IV infusion therapy/prophylaxis/diagnosis addl sequential infusion new drug/substance > 1 hour at St. Mary Medical Center
1050 Linden Ave, Long Beach, CA · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1194840421
$188.34
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.
$438.00
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.
$31.05 with BCBS - Anthem vs $1,274.00 with United — 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicaid|All Plans | $31.05 | ↓ -84% |
| Noble IPA | Medicaid|< 21 | $35.43 | ↓ -81% |
| Noble IPA | Medicaid|> 21 | $35.43 | ↓ -81% |
| Inland Empire Health Plan | Medicaid|All Plans | $35.63 | ↓ -81% |
| HCLA | Medicaid|Preferred IPA < 21 | $35.63 | ↓ -81% |
| HCLA | Medicaid|Preferred IPA > 21 | $35.63 | ↓ -81% |
| Partnership Health Plan | Medicaid|< 21 | $35.63 | ↓ -81% |
| Partnership Health Plan | Medicaid|> 21 | $35.63 | ↓ -81% |
| Preferred IPA | Medicaid|Risk | $39.37 | ↓ -79% |
| Angeles IPA | Medicare|All Plans | $39.37 | ↓ -79% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|< 21 | $47.39 | ↓ -75% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|> 21 | $47.39 | ↓ -75% |
| Kaiser | Medicaid|< 21 | $53.45 | ↓ -72% |
| Kaiser | Medicaid|> 21 | $53.45 | ↓ -72% |
| Molina | Medicaid|All Plans | $55.12 | ↓ -71% |
| SMIPA | Medicare|All Plans | $71.06 | ↓ -62% |
| Molina | Medicare|All Plans | $90.43 | ↓ -52% |
| Humana | Medicare|All Plans | $90.43 | ↓ -52% |
| Health Net | Medicare|All Other Plans | $90.43 | ↓ -52% |
| Health Net | Medicare|HMO | $90.43 | ↓ -52% |
| Cigna | Medicare|All Plans | $90.43 | ↓ -52% |
| Kaiser | Medicare|All Plans | $90.43 | ↓ -52% |
| Central Health Plan | Medicare|All Plans | $90.43 | ↓ -52% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicare|All Plans | $90.43 | ↓ -52% |
| Blue Shield CA | Medicare|All Other Plans | $90.43 | ↓ -52% |
| Scan Health Plan | Medicare|All Plans | $90.43 | ↓ -52% |
| LA Care | Medicare|All Plans | $90.43 | ↓ -52% |
| EasyChoice | Medicare|All Plans | $90.43 | ↓ -52% |
| HCLA | Medicare|Preferred IPA | $90.43 | ↓ -52% |
| United | Medicare|All Plans | $92.24 | ↓ -51% |
| HPN | Medicare|Senior | $99.47 | ↓ -47% |
| DHR | Medicaid|> 21 | $109.50 | ↓ -42% |
| DHR | Medicaid|< 21 | $109.50 | ↓ -42% |
| HCLA | Commercial|Preferred IPA | $113.04 | ↓ -40% |
| Blue Shield CA | Medicare|Trauma | $113.04 | ↓ -40% |
| LA Care | Commercial|All Plans | $113.04 | ↓ -40% |
| SevenCorners | Medicare|All Plans | $144.69 | ↓ -23% |
| LA Care | Medicaid|All Plans | $146.80 | ↓ -22% |
| Blue Shield CA | Medicaid|All Plans | $196.85 | ↑ +5% |
| Care 1st | Medicaid|All Plans | $196.85 | ↑ +5% |
| Healthcare Partners | Medicare|All Plans | $201.48 | ↑ +7% |
| Aetna | Commercial|HMO | $225.11 | ↑ +20% |
| Aetna | Commercial|PPO | $225.11 | ↑ +20% |
| Aetna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $225.11 | ↑ +20% |
| Healthcare Partners | Commercial|All Plans | $227.76 | ↑ +21% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|Exchange | $254.04 | ↑ +35% |
| Cigna | Commercial|PPO | $271.56 | ↑ +44% |
| Cigna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $271.56 | ↑ +44% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|All Other Plans | $280.32 | ↑ +49% |
| Blue Shield CA | Medicare|BlueShield Promise | $284.70 | ↑ +51% |
| Kaiser | Commercial|All Plans | $306.60 | ↑ +63% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|Exchange | $328.00 | ↑ +74% |
| HPN | Commercial|All Plans | $337.26 | ↑ +79% |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | $350.40 | ↑ +86% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|MCS | $438.00 | ↑ +133% |
| United | Commercial|Options PPO | $438.00 | ↑ +133% |
| United | Commercial|All Other Plans | $438.00 | ↑ +133% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|All Other Plans | $489.00 | ↑ +160% |
| United | Commercial|HMO | $971.00 | ↑ +416% |
| United | Commercial|Non-Options PPO | $1,274.00 | ↑ +576% |
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IV infusion therapy/prophylaxis/diagnosis addl sequential infusion new drug/substance > 1 hour at other California hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| St. John's Camarillo Hospital | Camarillo | $240.90 | $43.82 – $1,951.00 |
| Banner Lassen Medical Center | Susanville | $146.51 | $14.23 – $212.43 |
| Petaluma Valley Hospital | Petaluma | $134.64 | $97.03 – $99.01 |
| Arroyo Grande Hospital | Santa Maria | $153.23 | $35.63 – $995.00 |
| Mark Twain Medical Center | San Andreas | $692.64 | $35.63 – $1,002.54 |
| French Hospital | San Luis Obispo | $140.34 | $35.63 – $325.00 |
| Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield | Bakersfield | $287.53 | $35.63 – $706.00 |
| Bakersfield Memorial Hospital | Bakersfield | $284.43 | $35.63 – $621.56 |