Dexamethasone in ns IV syringe 0.1 mg/ml (neonate) - cnr 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

$35.26

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.

$82.00

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.

$0.16 with Health Net vs $22.75 with Care 1st — 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 $0.16 ↓ -100%
United Commercial|Options PPO $0.18 ↓ -99%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $0.18 ↓ -99%
United Commercial|HMO $0.18 ↓ -99%
Health Net Commercial|Care Product $0.19 ↓ -99%
Aetna Commercial|HMO $0.19 ↓ -99%
Aetna Commercial|PPO $0.19 ↓ -99%
Aetna Commercial|All Other Plans $0.19 ↓ -99%
United Commercial|Non-Options PPO $0.20 ↓ -99%
Health Net Commercial|All Other Plans $0.23 ↓ -99%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|All Other Plans $0.26 ↓ -99%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|Exchange $0.26 ↓ -99%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|All Plans $0.40 ↓ -99%
DHR Medicaid|> 21 $0.50 ↓ -99%
DHR Medicaid|< 21 $0.50 ↓ -99%
HCLA Medicaid|Preferred IPA < 21 $0.60 ↓ -98%
HCLA Medicaid|Preferred IPA > 21 $0.60 ↓ -98%
Cigna Commercial|PPO $0.92 ↓ -97%
Cigna Commercial|All Other Plans $0.92 ↓ -97%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Exchange $1.20 ↓ -97%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|BlueShield Promise $1.30 ↓ -96%
Kaiser Commercial|All Plans $1.40 ↓ -96%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $1.60 ↓ -95%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|All Other Plans $1.78 ↓ -95%
Noble IPA Medicaid|> 21 $1.80 ↓ -95%
Noble IPA Medicaid|< 21 $1.80 ↓ -95%
SMIPA Medicare|All Plans $2.00 ↓ -94%
Molina Medicaid|All Plans $2.00 ↓ -94%
Health Net Medicaid|< 21 $2.00 ↓ -94%
Health Net Medicaid|> 21 $2.00 ↓ -94%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|MCS $2.00 ↓ -94%
Angeles IPA Medicare|All Plans $2.00 ↓ -94%
Preferred IPA Medicaid|Risk $2.00 ↓ -94%
LA Care Medicaid|All Plans $8.24 ↓ -77%
Blue Shield CA Medicaid|All Plans $22.75 ↓ -35%
Care 1st Medicaid|All Plans $22.75 ↓ -35%

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Dexamethasone in ns IV syringe 0.1 mg/ml (neonate) - cnr at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
St. John's Camarillo Hospital Camarillo $29.35 $0.18 – $20.10
Petaluma Valley Hospital Petaluma $84.15 $0.19 – $1.73
Arroyo Grande Hospital Santa Maria $42.80 $0.18 – $52.92
French Hospital San Luis Obispo $21.17 $0.18 – $52.92
Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield Bakersfield $19.67 $0.14 – $4.55
Bakersfield Memorial Hospital Bakersfield $11.01 $0.15 – $1.00
Queen of The Valley Medical Center Napa $84.15 $0.19 – $1.87
Providence St Joseph Hospital Eureka Eureka $84.15 $0.19 – $2.23

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