Cisplatin 1 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

$27.09

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.

$63.00

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.

$2.57 with Noble IPA vs $63.00 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 $2.57 ↓ -91%
Noble IPA Medicaid|< 21 $2.57 ↓ -91%
HCLA Medicaid|Preferred IPA > 21 $2.86 ↓ -89%
Preferred IPA Medicaid|Risk $2.86 ↓ -89%
HCLA Medicaid|Preferred IPA < 21 $2.86 ↓ -89%
Health Net Commercial|EPPO $3.06 ↓ -89%
United Commercial|Non-Options PPO $3.07 ↓ -89%
Health Net Commercial|Care Product $3.76 ↓ -86%
Health Net Medicaid|> 21 $3.81 ↓ -86%
Health Net Medicaid|< 21 $3.81 ↓ -86%
Molina Medicaid|All Plans $4.00 ↓ -85%
Health Net Commercial|All Other Plans $4.30 ↓ -84%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $4.44 ↓ -84%
United Commercial|HMO $4.44 ↓ -84%
United Commercial|Options PPO $4.44 ↓ -84%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|All Other Plans $4.94 ↓ -82%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|Exchange $4.94 ↓ -82%
Aetna Commercial|HMO $5.95 ↓ -78%
Aetna Commercial|All Other Plans $5.95 ↓ -78%
Aetna Commercial|PPO $5.95 ↓ -78%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|All Plans $6.65 ↓ -75%
Angeles IPA Medicare|All Plans $8.50 ↓ -69%
LA Care Medicaid|All Plans $11.78 ↓ -57%
Blue Shield CA Medicaid|All Plans $14.30 ↓ -47%
Care 1st Medicaid|All Plans $14.30 ↓ -47%
DHR Medicaid|< 21 $15.75 ↓ -42%
DHR Medicaid|> 21 $15.75 ↓ -42%
Cigna Commercial|PPO $28.98 ↑ +7%
Cigna Commercial|All Other Plans $28.98 ↑ +7%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Exchange $37.80 ↑ +40%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|BlueShield Promise $40.95 ↑ +51%
Kaiser Commercial|All Plans $44.10 ↑ +63%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $50.40 ↑ +86%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|All Other Plans $56.07 ↑ +107%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|MCS $63.00 ↑ +133%
SMIPA Medicare|All Plans $63.00 ↑ +133%

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Cisplatin 1 mg/ml desensitization at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
St. John's Camarillo Hospital Camarillo $72.89 $3.07 – $66.30
Arroyo Grande Hospital Santa Maria $26.97 $3.07 – $61.74
French Hospital San Luis Obispo $24.70 $2.86 – $61.74
Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield Bakersfield $23.38 $2.62 – $50.40
Bakersfield Memorial Hospital Bakersfield $23.13 $3.07 – $49.77
Queen of The Valley Medical Center Napa $422.04 $5.72 – $57.70
Providence St Joseph Hospital Eureka Eureka $422.04 $3.90 – $68.83
St. Joseph's Medical Center Stockton Stockton $18.53 $3.07 – $51.66

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