Ketorolac 15 mg/ml injection (wrapper) 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

$16.77

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.

$39.00

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.

$0.44 with Health Net vs $26.00 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.

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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
Health Net Medicare|All Other Plans $0.44 ↓ -97%
Humana Medicare|All Plans $0.44 ↓ -97%
Scan Health Plan Medicare|All Plans $0.44 ↓ -97%
HCLA Medicare|Preferred IPA $0.44 ↓ -97%
Health Net Medicare|HMO $0.44 ↓ -97%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|All Other Plans $0.44 ↓ -97%
LA Care Medicare|All Plans $0.44 ↓ -97%
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|All Plans $0.44 ↓ -97%
Molina Medicare|All Plans $0.44 ↓ -97%
EasyChoice Medicare|All Plans $0.44 ↓ -97%
Central Health Plan Medicare|All Plans $0.44 ↓ -97%
Kaiser Medicare|All Plans $0.44 ↓ -97%
Cigna Medicare|All Plans $0.44 ↓ -97%
United Medicare|All Plans $0.45 ↓ -97%
HPN Medicare|Senior $0.48 ↓ -97%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|Trauma $0.55 ↓ -97%
HCLA Commercial|Preferred IPA $0.55 ↓ -97%
LA Care Commercial|All Plans $0.55 ↓ -97%
SevenCorners Medicare|All Plans $0.70 ↓ -96%
United Commercial|Non-Options PPO $0.91 ↓ -95%
Health Net Commercial|EPPO $0.97 ↓ -94%
Aetna Commercial|All Other Plans $1.04 ↓ -94%
Aetna Commercial|PPO $1.04 ↓ -94%
Aetna Commercial|HMO $1.04 ↓ -94%
Health Net Commercial|Care Product $1.17 ↓ -93%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $1.24 ↓ -93%
United Commercial|Options PPO $1.24 ↓ -93%
United Commercial|HMO $1.24 ↓ -93%
Health Net Commercial|All Other Plans $1.33 ↓ -92%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|All Other Plans $1.53 ↓ -91%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|Exchange $1.53 ↓ -91%
Noble IPA Medicaid|> 21 $4.46 ↓ -73%
Noble IPA Medicaid|< 21 $4.46 ↓ -73%
Angeles IPA Medicare|All Plans $4.95 ↓ -70%
HCLA Medicaid|Preferred IPA > 21 $4.96 ↓ -70%
HCLA Medicaid|Preferred IPA < 21 $4.96 ↓ -70%
Preferred IPA Medicaid|Risk $4.96 ↓ -70%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|All Plans $5.07 ↓ -70%
DHR Medicaid|> 21 $6.50 ↓ -61%
DHR Medicaid|< 21 $6.50 ↓ -61%
Health Net Medicaid|> 21 $6.61 ↓ -61%
Health Net Medicaid|< 21 $6.61 ↓ -61%
Molina Medicaid|All Plans $6.94 ↓ -59%
Cigna Commercial|PPO $11.96 ↓ -29%
Cigna Commercial|All Other Plans $11.96 ↓ -29%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Exchange $15.60 ↓ -7%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|BlueShield Promise $16.90 ↑ +1%
Kaiser Commercial|All Plans $18.20 ↑ +9%
LA Care Medicaid|All Plans $20.44 ↑ +22%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $20.80 ↑ +24%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|All Other Plans $23.14 ↑ +38%
Care 1st Medicaid|All Plans $24.80 ↑ +48%
Blue Shield CA Medicaid|All Plans $24.80 ↑ +48%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|MCS $26.00 ↑ +55%
SMIPA Medicare|All Plans $26.00 ↑ +55%

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Ketorolac 15 mg/ml injection (wrapper) at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
St. John's Camarillo Hospital Camarillo $29.35 $0.44 – $52.26
Petaluma Valley Hospital Petaluma $84.15 $0.33 – $11.21
Arroyo Grande Hospital Santa Maria $23.12 $0.44 – $52.92
French Hospital San Luis Obispo $21.17 $0.44 – $52.92
Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield Bakersfield $39.33 $0.44 – $20.80
Bakersfield Memorial Hospital Bakersfield $38.91 $0.44 – $20.54
Queen of The Valley Medical Center Napa $84.15 $0.34 – $12.14
Providence St Joseph Hospital Eureka Eureka $84.15 $0.34 – $14.48

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