Deferoxamine 500 mg solution for injection 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

$157.81

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.

$367.00

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.

$8.41 with Health Net vs $367.00 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
Health Net Commercial|EPPO $8.41 ↓ -95%
Health Net Commercial|Care Product $10.85 ↓ -93%
Noble IPA Medicaid|< 21 $11.40 ↓ -93%
Noble IPA Medicaid|> 21 $11.40 ↓ -93%
Health Net Commercial|All Other Plans $12.43 ↓ -92%
HCLA Medicaid|Preferred IPA < 21 $12.67 ↓ -92%
HCLA Medicaid|Preferred IPA > 21 $12.67 ↓ -92%
Preferred IPA Medicaid|Risk $12.67 ↓ -92%
United Commercial|Non-Options PPO $12.99 ↓ -92%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|All Plans $13.05 ↓ -92%
Angeles IPA Medicare|All Plans $13.06 ↓ -92%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|Exchange $14.28 ↓ -91%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|All Other Plans $14.28 ↓ -91%
United Commercial|HMO $14.75 ↓ -91%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $14.75 ↓ -91%
United Commercial|Options PPO $14.75 ↓ -91%
Health Net Medicaid|> 21 $16.89 ↓ -89%
Health Net Medicaid|< 21 $16.89 ↓ -89%
Aetna Commercial|All Other Plans $17.07 ↓ -89%
Aetna Commercial|HMO $17.07 ↓ -89%
Aetna Commercial|PPO $17.07 ↓ -89%
Molina Medicaid|All Plans $17.74 ↓ -89%
LA Care Medicaid|All Plans $52.20 ↓ -67%
Care 1st Medicaid|All Plans $63.35 ↓ -60%
Blue Shield CA Medicaid|All Plans $63.35 ↓ -60%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Exchange $88.35 ↓ -44%
DHR Medicaid|< 21 $91.75 ↓ -42%
DHR Medicaid|> 21 $91.75 ↓ -42%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|All Other Plans $131.87 ↓ -16%
Cigna Commercial|PPO $168.82 ↑ +7%
Cigna Commercial|All Other Plans $168.82 ↑ +7%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|MCS $204.38 ↑ +30%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|BlueShield Promise $238.55 ↑ +51%
Kaiser Commercial|All Plans $256.90 ↑ +63%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $293.60 ↑ +86%
SMIPA Medicare|All Plans $367.00 ↑ +133%

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Deferoxamine 500 mg solution for injection at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
St. John's Camarillo Hospital Camarillo $49.06 $12.99 – $44.62
Arroyo Grande Hospital Santa Maria $151.52 $12.99 – $346.92
French Hospital San Luis Obispo $145.83 $12.67 – $346.92
Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield Bakersfield $184.76 $7.19 – $20.80
Bakersfield Memorial Hospital Bakersfield $182.77 $10.40 – $26.00
Queen of The Valley Medical Center Napa $84.15 $16.42 – $19.51
Providence St Joseph Hospital Eureka Eureka $84.15 $17.65 – $23.28
Redwood Memorial Hospital Fortuna $95.26 $18.03 – $23.33

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