Diltiazem 5 mg/ml intravenous solution at St. Mary Medical Center
1050 Linden Ave, Long Beach, CA · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1194840421
$68.37
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.
$159.00
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.
$9.40 with BCBS - Anthem vs $47.00 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.
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 |
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| BCBS - Anthem | Medicaid|All Plans | $9.40 | ↓ -86% |
| DHR | Medicaid|> 21 | $11.75 | ↓ -83% |
| DHR | Medicaid|< 21 | $11.75 | ↓ -83% |
| HCLA | Medicaid|Preferred IPA < 21 | $14.10 | ↓ -79% |
| HCLA | Medicaid|Preferred IPA > 21 | $14.10 | ↓ -79% |
| Preferred IPA | Medicaid|Risk | $16.45 | ↓ -76% |
| Cigna | Commercial|PPO | $21.62 | ↓ -68% |
| Cigna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $21.62 | ↓ -68% |
| United | Commercial|Non-Options PPO | $27.26 | ↓ -60% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|Exchange | $28.20 | ↓ -59% |
| United | Commercial|Options PPO | $29.14 | ↓ -57% |
| United | Commercial|All Other Plans | $29.14 | ↓ -57% |
| Blue Shield CA | Medicare|BlueShield Promise | $30.55 | ↓ -55% |
| Kaiser | Commercial|All Plans | $32.90 | ↓ -52% |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | $37.60 | ↓ -45% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|All Other Plans | $41.83 | ↓ -39% |
| United | Commercial|HMO | $45.12 | ↓ -34% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|MCS | $47.00 | ↓ -31% |
| Health Net | Commercial|Care Product | $47.00 | ↓ -31% |
| SMIPA | Medicare|All Plans | $47.00 | ↓ -31% |
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Diltiazem 5 mg/ml intravenous solution at other California hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Arroyo Grande Hospital | Santa Maria | $95.45 | $24.30 – $52.92 |
| Dominican Hospital | Santa Cruz | $65.70 | $9.05 – $28.40 |
| Sequoia Hospital | Redwood City | $53.15 | $7.04 – $27.84 |
| Community Hospital San Bernardino | San Bernardino | $34.41 | $9.03 – $43.00 |
| Glendale Memorial Hospital Health Center | Glendale | $33.58 | $8.32 – $41.60 |
| St. Bernardine Medical Center | San Bernardino | $18.32 | $11.00 – $46.75 |
| Providence St Joseph Hospital Eureka | Eureka | not published | $0.07 – $0.07 |
| Healdsburg Hospital | Healdsburg | not published | $0.04 – $0.04 |