Felbamate (felbatol(r)) - sendout 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

$7.33

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.

$17.03

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.

$4.26 with DHR vs $74.55 with Blue Shield CA — 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
DHR Medicaid|> 21 $4.26 ↓ -42%
DHR Medicaid|< 21 $4.26 ↓ -42%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|Exchange $6.48 ↓ -12%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|All Other Plans $8.35 ↑ +14%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Exchange $9.88 ↑ +35%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|BlueShield Promise $11.07 ↑ +51%
Kaiser Commercial|All Plans $11.93 ↑ +63%
Noble IPA Medicaid|< 21 $13.42 ↑ +83%
Noble IPA Medicaid|> 21 $13.42 ↑ +83%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $13.63 ↑ +86%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|All Other Plans $14.82 ↑ +102%
Inland Empire Health Plan Medicaid|All Plans $14.91 ↑ +103%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|All Plans $14.91 ↑ +103%
HCLA Medicaid|Preferred IPA < 21 $14.91 ↑ +103%
Preferred IPA Medicaid|Risk $14.91 ↑ +103%
Angeles IPA Medicare|All Plans $14.91 ↑ +103%
Partnership Health Plan Medicaid|< 21 $14.91 ↑ +103%
Partnership Health Plan Medicaid|> 21 $14.91 ↑ +103%
HCLA Medicaid|Preferred IPA > 21 $14.91 ↑ +103%
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|All Plans $17.03 ↑ +132%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|MCS $17.03 ↑ +132%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|All Other Plans $17.03 ↑ +132%
Scan Health Plan Medicare|All Plans $17.03 ↑ +132%
HPN Medicare|Senior $17.03 ↑ +132%
LA Care Medicare|All Plans $17.03 ↑ +132%
Humana Medicare|All Plans $17.03 ↑ +132%
Aetna Commercial|All Other Plans $17.03 ↑ +132%
Aetna Commercial|PPO $17.03 ↑ +132%
Aetna Commercial|HMO $17.03 ↑ +132%
Molina Medicaid|All Plans $17.03 ↑ +132%
Molina Medicare|All Plans $17.03 ↑ +132%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $17.03 ↑ +132%
United Medicare|All Plans $17.03 ↑ +132%
United Commercial|HMO $17.03 ↑ +132%
United Commercial|Options PPO $17.03 ↑ +132%
United Commercial|Non-Options PPO $17.03 ↑ +132%
Health Net Medicare|All Other Plans $17.03 ↑ +132%
Health Net Medicaid|< 21 $17.03 ↑ +132%
Health Net Medicaid|> 21 $17.03 ↑ +132%
Health Net Medicare|HMO $17.03 ↑ +132%
Cigna Medicare|All Plans $17.03 ↑ +132%
Kaiser Medicare|All Plans $17.03 ↑ +132%
Central Health Plan Medicare|All Plans $17.03 ↑ +132%
EasyChoice Medicare|All Plans $17.03 ↑ +132%
HCLA Medicare|Preferred IPA $17.03 ↑ +132%
SMIPA Medicare|All Plans $17.03 ↑ +132%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|Trauma $21.29 ↑ +190%
HCLA Commercial|Preferred IPA $21.29 ↑ +190%
LA Care Commercial|All Plans $21.29 ↑ +190%
Kaiser Medicaid|> 21 $22.37 ↑ +205%
Kaiser Medicaid|< 21 $22.37 ↑ +205%
SevenCorners Medicare|All Plans $27.25 ↑ +272%
Cigna Commercial|All Other Plans $41.58 ↑ +467%
Cigna Commercial|PPO $41.58 ↑ +467%
LA Care Medicaid|All Plans $61.43 ↑ +738%
Care 1st Medicaid|All Plans $74.55 ↑ +917%
Blue Shield CA Medicaid|All Plans $74.55 ↑ +917%

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Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Banner Lassen Medical Center Susanville $15.02 $3.73 – $24.60
Petaluma Valley Hospital Petaluma $39.45 $18.27 – $51.60
Arroyo Grande Hospital Santa Maria $7.29 $8.52 – $48.04
French Hospital San Luis Obispo $6.68 $4.60 – $56.48
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Redwood Memorial Hospital Fortuna $39.45 $123.55 – $123.55
Santa Rosa Memorial Hospital Santa Rosa $39.45 $18.27 – $55.48

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