Calcium gluconate 100 mg/ml (10 %) intravenous 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

$51.17

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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.

$119.00

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.

$5.20 with BCBS - Anthem vs $26.00 with SMIPA — 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

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 $5.20 ↓ -90%
DHR Medicaid|> 21 $6.50 ↓ -87%
DHR Medicaid|< 21 $6.50 ↓ -87%
HCLA Medicaid|Preferred IPA < 21 $7.80 ↓ -85%
HCLA Medicaid|Preferred IPA > 21 $7.80 ↓ -85%
Preferred IPA Medicaid|Risk $9.10 ↓ -82%
Cigna Commercial|PPO $11.96 ↓ -77%
Cigna Commercial|All Other Plans $11.96 ↓ -77%
United Commercial|Non-Options PPO $15.08 ↓ -71%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Exchange $15.60 ↓ -70%
United Commercial|Options PPO $16.12 ↓ -68%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $16.12 ↓ -68%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|BlueShield Promise $16.90 ↓ -67%
Kaiser Commercial|All Plans $18.20 ↓ -64%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $20.80 ↓ -59%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|All Other Plans $23.14 ↓ -55%
United Commercial|HMO $24.96 ↓ -51%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|MCS $26.00 ↓ -49%
Health Net Commercial|Care Product $26.00 ↓ -49%
SMIPA Medicare|All Plans $26.00 ↓ -49%

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Calcium gluconate 100 mg/ml (10 %) intravenous solution at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
St. John's Camarillo Hospital Camarillo $29.35 $3.10 – $20.10
Petaluma Valley Hospital Petaluma $84.15 $0.09 – $0.26
Arroyo Grande Hospital Santa Maria $138.68 $24.30 – $52.92
French Hospital San Luis Obispo $47.44 $14.58 – $52.92
Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield Bakersfield $20.04 $10.40 – $26.00
Bakersfield Memorial Hospital Bakersfield $17.62 $2.00 – $8.00
Queen of The Valley Medical Center Napa $223.00 $0.09 – $0.28
Providence St Joseph Hospital Eureka Eureka $223.00 $0.08 – $0.33

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