Hydralazine 20 mg/ml injection solution 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

$63.64

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.

$148.00

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.

$6.73 with United vs $142.00 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
United Commercial|All Other Plans $6.73 ↓ -89%
United Commercial|Options PPO $6.73 ↓ -89%
United Commercial|HMO $6.73 ↓ -89%
Noble IPA Medicaid|> 21 $7.97 ↓ -87%
Noble IPA Medicaid|< 21 $7.97 ↓ -87%
Health Net Commercial|EPPO $8.22 ↓ -87%
United Commercial|Non-Options PPO $8.83 ↓ -86%
HCLA Medicaid|Preferred IPA < 21 $8.86 ↓ -86%
Preferred IPA Medicaid|Risk $8.86 ↓ -86%
HCLA Medicaid|Preferred IPA > 21 $8.86 ↓ -86%
Aetna Commercial|HMO $9.15 ↓ -86%
Aetna Commercial|PPO $9.15 ↓ -86%
Aetna Commercial|All Other Plans $9.15 ↓ -86%
Angeles IPA Medicare|All Plans $10.05 ↓ -84%
Health Net Commercial|Care Product $10.07 ↓ -84%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|All Plans $10.22 ↓ -84%
Health Net Commercial|All Other Plans $11.52 ↓ -82%
Health Net Medicaid|> 21 $11.81 ↓ -81%
Health Net Medicaid|< 21 $11.81 ↓ -81%
Molina Medicaid|All Plans $12.40 ↓ -81%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|All Other Plans $13.25 ↓ -79%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|Exchange $13.25 ↓ -79%
DHR Medicaid|< 21 $35.50 ↓ -44%
DHR Medicaid|> 21 $35.50 ↓ -44%
LA Care Medicaid|All Plans $36.50 ↓ -43%
Care 1st Medicaid|All Plans $44.30 ↓ -30%
Blue Shield CA Medicaid|All Plans $44.30 ↓ -30%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Exchange $46.50 ↓ -27%
Cigna Commercial|All Other Plans $65.32 ↑ +3%
Cigna Commercial|PPO $65.32 ↑ +3%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|All Other Plans $69.41 ↑ +9%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|BlueShield Promise $92.30 ↑ +45%
Kaiser Commercial|All Plans $99.40 ↑ +56%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|MCS $107.57 ↑ +69%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $113.60 ↑ +79%
SMIPA Medicare|All Plans $142.00 ↑ +123%

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Hydralazine 20 mg/ml injection solution at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
St. John's Camarillo Hospital Camarillo $29.35 $6.73 – $52.26
Petaluma Valley Hospital Petaluma $84.15 $8.80 – $9.49
Arroyo Grande Hospital Santa Maria $64.20 $6.73 – $141.12
Mark Twain Medical Center San Andreas $46.74 $18.16 – $68.77
French Hospital San Luis Obispo $58.80 $6.73 – $141.12
Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield Bakersfield $188.84 $6.73 – $20.80
Bakersfield Memorial Hospital Bakersfield $186.81 $4.80 – $12.00
Queen of The Valley Medical Center Napa $180.58 $8.80 – $10.27

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