Hydration IV infusion each additional hour at St. Mary Medical Center
1050 Linden Ave, Long Beach, CA · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1194840421
$92.45
Cash price 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.
$215.00
Gross charge 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.
$14.60 with BCBS - Anthem vs $215.00 with BCBS - Anthem — 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.
Full explanation →
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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.
Full explanation →Payer ?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. Full explanation → |
Plan ?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. Full explanation → |
Negotiated rate | vs. cash |
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| BCBS - Anthem | Medicaid|All Plans | $14.60 | ↓ -84% |
| Noble IPA | Medicaid|> 21 | $16.32 | ↓ -82% |
| Noble IPA | Medicaid|< 21 | $16.32 | ↓ -82% |
| Inland Empire Health Plan | Medicaid|All Plans | $18.13 | ↓ -80% |
| Partnership Health Plan | Medicaid|< 21 | $18.13 | ↓ -80% |
| HCLA | Medicaid|Preferred IPA > 21 | $18.13 | ↓ -80% |
| HCLA | Medicaid|Preferred IPA < 21 | $18.13 | ↓ -80% |
| Angeles IPA | Medicare|All Plans | $18.13 | ↓ -80% |
| Preferred IPA | Medicaid|Risk | $18.13 | ↓ -80% |
| Partnership Health Plan | Medicaid|> 21 | $18.13 | ↓ -80% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|> 21 | $24.17 | ↓ -74% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|< 21 | $24.17 | ↓ -74% |
| Molina | Medicaid|All Plans | $25.38 | ↓ -73% |
| Kaiser | Medicaid|> 21 | $27.20 | ↓ -71% |
| Kaiser | Medicaid|< 21 | $27.20 | ↓ -71% |
| SMIPA | Medicare|All Plans | $44.78 | ↓ -52% |
| DHR | Medicaid|< 21 | $53.75 | ↓ -42% |
| DHR | Medicaid|> 21 | $53.75 | ↓ -42% |
| HCLA | Medicare|Preferred IPA | $58.63 | ↓ -37% |
| Humana | Medicare|All Plans | $58.63 | ↓ -37% |
| Molina | Medicare|All Plans | $58.63 | ↓ -37% |
| Health Net | Medicare|All Other Plans | $58.63 | ↓ -37% |
| Health Net | Medicare|HMO | $58.63 | ↓ -37% |
| Cigna | Medicare|All Plans | $58.63 | ↓ -37% |
| Kaiser | Medicare|All Plans | $58.63 | ↓ -37% |
| Central Health Plan | Medicare|All Plans | $58.63 | ↓ -37% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicare|All Plans | $58.63 | ↓ -37% |
| Blue Shield CA | Medicare|All Other Plans | $58.63 | ↓ -37% |
| Scan Health Plan | Medicare|All Plans | $58.63 | ↓ -37% |
| LA Care | Medicare|All Plans | $58.63 | ↓ -37% |
| EasyChoice | Medicare|All Plans | $58.63 | ↓ -37% |
| United | Medicare|All Plans | $59.81 | ↓ -35% |
| HPN | Medicare|Senior | $64.49 | ↓ -30% |
| United | Commercial|Non-Options PPO | $67.44 | ↓ -27% |
| LA Care | Commercial|All Plans | $73.29 | ↓ -21% |
| HCLA | Commercial|Preferred IPA | $73.29 | ↓ -21% |
| Blue Shield CA | Medicare|Trauma | $73.29 | ↓ -21% |
| LA Care | Medicaid|All Plans | $74.70 | ↓ -19% |
| United | Commercial|Options PPO | $76.13 | ↓ -18% |
| United | Commercial|HMO | $76.13 | ↓ -18% |
| United | Commercial|All Other Plans | $76.13 | ↓ -18% |
| Blue Shield CA | Medicaid|All Plans | $90.65 | ↓ -2% |
| Care 1st | Medicaid|All Plans | $90.65 | ↓ -2% |
| SevenCorners | Medicare|All Plans | $93.81 | ↑ +1% |
| Healthcare Partners | Medicare|All Plans | $98.90 | ↑ +7% |
| Aetna | Commercial|HMO | $103.83 | ↑ +12% |
| Aetna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $103.83 | ↑ +12% |
| Aetna | Commercial|PPO | $103.83 | ↑ +12% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|Exchange | $107.50 | ↑ +16% |
| Healthcare Partners | Commercial|All Plans | $111.80 | ↑ +21% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|Exchange | $124.70 | ↑ +35% |
| Cigna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $133.30 | ↑ +44% |
| Cigna | Commercial|PPO | $133.30 | ↑ +44% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|All Other Plans | $137.60 | ↑ +49% |
| Blue Shield CA | Medicare|BlueShield Promise | $139.75 | ↑ +51% |
| Kaiser | Commercial|All Plans | $150.50 | ↑ +63% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|All Other Plans | $159.10 | ↑ +72% |
| HPN | Commercial|All Plans | $165.55 | ↑ +79% |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | $172.00 | ↑ +86% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|MCS | $215.00 | ↑ +133% |
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Hydration IV infusion each additional hour at other California hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| St. John's Camarillo Hospital | Camarillo | $240.90 | $19.93 – $1,951.00 |
| Banner Lassen Medical Center | Susanville | $55.53 | $9.23 – $80.51 |
| Petaluma Valley Hospital | Petaluma | $642.60 | $63.10 – $99.20 |
| Arroyo Grande Hospital | Santa Maria | $93.74 | $18.13 – $995.00 |
| Mark Twain Medical Center | San Andreas | $438.90 | $18.13 – $611.52 |
| French Hospital | San Luis Obispo | $85.85 | $18.13 – $185.22 |
| Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield | Bakersfield | $140.61 | $18.13 – $310.78 |
| Bakersfield Memorial Hospital | Bakersfield | $139.10 | $18.13 – $310.78 |