Hydration IV infusion initial 31minutes - 1 hour at St. Mary Medical Center
1050 Linden Ave, Long Beach, CA · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1194840421
$290.68
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.
$676.00
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.
$51.30 with BCBS - Anthem vs $676.00 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicaid|All Plans | $51.30 | ↓ -82% |
| Noble IPA | Medicaid|< 21 | $57.34 | ↓ -80% |
| Noble IPA | Medicaid|> 21 | $57.34 | ↓ -80% |
| HCLA | Medicaid|Preferred IPA < 21 | $63.71 | ↓ -78% |
| Partnership Health Plan | Medicaid|> 21 | $63.71 | ↓ -78% |
| Partnership Health Plan | Medicaid|< 21 | $63.71 | ↓ -78% |
| HCLA | Medicaid|Preferred IPA > 21 | $63.71 | ↓ -78% |
| Angeles IPA | Medicare|All Plans | $63.71 | ↓ -78% |
| Preferred IPA | Medicaid|Risk | $63.71 | ↓ -78% |
| Inland Empire Health Plan | Medicaid|All Plans | $63.71 | ↓ -78% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|< 21 | $84.93 | ↓ -71% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|> 21 | $84.93 | ↓ -71% |
| Molina | Medicaid|All Plans | $89.19 | ↓ -69% |
| Kaiser | Medicaid|< 21 | $95.56 | ↓ -67% |
| Kaiser | Medicaid|> 21 | $95.56 | ↓ -67% |
| DHR | Medicaid|> 21 | $169.00 | ↓ -42% |
| DHR | Medicaid|< 21 | $169.00 | ↓ -42% |
| SMIPA | Medicare|All Plans | $215.91 | ↓ -26% |
| LA Care | Medicaid|All Plans | $262.49 | ↓ -10% |
| HCLA | Medicare|Preferred IPA | $267.70 | ↓ -8% |
| Humana | Medicare|All Plans | $267.70 | ↓ -8% |
| Molina | Medicare|All Plans | $267.70 | ↓ -8% |
| Health Net | Medicare|All Other Plans | $267.70 | ↓ -8% |
| Health Net | Medicare|HMO | $267.70 | ↓ -8% |
| Cigna | Medicare|All Plans | $267.70 | ↓ -8% |
| Kaiser | Medicare|All Plans | $267.70 | ↓ -8% |
| Central Health Plan | Medicare|All Plans | $267.70 | ↓ -8% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicare|All Plans | $267.70 | ↓ -8% |
| Blue Shield CA | Medicare|All Other Plans | $267.70 | ↓ -8% |
| Scan Health Plan | Medicare|All Plans | $267.70 | ↓ -8% |
| LA Care | Medicare|All Plans | $267.70 | ↓ -8% |
| EasyChoice | Medicare|All Plans | $267.70 | ↓ -8% |
| United | Medicare|All Plans | $273.06 | ↓ -6% |
| HPN | Medicare|Senior | $294.47 | ↑ +1% |
| Healthcare Partners | Medicare|All Plans | $310.96 | ↑ +7% |
| Care 1st | Medicaid|All Plans | $318.55 | ↑ +10% |
| Blue Shield CA | Medicaid|All Plans | $318.55 | ↑ +10% |
| LA Care | Commercial|All Plans | $334.63 | ↑ +15% |
| Blue Shield CA | Medicare|Trauma | $334.63 | ↑ +15% |
| HCLA | Commercial|Preferred IPA | $334.63 | ↑ +15% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|Exchange | $338.00 | ↑ +16% |
| United | Commercial|Non-Options PPO | $344.73 | ↑ +19% |
| United | Commercial|Options PPO | $347.64 | ↑ +20% |
| United | Commercial|HMO | $347.64 | ↑ +20% |
| United | Commercial|All Other Plans | $347.64 | ↑ +20% |
| Healthcare Partners | Commercial|All Plans | $351.52 | ↑ +21% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|Exchange | $392.08 | ↑ +35% |
| Aetna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $394.23 | ↑ +36% |
| Aetna | Commercial|HMO | $394.23 | ↑ +36% |
| Aetna | Commercial|PPO | $394.23 | ↑ +36% |
| Cigna | Commercial|PPO | $419.12 | ↑ +44% |
| Cigna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $419.12 | ↑ +44% |
| SevenCorners | Medicare|All Plans | $428.32 | ↑ +47% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|All Other Plans | $432.64 | ↑ +49% |
| Blue Shield CA | Medicare|BlueShield Promise | $439.40 | ↑ +51% |
| Kaiser | Commercial|All Plans | $473.20 | ↑ +63% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|All Other Plans | $500.24 | ↑ +72% |
| HPN | Commercial|All Plans | $520.52 | ↑ +79% |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | $540.80 | ↑ +86% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|MCS | $676.00 | ↑ +133% |
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Hydration IV infusion initial 31minutes - 1 hour at other California hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| St. John's Camarillo Hospital | Camarillo | $646.49 | $68.70 – $1,951.00 |
| Banner Lassen Medical Center | Susanville | $343.87 | $42.14 – $498.58 |
| Petaluma Valley Hospital | Petaluma | $1,412.19 | $286.64 – $452.98 |
| Arroyo Grande Hospital | Santa Maria | $493.92 | $63.71 – $995.00 |
| Mark Twain Medical Center | San Andreas | $577.43 | $4.14 – $16.00 |
| French Hospital | San Luis Obispo | $452.37 | $63.71 – $807.80 |
| Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield | Bakersfield | $543.52 | $63.71 – $1,201.30 |
| Bakersfield Memorial Hospital | Bakersfield | $537.66 | $63.71 – $1,201.30 |