Inj hydroxocobalamin IV 25mg 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

$4,250.55

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.

$9,885.00

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.

$100.00 with Health Net vs $9,885.00 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
Health Net Commercial|Care Product $100.00 ↓ -98%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|All Plans $1,977.00 ↓ -53%
DHR Medicaid|> 21 $2,471.25 ↓ -42%
DHR Medicaid|< 21 $2,471.25 ↓ -42%
HCLA Medicaid|Preferred IPA > 21 $2,965.50 ↓ -30%
HCLA Medicaid|Preferred IPA < 21 $2,965.50 ↓ -30%
Preferred IPA Medicaid|Risk $3,459.75 ↓ -19%
Cigna Commercial|All Other Plans $4,547.10 ↑ +7%
Cigna Commercial|PPO $4,547.10 ↑ +7%
United Commercial|Non-Options PPO $5,733.30 ↑ +35%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Exchange $5,931.00 ↑ +40%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $6,128.70 ↑ +44%
United Commercial|Options PPO $6,128.70 ↑ +44%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|BlueShield Promise $6,425.25 ↑ +51%
Kaiser Commercial|All Plans $6,919.50 ↑ +63%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $7,908.00 ↑ +86%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|All Other Plans $8,797.65 ↑ +107%
United Commercial|HMO $9,489.60 ↑ +123%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|MCS $9,885.00 ↑ +133%
SMIPA Medicare|All Plans $9,885.00 ↑ +133%

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Inj hydroxocobalamin IV 25mg at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
St. John's Camarillo Hospital Camarillo $1,314.00 $810.00 – $2,340.00
Arroyo Grande Hospital Santa Maria $5,125.73 $5,389.20 – $11,736.48
French Hospital San Luis Obispo $4,694.60 $3,233.52 – $11,736.48
St. Joseph's Medical Center Stockton Stockton $1,144.55 $100.00 – $2,127.72
Mercy Medical Center Merced Merced $2,405.57 $760.00 – $3,009.60
Sierra Nevada Memorial Hospital Grass Valley $2,284.64 $1,336.72 – $2,673.44
California Hospital Medical Center Los Angeles $2,657.80 $1,370.00 – $4,329.20
Glendale Memorial Hospital Health Center Glendale $4,037.19 $1,981.44 – $9,907.20

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