Injection therapeutic/prophylactic/diagnostic IV push single/initial substance/drug 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

$145.77

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.

$339.00

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.

$49.82 with BCBS - Anthem vs $3,375.00 with Health Net — 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
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|All Plans $49.82 ↓ -66%
Noble IPA Medicaid|> 21 $56.86 ↓ -61%
Noble IPA Medicaid|< 21 $56.86 ↓ -61%
Inland Empire Health Plan Medicaid|All Plans $57.17 ↓ -61%
HCLA Medicaid|Preferred IPA < 21 $57.17 ↓ -61%
Partnership Health Plan Medicaid|> 21 $57.17 ↓ -61%
Partnership Health Plan Medicaid|< 21 $57.17 ↓ -61%
HCLA Medicaid|Preferred IPA > 21 $57.17 ↓ -61%
Preferred IPA Medicaid|Risk $63.18 ↓ -57%
Angeles IPA Medicare|All Plans $63.18 ↓ -57%
Health Net Medicaid|< 21 $76.04 ↓ -48%
Health Net Medicaid|> 21 $76.04 ↓ -48%
DHR Medicaid|> 21 $84.75 ↓ -42%
DHR Medicaid|< 21 $84.75 ↓ -42%
Kaiser Medicaid|> 21 $85.75 ↓ -41%
Kaiser Medicaid|< 21 $85.75 ↓ -41%
Molina Medicaid|All Plans $88.45 ↓ -39%
Healthcare Partners Medicare|All Plans $155.94 ↑ +7%
Healthcare Partners Commercial|All Plans $176.28 ↑ +21%
United Commercial|Non-Options PPO $196.62 ↑ +35%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|Exchange $196.62 ↑ +35%
Cigna Commercial|PPO $210.18 ↑ +44%
Cigna Commercial|All Other Plans $210.18 ↑ +44%
SMIPA Medicare|All Plans $215.91 ↑ +48%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|All Other Plans $216.96 ↑ +49%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|BlueShield Promise $220.35 ↑ +51%
LA Care Medicaid|All Plans $235.54 ↑ +62%
Kaiser Commercial|All Plans $237.30 ↑ +63%
HPN Commercial|All Plans $261.03 ↑ +79%
Health Net Medicare|All Other Plans $267.70 ↑ +84%
Humana Medicare|All Plans $267.70 ↑ +84%
Molina Medicare|All Plans $267.70 ↑ +84%
Health Net Medicare|HMO $267.70 ↑ +84%
Cigna Medicare|All Plans $267.70 ↑ +84%
Kaiser Medicare|All Plans $267.70 ↑ +84%
Central Health Plan Medicare|All Plans $267.70 ↑ +84%
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|All Plans $267.70 ↑ +84%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|All Other Plans $267.70 ↑ +84%
Scan Health Plan Medicare|All Plans $267.70 ↑ +84%
LA Care Medicare|All Plans $267.70 ↑ +84%
EasyChoice Medicare|All Plans $267.70 ↑ +84%
HCLA Medicare|Preferred IPA $267.70 ↑ +84%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $271.20 ↑ +86%
United Medicare|All Plans $273.06 ↑ +87%
HPN Medicare|Senior $294.47 ↑ +102%
Care 1st Medicaid|All Plans $315.90 ↑ +117%
Blue Shield CA Medicaid|All Plans $315.90 ↑ +117%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Exchange $328.00 ↑ +125%
HCLA Commercial|Preferred IPA $334.63 ↑ +130%
LA Care Commercial|All Plans $334.63 ↑ +130%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|Trauma $334.63 ↑ +130%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|MCS $339.00 ↑ +133%
Aetna Commercial|All Other Plans $339.00 ↑ +133%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $339.00 ↑ +133%
Aetna Commercial|HMO $339.00 ↑ +133%
Aetna Commercial|PPO $339.00 ↑ +133%
United Commercial|Options PPO $339.00 ↑ +133%
SevenCorners Medicare|All Plans $428.32 ↑ +194%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|All Other Plans $489.00 ↑ +235%
United Commercial|HMO $971.00 ↑ +566%
Health Net Commercial|EPPO $2,417.00 ↑ +1558%
Health Net Commercial|Care Product $2,936.00 ↑ +1914%
Health Net Commercial|All Other Plans $3,375.00 ↑ +2215%

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Injection therapeutic/prophylactic/diagnostic IV push single/initial substance/drug at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
St. John's Camarillo Hospital Camarillo $420.48 $68.09 – $1,951.00
Banner Lassen Medical Center Susanville $298.17 $42.14 – $449.11
Petaluma Valley Hospital Petaluma $442.68 $286.64 – $292.49
Arroyo Grande Hospital Santa Maria $493.92 $57.17 – $995.00
Mark Twain Medical Center San Andreas $339.00 $32.86 – $124.46
French Hospital San Luis Obispo $452.37 $57.17 – $807.80
Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield Bakersfield $243.38 $57.17 – $437.06
Bakersfield Memorial Hospital Bakersfield $240.76 $57.17 – $437.06

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