Colistimethate sodium inj at St. Mary Medical Center
1050 Linden Ave, Long Beach, CA · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1194840421
$142.76
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.
$332.00
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.
$20.06 with United vs $332.00 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.
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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| United | Commercial|All Other Plans | $20.06 | ↓ -86% |
| United | Commercial|Options PPO | $20.06 | ↓ -86% |
| United | Commercial|HMO | $20.06 | ↓ -86% |
| Health Net | Commercial|EPPO | $20.53 | ↓ -86% |
| United | Commercial|Non-Options PPO | $23.33 | ↓ -84% |
| Aetna | Commercial|HMO | $24.82 | ↓ -83% |
| Aetna | Commercial|PPO | $24.82 | ↓ -83% |
| Aetna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $24.82 | ↓ -83% |
| Health Net | Commercial|Care Product | $25.17 | ↓ -82% |
| Health Net | Commercial|All Other Plans | $28.81 | ↓ -80% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|All Other Plans | $33.11 | ↓ -77% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|Exchange | $33.11 | ↓ -77% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicaid|All Plans | $66.40 | ↓ -53% |
| DHR | Medicaid|< 21 | $83.00 | ↓ -42% |
| DHR | Medicaid|> 21 | $83.00 | ↓ -42% |
| HCLA | Medicaid|Preferred IPA < 21 | $99.60 | ↓ -30% |
| HCLA | Medicaid|Preferred IPA > 21 | $99.60 | ↓ -30% |
| Preferred IPA | Medicaid|Risk | $116.20 | ↓ -19% |
| Cigna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $152.72 | ↑ +7% |
| Cigna | Commercial|PPO | $152.72 | ↑ +7% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|Exchange | $199.20 | ↑ +40% |
| Blue Shield CA | Medicare|BlueShield Promise | $215.80 | ↑ +51% |
| Kaiser | Commercial|All Plans | $232.40 | ↑ +63% |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | $265.60 | ↑ +86% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|All Other Plans | $295.48 | ↑ +107% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|MCS | $332.00 | ↑ +133% |
| SMIPA | Medicare|All Plans | $332.00 | ↑ +133% |
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Colistimethate sodium inj at other California hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| St. John's Camarillo Hospital | Camarillo | $44.24 | $20.06 – $78.78 |
| Arroyo Grande Hospital | Santa Maria | $143.81 | $20.06 – $329.28 |
| French Hospital | San Luis Obispo | $131.72 | $20.06 – $329.28 |
| Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield | Bakersfield | $84.22 | $17.55 – $107.20 |
| Bakersfield Memorial Hospital | Bakersfield | $83.31 | $19.70 – $105.86 |
| St. Joseph's Medical Center Stockton | Stockton | $54.69 | $20.06 – $90.20 |
| Santa Rosa Memorial Hospital | Santa Rosa | $84.15 | $23.88 – $67.98 |
| Providence Mission Hospital - Mission Viejo | Mission Viejo | $106.68 | $17.13 – $83.68 |