Diazepam 5 mg/ml injection solution (wrapper) 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

$56.33

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.

$131.00

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.

$7.11 with Health Net vs $131.00 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 $7.11 ↓ -87%
Health Net Commercial|Care Product $8.76 ↓ -84%
Noble IPA Medicaid|< 21 $9.22 ↓ -84%
Noble IPA Medicaid|> 21 $9.22 ↓ -84%
Angeles IPA Medicare|All Plans $9.93 ↓ -82%
Health Net Commercial|All Other Plans $10.02 ↓ -82%
HCLA Medicaid|Preferred IPA > 21 $10.25 ↓ -82%
HCLA Medicaid|Preferred IPA < 21 $10.25 ↓ -82%
Preferred IPA Medicaid|Risk $10.25 ↓ -82%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|Exchange $11.52 ↓ -80%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|All Other Plans $11.52 ↓ -80%
United Commercial|Non-Options PPO $11.67 ↓ -79%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|All Plans $11.94 ↓ -79%
Aetna Commercial|HMO $12.04 ↓ -79%
Aetna Commercial|PPO $12.04 ↓ -79%
Aetna Commercial|All Other Plans $12.04 ↓ -79%
Health Net Medicaid|< 21 $13.66 ↓ -76%
Health Net Medicaid|> 21 $13.66 ↓ -76%
United Commercial|Options PPO $14.11 ↓ -75%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $14.11 ↓ -75%
United Commercial|HMO $14.11 ↓ -75%
Molina Medicaid|All Plans $14.35 ↓ -75%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Exchange $21.56 ↓ -62%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|All Other Plans $32.18 ↓ -43%
DHR Medicaid|< 21 $32.75 ↓ -42%
DHR Medicaid|> 21 $32.75 ↓ -42%
LA Care Medicaid|All Plans $42.23 ↓ -25%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|MCS $49.87 ↓ -11%
Care 1st Medicaid|All Plans $51.25 ↓ -9%
Blue Shield CA Medicaid|All Plans $51.25 ↓ -9%
Cigna Commercial|PPO $60.26 ↑ +7%
Cigna Commercial|All Other Plans $60.26 ↑ +7%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|BlueShield Promise $85.15 ↑ +51%
Kaiser Commercial|All Plans $91.70 ↑ +63%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $104.80 ↑ +86%
SMIPA Medicare|All Plans $131.00 ↑ +133%

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Diazepam 5 mg/ml injection solution (wrapper) at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
St. John's Camarillo Hospital Camarillo $29.35 $4.70 – $52.26
Petaluma Valley Hospital Petaluma $85.68 $4.40 – $12.45
Arroyo Grande Hospital Santa Maria $172.92 $2.25 – $5.00
French Hospital San Luis Obispo $88.99 $1.35 – $10.25
Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield Bakersfield $70.87 $6.08 – $20.80
Bakersfield Memorial Hospital Bakersfield $43.31 $7.02 – $20.00
Queen of The Valley Medical Center Napa $85.68 $4.76 – $12.45
Providence St Joseph Hospital Eureka Eureka $85.68 $5.68 – $12.45

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