Inj meropenem (wg crit care) at St. Mary Medical Center
1050 Linden Ave, Long Beach, CA · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1194840421
$683.27
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.
$1,589.00
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.
$100.00 with Health Net vs $1,589.00 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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| Health Net | Commercial|Care Product | $100.00 | ↓ -85% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicaid|All Plans | $317.80 | ↓ -53% |
| DHR | Medicaid|> 21 | $397.25 | ↓ -42% |
| DHR | Medicaid|< 21 | $397.25 | ↓ -42% |
| HCLA | Medicaid|Preferred IPA > 21 | $476.70 | ↓ -30% |
| HCLA | Medicaid|Preferred IPA < 21 | $476.70 | ↓ -30% |
| Preferred IPA | Medicaid|Risk | $556.15 | ↓ -19% |
| Cigna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $730.94 | ↑ +7% |
| Cigna | Commercial|PPO | $730.94 | ↑ +7% |
| United | Commercial|Non-Options PPO | $921.62 | ↑ +35% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|Exchange | $953.40 | ↑ +40% |
| United | Commercial|All Other Plans | $985.18 | ↑ +44% |
| United | Commercial|Options PPO | $985.18 | ↑ +44% |
| Blue Shield CA | Medicare|BlueShield Promise | $1,032.85 | ↑ +51% |
| Kaiser | Commercial|All Plans | $1,112.30 | ↑ +63% |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | $1,271.20 | ↑ +86% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|All Other Plans | $1,414.21 | ↑ +107% |
| United | Commercial|HMO | $1,525.44 | ↑ +123% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|MCS | $1,589.00 | ↑ +133% |
| SMIPA | Medicare|All Plans | $1,589.00 | ↑ +133% |
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Inj meropenem (wg crit care) at other California hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Santa Rosa Memorial Hospital | Santa Rosa | $159.91 | $2.32 – $3.44 |
| Community Hospital San Bernardino | San Bernardino | $136.46 | $73.29 – $349.00 |
| Mercy San Juan Medical Center | Carmichael | $47.41 | $19.03 – $173.00 |
| St. Bernardine Medical Center | San Bernardino | $294.04 | $176.60 – $750.55 |
| Petaluma Valley Hospital | Petaluma | not published | $2.16 – $3.44 |
| Queen of The Valley Medical Center | Napa | not published | $2.33 – $3.44 |
| Providence St Joseph Hospital Eureka | Eureka | not published | $2.78 – $3.44 |
| Healdsburg Hospital | Healdsburg | not published | $1.67 – $5.50 |