% |
| Kaiser | Medicare|All Plans | $1,061.97 | ↓ -75% |
| Health Net | Medicare|HMO | $1,061.97 | ↓ -75% |
| Humana | Medicare|All Plans | $1,061.97 | ↓ -75% |
| Angeles IPA | Medicare|All Plans | $1,073.96 | ↓ -75% |
| United | Medicare|All Plans | $1,083.21 | ↓ -75% |
| Noble IPA | Medicaid|< 21 | $1,084.01 | ↓ -74% |
| Noble IPA | Medicaid|> 21 | $1,084.01 | ↓ -74% |
| HPN | Medicare|Senior | $1,168.17 | ↓ -73% |
| HCLA | Medicaid|Preferred IPA < 21 | $1,204.46 | ↓ -72% |
| Preferred IPA | Medicaid|Risk | $1,204.46 | ↓ -72% |
| HCLA | Medicaid|Preferred IPA > 21 | $1,204.46 | ↓ -72% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicaid|All Plans | $1,300.82 | ↓ -69% |
| LA Care | Commercial|All Plans | $1,327.46 | ↓ -69% |
| HCLA | Commercial|Preferred IPA | $1,327.46 | ↓ -69% |
| Blue Shield CA | Medicare|Trauma | $1,327.46 | ↓ -69% |
| Health Net | Commercial|Care Product | $1,368.00 | ↓ -68% |
| Health Net | Commercial|All Other Plans | $1,566.00 | ↓ -63% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|> 21 | $1,605.55 | ↓ -62% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|< 21 | $1,605.55 | ↓ -62% |
| Molina | Medicaid|All Plans | $1,686.24 | ↓ -60% |
| SevenCorners | Medicare|All Plans | $1,699.15 | ↓ -60% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|All Other Plans | $1,800.00 | ↓ -58% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|Exchange | $1,800.00 | ↓ -58% |
| United | Commercial|HMO | $1,884.98 | ↓ -56% |
| United | Commercial|Options PPO | $1,884.98 | ↓ -56% |
| United | Commercial|All Other Plans | $1,884.98 | ↓ -56% |
| Health Net | Commercial|EPPO | $2,212.99 | ↓ -48% |
| DHR | Medicaid|> 21 | $2,471.25 | ↓ -42% |
| DHR | Medicaid|< 21 | $2,471.25 | ↓ -42% |
| SMIPA | Medicare|All Plans | $3,336.31 | ↓ -22% |
| Aetna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $3,742.20 | ↓ -12% |
| Aetna | Commercial|PPO | $3,742.20 | ↓ -12% |
| Aetna | Commercial|HMO | $3,742.20 | ↓ -12% |
| Cigna | Commercial|PPO | $4,547.10 | ↑ +7% |
| Cigna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $4,547.10 | ↑ +7% |
| United | Commercial|Non-Options PPO | $4,688.62 | ↑ +10% |
| LA Care | Medicaid|All Plans | $4,962.38 | ↑ +17% |
| Blue Shield CA | Medicaid|All Plans | $6,022.30 | ↑ +42% |
| Care 1st | Medicaid|All Plans | $6,022.30 | ↑ +42% |
| Blue Shield CA | Medicare|BlueShield Promise | $6,425.25 | ↑ +51% |
| Kaiser | Commercial|All Plans | $6,919.50 | ↑ +63% |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | $7,908.00 | ↑ +86% |
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Calcitonin (salmon) 200 unit/ml injection solution at other California hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| St. John's Camarillo Hospital | Camarillo | $3,621.83 | $61.37 – $6,449.82 |
| Petaluma Valley Hospital | Petaluma | $1,459.58 | $57.45 – $1,933.30 |
| Arroyo Grande Hospital | Santa Maria | $16,050.00 | $101.78 – $36,750.00 |
| French Hospital | San Luis Obispo | $14,700.00 | $380.62 – $36,750.00 |
| Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield | Bakersfield | $5,549.79 | $10.40 – $1,204.46 |
| Bakersfield Memorial Hospital | Bakersfield | $5,489.96 | $10.40 – $26.00 |
| Queen of The Valley Medical Center | Napa | $1,459.58 | $62.18 – $1,933.30 |
| Providence St Joseph Hospital Eureka | Eureka | $1,459.58 | $74.17 – $1,933.30 |