Desmopressin 4 mcg/ml injection solution 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

$2,009.82

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.

$4,674.00

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.

$4.95 with Kaiser vs $140.00 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.

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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
Kaiser Medicare|All Plans $4.95 ↓ -100%
Humana Medicare|All Plans $4.95 ↓ -100%
HCLA Medicare|Preferred IPA $4.95 ↓ -100%
Health Net Medicare|All Other Plans $4.95 ↓ -100%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|All Other Plans $4.95 ↓ -100%
Health Net Medicare|HMO $4.95 ↓ -100%
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|All Plans $4.95 ↓ -100%
Central Health Plan Medicare|All Plans $4.95 ↓ -100%
Cigna Medicare|All Plans $4.95 ↓ -100%
EasyChoice Medicare|All Plans $4.95 ↓ -100%
Molina Medicare|All Plans $4.95 ↓ -100%
LA Care Medicare|All Plans $4.95 ↓ -100%
Scan Health Plan Medicare|All Plans $4.95 ↓ -100%
United Medicare|All Plans $5.05 ↓ -100%
HPN Medicare|Senior $5.45 ↓ -100%
HCLA Commercial|Preferred IPA $6.19 ↓ -100%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|Trauma $6.19 ↓ -100%
LA Care Commercial|All Plans $6.19 ↓ -100%
Health Net Commercial|EPPO $7.25 ↓ -100%
SevenCorners Medicare|All Plans $7.92 ↓ -100%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $8.17 ↓ -100%
United Commercial|HMO $8.17 ↓ -100%
United Commercial|Options PPO $8.17 ↓ -100%
Health Net Commercial|Care Product $8.90 ↓ -100%
Aetna Commercial|All Other Plans $9.33 ↓ -100%
Aetna Commercial|PPO $9.33 ↓ -100%
Aetna Commercial|HMO $9.33 ↓ -100%
Health Net Commercial|All Other Plans $10.18 ↓ -99%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|All Other Plans $11.70 ↓ -99%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|Exchange $11.70 ↓ -99%
SMIPA Medicare|All Plans $12.28 ↓ -99%
United Commercial|Non-Options PPO $15.33 ↓ -99%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|All Plans $28.00 ↓ -99%
DHR Medicaid|< 21 $35.00 ↓ -98%
DHR Medicaid|> 21 $35.00 ↓ -98%
HCLA Medicaid|Preferred IPA > 21 $42.00 ↓ -98%
HCLA Medicaid|Preferred IPA < 21 $42.00 ↓ -98%
Preferred IPA Medicaid|Risk $49.00 ↓ -98%
Cigna Commercial|All Other Plans $64.40 ↓ -97%
Cigna Commercial|PPO $64.40 ↓ -97%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Exchange $84.00 ↓ -96%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|BlueShield Promise $91.00 ↓ -95%
Kaiser Commercial|All Plans $98.00 ↓ -95%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $112.00 ↓ -94%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|All Other Plans $124.60 ↓ -94%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|MCS $140.00 ↓ -93%

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Desmopressin 4 mcg/ml injection solution at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
St. John's Camarillo Hospital Camarillo $622.84 $4.95 – $188.76
Petaluma Valley Hospital Petaluma $84.15 $8.98 – $24.84
Arroyo Grande Hospital Santa Maria $344.12 $4.95 – $787.92
French Hospital San Luis Obispo $315.17 $4.95 – $787.92
Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield Bakersfield $1,256.21 $4.95 – $24.00
Bakersfield Memorial Hospital Bakersfield $122.95 $4.95 – $20.54
Queen of The Valley Medical Center Napa $116.22 $8.98 – $26.89
Providence St Joseph Hospital Eureka Eureka $116.22 $7.79 – $32.07

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