Inj. mycophenolate mofetil at St. Mary Medical Center
1050 Linden Ave, Long Beach, CA · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1194840421
$549.54
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.
$1,278.00
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 $1,278.00 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 | ↓ -82% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicaid|All Plans | $255.60 | ↓ -53% |
| DHR | Medicaid|> 21 | $319.50 | ↓ -42% |
| DHR | Medicaid|< 21 | $319.50 | ↓ -42% |
| HCLA | Medicaid|Preferred IPA > 21 | $383.40 | ↓ -30% |
| HCLA | Medicaid|Preferred IPA < 21 | $383.40 | ↓ -30% |
| Preferred IPA | Medicaid|Risk | $447.30 | ↓ -19% |
| Cigna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $587.88 | ↑ +7% |
| Cigna | Commercial|PPO | $587.88 | ↑ +7% |
| United | Commercial|Non-Options PPO | $741.24 | ↑ +35% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|Exchange | $766.80 | ↑ +40% |
| United | Commercial|All Other Plans | $792.36 | ↑ +44% |
| United | Commercial|Options PPO | $792.36 | ↑ +44% |
| Blue Shield CA | Medicare|BlueShield Promise | $830.70 | ↑ +51% |
| Kaiser | Commercial|All Plans | $894.60 | ↑ +63% |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | $1,022.40 | ↑ +86% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|All Other Plans | $1,137.42 | ↑ +107% |
| United | Commercial|HMO | $1,226.88 | ↑ +123% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|MCS | $1,278.00 | ↑ +133% |
| SMIPA | Medicare|All Plans | $1,278.00 | ↑ +133% |
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Inj. mycophenolate mofetil at other California hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| St. John's Camarillo Hospital | Camarillo | $170.39 | $105.03 – $303.42 |
| French Hospital | San Luis Obispo | $508.04 | $349.92 – $1,270.08 |
| Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield | Bakersfield | $191.44 | $74.00 – $148.00 |
| St. Joseph's Medical Center Stockton | Stockton | $124.07 | $39.26 – $126.84 |
| Santa Rosa Memorial Hospital | Santa Rosa | $243.79 | $0.61 – $1.67 |
| Providence Mission Hospital - Mission Viejo | Mission Viejo | $228.12 | $0.44 – $2.05 |
| Mercy Medical Center Merced | Merced | $260.59 | $45.50 – $180.18 |
| Dominican Hospital | Santa Cruz | $466.65 | $300.73 – $943.67 |