Doxorubicin 2 mg/ml intravenous 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

$169.85

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.

$395.00

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.

$2.83 with Noble IPA vs $218.00 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
Noble IPA Medicaid|> 21 $2.83 ↓ -98%
Noble IPA Medicaid|< 21 $2.83 ↓ -98%
HCLA Medicaid|Preferred IPA > 21 $3.15 ↓ -98%
Preferred IPA Medicaid|Risk $3.15 ↓ -98%
HCLA Medicaid|Preferred IPA < 21 $3.15 ↓ -98%
Health Net Medicaid|> 21 $4.20 ↓ -98%
Health Net Medicaid|< 21 $4.20 ↓ -98%
Molina Medicaid|All Plans $4.41 ↓ -97%
Health Net Commercial|EPPO $5.21 ↓ -97%
United Commercial|Options PPO $5.48 ↓ -97%
United Commercial|HMO $5.48 ↓ -97%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $5.48 ↓ -97%
United Commercial|Non-Options PPO $5.74 ↓ -97%
Health Net Commercial|Care Product $6.38 ↓ -96%
Aetna Commercial|HMO $6.55 ↓ -96%
Aetna Commercial|All Other Plans $6.55 ↓ -96%
Aetna Commercial|PPO $6.55 ↓ -96%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|All Plans $7.14 ↓ -96%
Health Net Commercial|All Other Plans $7.30 ↓ -96%
Angeles IPA Medicare|All Plans $7.74 ↓ -95%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|Exchange $8.40 ↓ -95%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|All Other Plans $8.40 ↓ -95%
LA Care Medicaid|All Plans $12.98 ↓ -92%
Blue Shield CA Medicaid|All Plans $15.75 ↓ -91%
Care 1st Medicaid|All Plans $15.75 ↓ -91%
DHR Medicaid|< 21 $54.50 ↓ -68%
DHR Medicaid|> 21 $54.50 ↓ -68%
Cigna Commercial|PPO $100.28 ↓ -41%
Cigna Commercial|All Other Plans $100.28 ↓ -41%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Exchange $130.80 ↓ -23%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|BlueShield Promise $141.70 ↓ -17%
Kaiser Commercial|All Plans $152.60 ↓ -10%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $174.40 ↑ +3%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|All Other Plans $194.02 ↑ +14%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|MCS $218.00 ↑ +28%
SMIPA Medicare|All Plans $218.00 ↑ +28%

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Doxorubicin 2 mg/ml intravenous solution (wrapper) at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
St. John's Camarillo Hospital Camarillo $384.57 $4.76 – $66.30
Arroyo Grande Hospital Santa Maria $659.98 $4.76 – $108.78
French Hospital San Luis Obispo $1,147.00 $3.15 – $108.78
Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield Bakersfield $455.59 $3.15 – $50.40
Bakersfield Memorial Hospital Bakersfield $450.68 $4.38 – $49.77
Queen of The Valley Medical Center Napa $619.67 $6.31 – $71.61
Providence St Joseph Hospital Eureka Eureka $619.67 $5.45 – $85.42
St. Joseph's Medical Center Stockton Stockton $54.10 $3.26 – $51.66

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