Dactinomycin 0.5 mg intravenous solution at St. Mary Medical Center
1050 Linden Ave, Long Beach, CA · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1194840421
$71.38
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.
$166.00
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.
$33.20 with BCBS - Anthem vs $1,444.00 with Blue Shield CA — 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicaid|All Plans | $33.20 | ↓ -53% |
| DHR | Medicaid|> 21 | $41.50 | ↓ -42% |
| DHR | Medicaid|< 21 | $41.50 | ↓ -42% |
| HCLA | Medicaid|Preferred IPA > 21 | $49.80 | ↓ -30% |
| HCLA | Medicaid|Preferred IPA < 21 | $49.80 | ↓ -30% |
| Cigna | Commercial|PPO | $76.36 | ↑ +7% |
| Cigna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $76.36 | ↑ +7% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|Exchange | $79.48 | ↑ +11% |
| Blue Shield CA | Medicare|BlueShield Promise | $107.90 | ↑ +51% |
| Kaiser | Commercial|All Plans | $116.20 | ↑ +63% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|All Other Plans | $118.62 | ↑ +66% |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | $132.80 | ↑ +86% |
| Noble IPA | Medicaid|> 21 | $149.40 | ↑ +109% |
| Noble IPA | Medicaid|< 21 | $149.40 | ↑ +109% |
| Health Net | Commercial|Care Product | $166.00 | ↑ +133% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|< 21 | $166.00 | ↑ +133% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|> 21 | $166.00 | ↑ +133% |
| Health Net | Commercial|EPPO | $166.00 | ↑ +133% |
| Cigna | Medicare|All Plans | $166.00 | ↑ +133% |
| Kaiser | Medicare|All Plans | $166.00 | ↑ +133% |
| Central Health Plan | Medicare|All Plans | $166.00 | ↑ +133% |
| Aetna | Commercial|HMO | $166.00 | ↑ +133% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicare|All Plans | $166.00 | ↑ +133% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|MCS | $166.00 | ↑ +133% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|All Other Plans | $166.00 | ↑ +133% |
| Molina | Medicaid|All Plans | $166.00 | ↑ +133% |
| United | Commercial|All Other Plans | $166.00 | ↑ +133% |
| United | Commercial|HMO | $166.00 | ↑ +133% |
| United | Commercial|Options PPO | $166.00 | ↑ +133% |
| United | Commercial|Non-Options PPO | $166.00 | ↑ +133% |
| Health Net | Commercial|All Other Plans | $166.00 | ↑ +133% |
| Health Net | Medicare|All Other Plans | $166.00 | ↑ +133% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|Exchange | $166.00 | ↑ +133% |
| Scan Health Plan | Medicare|All Plans | $166.00 | ↑ +133% |
| LA Care | Medicare|All Plans | $166.00 | ↑ +133% |
| Aetna | Commercial|PPO | $166.00 | ↑ +133% |
| Aetna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $166.00 | ↑ +133% |
| Angeles IPA | Medicare|All Plans | $166.00 | ↑ +133% |
| Humana | Medicare|All Plans | $166.00 | ↑ +133% |
| HCLA | Medicare|Preferred IPA | $166.00 | ↑ +133% |
| Preferred IPA | Medicaid|Risk | $166.00 | ↑ +133% |
| SMIPA | Medicare|All Plans | $166.00 | ↑ +133% |
| Molina | Medicare|All Plans | $166.00 | ↑ +133% |
| United | Medicare|All Plans | $169.32 | ↑ +137% |
| HPN | Medicare|Senior | $182.60 | ↑ +156% |
| LA Care | Commercial|All Plans | $207.50 | ↑ +191% |
| HCLA | Commercial|Preferred IPA | $207.50 | ↑ +191% |
| Blue Shield CA | Medicare|Trauma | $207.50 | ↑ +191% |
| SevenCorners | Medicare|All Plans | $265.60 | ↑ +272% |
| EasyChoice | Medicare|All Plans | $384.89 | ↑ +439% |
| Blue Shield CA | Medicare|All Other Plans | $384.89 | ↑ +439% |
| Health Net | Medicare|HMO | $384.89 | ↑ +439% |
| LA Care | Medicaid|All Plans | $683.92 | ↑ +858% |
| Care 1st | Medicaid|All Plans | $1,444.00 | ↑ +1923% |
| Blue Shield CA | Medicaid|All Plans | $1,444.00 | ↑ +1923% |
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Dactinomycin 0.5 mg intravenous solution at other California hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| St. John's Camarillo Hospital | Camarillo | $2,446.23 | $17.32 – $4,356.30 |
| Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield | Bakersfield | $2,722.77 | $26.80 – $288.80 |
| Bakersfield Memorial Hospital | Bakersfield | $2,693.42 | $25.89 – $67.00 |
| St. Joseph's Medical Center Stockton | Stockton | $1,761.95 | $16.38 – $63.00 |
| Providence Mission Hospital - Mission Viejo | Mission Viejo | $536.90 | $21.46 – $624.69 |
| Mercy Medical Center Merced | Merced | $3,703.37 | $18.62 – $72.60 |
| Sierra Nevada Memorial Hospital | Grass Valley | $3,818.82 | $29.24 – $321.10 |
| Providence Cedars-Sinai Tarzana Medical Center | Tarzana | $8,142.42 | $45.20 – $752.25 |