Inj, lidocaine w epinephrine at St. Mary Medical Center
1050 Linden Ave, Long Beach, CA · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1194840421
$65.36
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.
$152.00
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.
$5.80 with BCBS - Anthem vs $29.00 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.
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 | $5.80 | ↓ -91% |
| DHR | Medicaid|> 21 | $7.25 | ↓ -89% |
| DHR | Medicaid|< 21 | $7.25 | ↓ -89% |
| HCLA | Medicaid|Preferred IPA < 21 | $8.70 | ↓ -87% |
| HCLA | Medicaid|Preferred IPA > 21 | $8.70 | ↓ -87% |
| Preferred IPA | Medicaid|Risk | $10.15 | ↓ -84% |
| Cigna | Commercial|PPO | $13.34 | ↓ -80% |
| Cigna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $13.34 | ↓ -80% |
| United | Commercial|Non-Options PPO | $16.82 | ↓ -74% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|Exchange | $17.40 | ↓ -73% |
| United | Commercial|Options PPO | $17.98 | ↓ -72% |
| United | Commercial|All Other Plans | $17.98 | ↓ -72% |
| Blue Shield CA | Medicare|BlueShield Promise | $18.85 | ↓ -71% |
| Kaiser | Commercial|All Plans | $20.30 | ↓ -69% |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | $23.20 | ↓ -65% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|All Other Plans | $25.81 | ↓ -61% |
| United | Commercial|HMO | $27.84 | ↓ -57% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|MCS | $29.00 | ↓ -56% |
| Health Net | Commercial|Care Product | $29.00 | ↓ -56% |
| SMIPA | Medicare|All Plans | $29.00 | ↓ -56% |
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Inj, lidocaine w epinephrine at other California hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| St. John's Camarillo Hospital | Camarillo | $29.35 | $18.09 – $52.26 |
| Petaluma Valley Hospital | Petaluma | $84.15 | $0.09 – $0.09 |
| Arroyo Grande Hospital | Santa Maria | $65.92 | $24.30 – $52.92 |
| Mark Twain Medical Center | San Andreas | $41.84 | $6.73 – $25.48 |
| French Hospital | San Luis Obispo | $60.37 | $14.58 – $52.92 |
| Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield | Bakersfield | $28.57 | $10.40 – $26.00 |
| Bakersfield Memorial Hospital | Bakersfield | $28.26 | $6.50 – $26.00 |
| Queen of The Valley Medical Center | Napa | $84.15 | $0.09 – $0.09 |