Gentamicin peak therapeutic drug level 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

$118.68

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.

$276.00

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.

$11.00 with DHR vs $104.40 with Care 1st — 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 $11.00 ↓ -91%
DHR Medicaid|< 21 $11.00 ↓ -91%
SMIPA Medicare|All Plans $16.38 ↓ -86%
HCLA Medicare|Preferred IPA $16.38 ↓ -86%
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|All Plans $16.38 ↓ -86%
Humana Medicare|All Plans $16.38 ↓ -86%
Health Net Medicare|All Other Plans $16.38 ↓ -86%
EasyChoice Medicare|All Plans $16.38 ↓ -86%
Health Net Medicare|HMO $16.38 ↓ -86%
LA Care Medicare|All Plans $16.38 ↓ -86%
Cigna Medicare|All Plans $16.38 ↓ -86%
Kaiser Medicare|All Plans $16.38 ↓ -86%
HPN Medicare|Senior $16.38 ↓ -86%
Scan Health Plan Medicare|All Plans $16.38 ↓ -86%
Central Health Plan Medicare|All Plans $16.38 ↓ -86%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|All Other Plans $16.38 ↓ -86%
Molina Medicare|All Plans $16.38 ↓ -86%
United Medicare|All Plans $16.38 ↓ -86%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|Exchange $16.72 ↓ -86%
Noble IPA Medicaid|< 21 $18.79 ↓ -84%
Noble IPA Medicaid|> 21 $18.79 ↓ -84%
United Commercial|Non-Options PPO $19.66 ↓ -83%
United Commercial|Options PPO $19.66 ↓ -83%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $19.66 ↓ -83%
United Commercial|HMO $19.66 ↓ -83%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|Trauma $20.47 ↓ -83%
HCLA Commercial|Preferred IPA $20.47 ↓ -83%
LA Care Commercial|All Plans $20.47 ↓ -83%
HCLA Medicaid|Preferred IPA < 21 $20.88 ↓ -82%
Partnership Health Plan Medicaid|< 21 $20.88 ↓ -82%
Partnership Health Plan Medicaid|> 21 $20.88 ↓ -82%
Inland Empire Health Plan Medicaid|All Plans $20.88 ↓ -82%
Angeles IPA Medicare|All Plans $20.88 ↓ -82%
HCLA Medicaid|Preferred IPA > 21 $20.88 ↓ -82%
Preferred IPA Medicaid|Risk $20.88 ↓ -82%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|All Other Plans $21.56 ↓ -82%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|All Plans $22.02 ↓ -81%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Exchange $25.52 ↓ -78%
SevenCorners Medicare|All Plans $26.21 ↓ -78%
Health Net Medicaid|> 21 $27.83 ↓ -77%
Health Net Medicaid|< 21 $27.83 ↓ -77%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|BlueShield Promise $28.60 ↓ -76%
Molina Medicaid|All Plans $29.23 ↓ -75%
Kaiser Commercial|All Plans $30.80 ↓ -74%
Kaiser Medicaid|> 21 $31.32 ↓ -74%
Kaiser Medicaid|< 21 $31.32 ↓ -74%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $35.20 ↓ -70%
Cigna Commercial|All Other Plans $36.54 ↓ -69%
Cigna Commercial|PPO $36.54 ↓ -69%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|All Other Plans $38.28 ↓ -68%
Aetna Commercial|HMO $44.00 ↓ -63%
Aetna Commercial|All Other Plans $44.00 ↓ -63%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|MCS $44.00 ↓ -63%
Aetna Commercial|PPO $44.00 ↓ -63%
LA Care Medicaid|All Plans $59.99 ↓ -49%
Blue Shield CA Medicaid|All Plans $104.40 ↓ -12%
Care 1st Medicaid|All Plans $104.40 ↓ -12%

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Gentamicin peak therapeutic drug level at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
St. John's Camarillo Hospital Camarillo $217.69 $16.38 – $387.66
Banner Lassen Medical Center Susanville $31.30 $3.28 – $31.04
Petaluma Valley Hospital Petaluma $141.78 $16.05 – $121.18
Arroyo Grande Hospital Santa Maria $217.86 $16.38 – $49.00
Mark Twain Medical Center San Andreas $121.22 $16.38 – $178.36
French Hospital San Luis Obispo $199.53 $13.50 – $49.63
Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield Bakersfield $192.18 $16.38 – $108.00
Bakersfield Memorial Hospital Bakersfield $190.11 $16.38 – $106.65

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