Erwinaze injection 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

$4,250.55

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.

$9,885.00

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.

$299.89 with Health Net vs $7,908.00 with MultiPlan — 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 $299.89 ↓ -93%
Health Net Commercial|Care Product $367.62 ↓ -91%
Noble IPA Medicaid|< 21 $388.56 ↓ -91%
Noble IPA Medicaid|> 21 $388.56 ↓ -91%
Health Net Commercial|All Other Plans $420.82 ↓ -90%
HCLA Medicaid|Preferred IPA > 21 $431.73 ↓ -90%
Angeles IPA Medicare|All Plans $431.73 ↓ -90%
Preferred IPA Medicaid|Risk $431.73 ↓ -90%
HCLA Medicaid|Preferred IPA < 21 $431.73 ↓ -90%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|All Plans $431.73 ↓ -90%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|Exchange $483.70 ↓ -89%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|All Other Plans $483.70 ↓ -89%
SMIPA Medicare|All Plans $502.08 ↓ -88%
Health Net Medicaid|> 21 $575.50 ↓ -86%
Health Net Medicaid|< 21 $575.50 ↓ -86%
Molina Medicaid|All Plans $604.42 ↓ -86%
United Commercial|Non-Options PPO $705.00 ↓ -83%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $798.11 ↓ -81%
United Commercial|HMO $798.11 ↓ -81%
United Commercial|Options PPO $798.11 ↓ -81%
Aetna Commercial|All Other Plans $1,005.61 ↓ -76%
Aetna Commercial|HMO $1,005.61 ↓ -76%
Aetna Commercial|PPO $1,005.61 ↓ -76%
LA Care Medicaid|All Plans $1,778.73 ↓ -58%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Exchange $2,075.25 ↓ -51%
Care 1st Medicaid|All Plans $2,158.65 ↓ -49%
Blue Shield CA Medicaid|All Plans $2,158.65 ↓ -49%
DHR Medicaid|< 21 $2,471.25 ↓ -42%
DHR Medicaid|> 21 $2,471.25 ↓ -42%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|All Other Plans $3,097.38 ↓ -27%
Cigna Commercial|PPO $4,547.10 ↑ +7%
Cigna Commercial|All Other Plans $4,547.10 ↑ +7%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|MCS $4,800.51 ↑ +13%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|BlueShield Promise $6,425.25 ↑ +51%
Kaiser Commercial|All Plans $6,919.50 ↑ +63%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $7,908.00 ↑ +86%

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Erwinaze injection at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Bakersfield Memorial Hospital Bakersfield $7,065.49 $569.88 – $13,412.62
Glendale Memorial Hospital Health Center Glendale $12,225.00 $333.75 – $30,000.00
Petaluma Valley Hospital Petaluma not published $423.42 – $1,039.96
Queen of The Valley Medical Center Napa not published $458.33 – $1,039.96
Providence St Joseph Hospital Eureka Eureka not published $546.72 – $1,039.96
Healdsburg Hospital Healdsburg not published $411.15 – $1,079.62
Redwood Memorial Hospital Fortuna not published $548.06 – $548.06
Santa Rosa Memorial Hospital Santa Rosa not published $455.24 – $1,039.96

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