Cidofovir injection at St. Mary Medical Center
1050 Linden Ave, Long Beach, CA · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1194840421
$3,765.08
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.
$8,756.00
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.
$469.65 with Noble IPA vs $8,756.00 with BCBS - Anthem — 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 |
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| Noble IPA | Medicaid|< 21 | $469.65 | ↓ -88% |
| Noble IPA | Medicaid|> 21 | $469.65 | ↓ -88% |
| United | Commercial|Options PPO | $496.82 | ↓ -87% |
| United | Commercial|All Other Plans | $496.82 | ↓ -87% |
| United | Commercial|HMO | $496.82 | ↓ -87% |
| HCLA | Medicaid|Preferred IPA > 21 | $521.83 | ↓ -86% |
| Preferred IPA | Medicaid|Risk | $521.83 | ↓ -86% |
| HCLA | Medicaid|Preferred IPA < 21 | $521.83 | ↓ -86% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicaid|All Plans | $554.84 | ↓ -85% |
| Angeles IPA | Medicare|All Plans | $558.65 | ↓ -85% |
| Health Net | Commercial|EPPO | $643.08 | ↓ -83% |
| Health Net | Medicare|All Other Plans | $672.62 | ↓ -82% |
| Scan Health Plan | Medicare|All Plans | $672.62 | ↓ -82% |
| Blue Shield CA | Medicare|All Other Plans | $672.62 | ↓ -82% |
| Molina | Medicare|All Plans | $672.62 | ↓ -82% |
| LA Care | Medicare|All Plans | $672.62 | ↓ -82% |
| Humana | Medicare|All Plans | $672.62 | ↓ -82% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicare|All Plans | $672.62 | ↓ -82% |
| Cigna | Medicare|All Plans | $672.62 | ↓ -82% |
| Kaiser | Medicare|All Plans | $672.62 | ↓ -82% |
| Central Health Plan | Medicare|All Plans | $672.62 | ↓ -82% |
| EasyChoice | Medicare|All Plans | $672.62 | ↓ -82% |
| Health Net | Medicare|HMO | $672.62 | ↓ -82% |
| HCLA | Medicare|Preferred IPA | $672.62 | ↓ -82% |
| United | Medicare|All Plans | $686.08 | ↓ -82% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|> 21 | $695.60 | ↓ -82% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|< 21 | $695.60 | ↓ -82% |
| Molina | Medicaid|All Plans | $730.56 | ↓ -81% |
| HPN | Medicare|Senior | $739.88 | ↓ -80% |
| SMIPA | Medicare|All Plans | $782.90 | ↓ -79% |
| Health Net | Commercial|Care Product | $788.29 | ↓ -79% |
| Blue Shield CA | Medicare|Trauma | $840.77 | ↓ -78% |
| HCLA | Commercial|Preferred IPA | $840.77 | ↓ -78% |
| LA Care | Commercial|All Plans | $840.77 | ↓ -78% |
| Health Net | Commercial|All Other Plans | $902.39 | ↓ -76% |
| United | Commercial|Non-Options PPO | $937.07 | ↓ -75% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|Exchange | $1,037.23 | ↓ -72% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|All Other Plans | $1,037.23 | ↓ -72% |
| SevenCorners | Medicare|All Plans | $1,076.19 | ↓ -71% |
| Aetna | Commercial|HMO | $1,084.88 | ↓ -71% |
| Aetna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $1,084.88 | ↓ -71% |
| Aetna | Commercial|PPO | $1,084.88 | ↓ -71% |
| LA Care | Medicaid|All Plans | $2,149.94 | ↓ -43% |
| DHR | Medicaid|< 21 | $2,189.00 | ↓ -42% |
| DHR | Medicaid|> 21 | $2,189.00 | ↓ -42% |
| Blue Shield CA | Medicaid|All Plans | $2,609.15 | ↓ -31% |
| Care 1st | Medicaid|All Plans | $2,609.15 | ↓ -31% |
| Cigna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $4,027.76 | ↑ +7% |
| Cigna | Commercial|PPO | $4,027.76 | ↑ +7% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|Exchange | $4,598.61 | ↑ +22% |
| Blue Shield CA | Medicare|BlueShield Promise | $5,691.40 | ↑ +51% |
| Kaiser | Commercial|All Plans | $6,129.20 | ↑ +63% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|All Other Plans | $6,863.57 | ↑ +82% |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | $7,004.80 | ↑ +86% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|MCS | $8,756.00 | ↑ +133% |
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Cidofovir injection at other California hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| St. John's Camarillo Hospital | Camarillo | $1,314.00 | $496.82 – $1,723.77 |
| Arroyo Grande Hospital | Santa Maria | $3,800.64 | $496.82 – $8,702.40 |
| Bakersfield Memorial Hospital | Bakersfield | $1,297.35 | $397.45 – $2,792.65 |
| Queen of The Valley Medical Center | Napa | $1,574.21 | $560.79 – $1,121.93 |
| Providence St Joseph Hospital Eureka | Eureka | $1,574.21 | $560.79 – $1,211.48 |
| Providence Mission Hospital - Mission Viejo | Mission Viejo | $1,648.28 | $427.08 – $1,121.93 |
| Mercy Medical Center Merced | Merced | $1,783.96 | $496.82 – $3,256.16 |
| Dominican Hospital | Santa Cruz | $3,196.80 | $478.07 – $6,038.40 |