Chlorothiazide sodium 500 mg 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

$1,514.89

Cash price

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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.

$3,523.00

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.

$33.25 with Noble IPA vs $3,523.00 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 $33.25 ↓ -98%
Noble IPA Medicaid|< 21 $33.25 ↓ -98%
HCLA Medicaid|Preferred IPA < 21 $36.94 ↓ -98%
Preferred IPA Medicaid|Risk $36.94 ↓ -98%
HCLA Medicaid|Preferred IPA > 21 $36.94 ↓ -98%
Health Net Medicaid|> 21 $49.24 ↓ -97%
Health Net Medicaid|< 21 $49.24 ↓ -97%
Molina Medicaid|All Plans $51.72 ↓ -97%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Exchange $60.03 ↓ -96%
Health Net Commercial|EPPO $61.00 ↓ -96%
Aetna Commercial|All Other Plans $67.53 ↓ -96%
Aetna Commercial|HMO $67.53 ↓ -96%
Aetna Commercial|PPO $67.53 ↓ -96%
United Commercial|Non-Options PPO $72.45 ↓ -95%
Health Net Commercial|Care Product $74.77 ↓ -95%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|All Plans $81.19 ↓ -95%
Health Net Commercial|All Other Plans $85.59 ↓ -94%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|All Other Plans $89.60 ↓ -94%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|All Other Plans $98.38 ↓ -94%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|Exchange $98.38 ↓ -94%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $99.76 ↓ -93%
United Commercial|Options PPO $99.76 ↓ -93%
United Commercial|HMO $99.76 ↓ -93%
Angeles IPA Medicare|All Plans $125.81 ↓ -92%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|MCS $138.86 ↓ -91%
LA Care Medicaid|All Plans $152.19 ↓ -90%
Care 1st Medicaid|All Plans $184.70 ↓ -88%
Blue Shield CA Medicaid|All Plans $184.70 ↓ -88%
DHR Medicaid|> 21 $880.75 ↓ -42%
DHR Medicaid|< 21 $880.75 ↓ -42%
Cigna Commercial|PPO $1,620.58 ↑ +7%
Cigna Commercial|All Other Plans $1,620.58 ↑ +7%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|BlueShield Promise $2,289.95 ↑ +51%
Kaiser Commercial|All Plans $2,466.10 ↑ +63%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $2,818.40 ↑ +86%
SMIPA Medicare|All Plans $3,523.00 ↑ +133%

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Chlorothiazide sodium 500 mg intravenous solution at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
St. John's Camarillo Hospital Camarillo $327.19 $13.09 – $582.66
Petaluma Valley Hospital Petaluma $195.81 $12.25 – $69.83
Mark Twain Medical Center San Andreas $407.12 $158.14 – $599.06
French Hospital San Luis Obispo $975.30 $36.94 – $2,438.24
Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield Bakersfield $919.34 $36.94 – $121.60
Bakersfield Memorial Hospital Bakersfield $909.43 $19.56 – $152.00
Queen of The Valley Medical Center Napa $333.70 $13.26 – $69.83
Providence St Joseph Hospital Eureka Eureka $333.70 $15.81 – $80.76

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