Carboplatin 10 mg/ml desensitization 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

$30.53

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.

$71.00

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.

$2.64 with Noble IPA vs $69.00 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
Noble IPA Medicaid|> 21 $2.64 ↓ -91%
Noble IPA Medicaid|< 21 $2.64 ↓ -91%
HCLA Medicaid|Preferred IPA > 21 $2.93 ↓ -90%
Preferred IPA Medicaid|Risk $2.93 ↓ -90%
HCLA Medicaid|Preferred IPA < 21 $2.93 ↓ -90%
Health Net Medicaid|> 21 $3.91 ↓ -87%
Health Net Medicaid|< 21 $3.91 ↓ -87%
Molina Medicaid|All Plans $4.10 ↓ -87%
United Commercial|Non-Options PPO $4.31 ↓ -86%
Health Net Commercial|EPPO $5.90 ↓ -81%
United Commercial|HMO $5.99 ↓ -80%
United Commercial|Options PPO $5.99 ↓ -80%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $5.99 ↓ -80%
Aetna Commercial|HMO $6.09 ↓ -80%
Aetna Commercial|All Other Plans $6.09 ↓ -80%
Aetna Commercial|PPO $6.09 ↓ -80%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|All Plans $7.22 ↓ -76%
Health Net Commercial|Care Product $7.24 ↓ -76%
Angeles IPA Medicare|All Plans $8.06 ↓ -74%
Health Net Commercial|All Other Plans $8.28 ↓ -73%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|All Other Plans $9.52 ↓ -69%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|Exchange $9.52 ↓ -69%
LA Care Medicaid|All Plans $12.07 ↓ -60%
Blue Shield CA Medicaid|All Plans $14.65 ↓ -52%
Care 1st Medicaid|All Plans $14.65 ↓ -52%
DHR Medicaid|> 21 $17.25 ↓ -43%
DHR Medicaid|< 21 $17.25 ↓ -43%
Cigna Commercial|All Other Plans $31.74 ↑ +4%
Cigna Commercial|PPO $31.74 ↑ +4%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Exchange $41.40 ↑ +36%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|BlueShield Promise $44.85 ↑ +47%
Kaiser Commercial|All Plans $48.30 ↑ +58%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $55.20 ↑ +81%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|All Other Plans $61.41 ↑ +101%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|MCS $69.00 ↑ +126%
SMIPA Medicare|All Plans $69.00 ↑ +126%

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Carboplatin 10 mg/ml desensitization at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
St. John's Camarillo Hospital Camarillo $37.23 $4.31 – $28.47
Arroyo Grande Hospital Santa Maria $42.38 $4.31 – $67.62
Mark Twain Medical Center San Andreas $41.96 $16.30 – $61.74
French Hospital San Luis Obispo $38.81 $2.93 – $70.56
Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield Bakersfield $40.07 $2.93 – $15.39
Bakersfield Memorial Hospital Bakersfield $39.64 $4.12 – $14.22
Queen of The Valley Medical Center Napa $404.90 $5.86 – $171.79
Providence St Joseph Hospital Eureka Eureka $404.90 $4.22 – $204.92

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