IV infusion therapy/prophylaxis/diagnosis each additional 1 hour 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

$92.45

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.

$215.00

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.

$19.27 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.

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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 $19.27 ↓ -79%
Noble IPA Medicaid|> 21 $22.00 ↓ -76%
Noble IPA Medicaid|< 21 $22.00 ↓ -76%
Inland Empire Health Plan Medicaid|All Plans $22.11 ↓ -76%
Partnership Health Plan Medicaid|< 21 $22.11 ↓ -76%
HCLA Medicaid|Preferred IPA > 21 $22.11 ↓ -76%
HCLA Medicaid|Preferred IPA < 21 $22.11 ↓ -76%
Partnership Health Plan Medicaid|> 21 $22.11 ↓ -76%
Angeles IPA Medicare|All Plans $24.44 ↓ -74%
Preferred IPA Medicaid|Risk $24.44 ↓ -74%
Health Net Medicaid|> 21 $29.41 ↓ -68%
Health Net Medicaid|< 21 $29.41 ↓ -68%
Kaiser Medicaid|< 21 $33.16 ↓ -64%
Kaiser Medicaid|> 21 $33.16 ↓ -64%
Molina Medicaid|All Plans $34.22 ↓ -63%
SMIPA Medicare|All Plans $44.78 ↓ -52%
DHR Medicaid|< 21 $53.75 ↓ -42%
DHR Medicaid|> 21 $53.75 ↓ -42%
HCLA Medicare|Preferred IPA $58.63 ↓ -37%
Humana Medicare|All Plans $58.63 ↓ -37%
Molina Medicare|All Plans $58.63 ↓ -37%
Health Net Medicare|All Other Plans $58.63 ↓ -37%
Health Net Medicare|HMO $58.63 ↓ -37%
Cigna Medicare|All Plans $58.63 ↓ -37%
Kaiser Medicare|All Plans $58.63 ↓ -37%
Central Health Plan Medicare|All Plans $58.63 ↓ -37%
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|All Plans $58.63 ↓ -37%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|All Other Plans $58.63 ↓ -37%
Scan Health Plan Medicare|All Plans $58.63 ↓ -37%
LA Care Medicare|All Plans $58.63 ↓ -37%
EasyChoice Medicare|All Plans $58.63 ↓ -37%
United Medicare|All Plans $59.81 ↓ -35%
HPN Medicare|Senior $64.49 ↓ -30%
LA Care Commercial|All Plans $73.29 ↓ -21%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|Trauma $73.29 ↓ -21%
HCLA Commercial|Preferred IPA $73.29 ↓ -21%
LA Care Medicaid|All Plans $91.09 ↓ -1%
SevenCorners Medicare|All Plans $93.81 ↑ +1%
Healthcare Partners Medicare|All Plans $98.90 ↑ +7%
Healthcare Partners Commercial|All Plans $111.80 ↑ +21%
Care 1st Medicaid|All Plans $122.20 ↑ +32%
Blue Shield CA Medicaid|All Plans $122.20 ↑ +32%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|Exchange $124.70 ↑ +35%
Cigna Commercial|PPO $133.30 ↑ +44%
Cigna Commercial|All Other Plans $133.30 ↑ +44%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|All Other Plans $137.60 ↑ +49%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|BlueShield Promise $139.75 ↑ +51%
Aetna Commercial|All Other Plans $146.23 ↑ +58%
Aetna Commercial|PPO $146.23 ↑ +58%
Aetna Commercial|HMO $146.23 ↑ +58%
Kaiser Commercial|All Plans $150.50 ↑ +63%
HPN Commercial|All Plans $165.55 ↑ +79%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $172.00 ↑ +86%
United Commercial|Options PPO $215.00 ↑ +133%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $215.00 ↑ +133%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Exchange $328.00 ↑ +255%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|All Other Plans $489.00 ↑ +429%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|MCS $758.00 ↑ +720%
United Commercial|HMO $971.00 ↑ +950%
United Commercial|Non-Options PPO $1,274.00 ↑ +1278%

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IV infusion therapy/prophylaxis/diagnosis each additional 1 hour at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
St. John's Camarillo Hospital Camarillo $240.90 $27.20 – $1,951.00
Banner Lassen Medical Center Susanville $68.24 $9.23 – $98.94
Petaluma Valley Hospital Petaluma $642.60 $63.10 – $64.39
Arroyo Grande Hospital Santa Maria $93.74 $22.11 – $995.00
Mark Twain Medical Center San Andreas $542.79 $22.11 – $611.52
French Hospital San Luis Obispo $85.85 $22.11 – $199.00
Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield Bakersfield $178.83 $22.11 – $448.00
Bakersfield Memorial Hospital Bakersfield $176.90 $22.11 – $381.30

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