Cefepime 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

$93.31

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.

$217.00

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.

$1.90 with Health Net vs $119.00 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
Health Net Commercial|EPPO $1.90 ↓ -98%
United Commercial|HMO $2.05 ↓ -98%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $2.05 ↓ -98%
United Commercial|Options PPO $2.05 ↓ -98%
Health Net Commercial|Care Product $2.32 ↓ -98%
Aetna Commercial|All Other Plans $2.49 ↓ -97%
Aetna Commercial|PPO $2.49 ↓ -97%
Aetna Commercial|HMO $2.49 ↓ -97%
Health Net Commercial|All Other Plans $2.66 ↓ -97%
United Commercial|Non-Options PPO $2.90 ↓ -97%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|All Other Plans $3.06 ↓ -97%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|Exchange $3.06 ↓ -97%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|All Plans $23.80 ↓ -74%
DHR Medicaid|< 21 $29.75 ↓ -68%
DHR Medicaid|> 21 $29.75 ↓ -68%
HCLA Medicaid|Preferred IPA > 21 $35.70 ↓ -62%
HCLA Medicaid|Preferred IPA < 21 $35.70 ↓ -62%
Preferred IPA Medicaid|Risk $41.65 ↓ -55%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Exchange $48.62 ↓ -48%
Cigna Commercial|All Other Plans $54.74 ↓ -41%
Cigna Commercial|PPO $54.74 ↓ -41%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|All Other Plans $72.56 ↓ -22%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|BlueShield Promise $77.35 ↓ -17%
Kaiser Commercial|All Plans $83.30 ↓ -11%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $95.20 ↑ +2%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|MCS $112.46 ↑ +21%
SMIPA Medicare|All Plans $119.00 ↑ +28%

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Cefepime 1 gram solution for injection at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
St. John's Camarillo Hospital Camarillo $78.84 $2.05 – $52.26
Petaluma Valley Hospital Petaluma $84.15 $2.40 – $9.92
Arroyo Grande Hospital Santa Maria $87.32 $2.05 – $117.60
French Hospital San Luis Obispo $86.24 $2.05 – $117.60
Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield Bakersfield $66.41 $1.62 – $20.80
Bakersfield Memorial Hospital Bakersfield $65.70 $1.98 – $20.54
Queen of The Valley Medical Center Napa $84.15 $2.40 – $10.74
Providence St Joseph Hospital Eureka Eureka $84.15 $2.46 – $12.81

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