Mannitol 12.5 gm/50 ml inj 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

$19.35

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.

$45.00

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.

$2.03 with Noble IPA vs $45.00 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
Noble IPA Medicaid|> 21 $2.03 ↓ -90%
Noble IPA Medicaid|< 21 $2.03 ↓ -90%
HCLA Medicaid|Preferred IPA > 21 $2.26 ↓ -88%
Preferred IPA Medicaid|Risk $2.26 ↓ -88%
HCLA Medicaid|Preferred IPA < 21 $2.26 ↓ -88%
Health Net Medicaid|> 21 $3.01 ↓ -84%
Health Net Medicaid|< 21 $3.01 ↓ -84%
Molina Medicaid|All Plans $3.16 ↓ -84%
Health Net Commercial|EPPO $3.35 ↓ -83%
United Commercial|HMO $4.19 ↓ -78%
United Commercial|Options PPO $4.19 ↓ -78%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $4.19 ↓ -78%
Health Net Commercial|Care Product $4.23 ↓ -78%
Aetna Commercial|HMO $4.70 ↓ -76%
Aetna Commercial|All Other Plans $4.70 ↓ -76%
Aetna Commercial|PPO $4.70 ↓ -76%
Health Net Commercial|All Other Plans $4.84 ↓ -75%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|All Other Plans $5.57 ↓ -71%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|Exchange $5.57 ↓ -71%
Angeles IPA Medicare|All Plans $7.06 ↓ -64%
United Commercial|Non-Options PPO $7.64 ↓ -61%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|All Plans $9.00 ↓ -53%
LA Care Medicaid|All Plans $9.31 ↓ -52%
DHR Medicaid|> 21 $11.25 ↓ -42%
DHR Medicaid|< 21 $11.25 ↓ -42%
Blue Shield CA Medicaid|All Plans $11.30 ↓ -42%
Care 1st Medicaid|All Plans $11.30 ↓ -42%
Cigna Commercial|All Other Plans $20.70 ↑ +7%
Cigna Commercial|PPO $20.70 ↑ +7%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Exchange $27.00 ↑ +40%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|BlueShield Promise $29.25 ↑ +51%
Kaiser Commercial|All Plans $31.50 ↑ +63%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $36.00 ↑ +86%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|All Other Plans $40.05 ↑ +107%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|MCS $45.00 ↑ +133%
SMIPA Medicare|All Plans $45.00 ↑ +133%

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Mannitol 12.5 gm/50 ml inj at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
St. John's Camarillo Hospital Camarillo $29.35 $1.83 – $20.10
Arroyo Grande Hospital Santa Maria $23.12 $3.42 – $52.92
French Hospital San Luis Obispo $21.17 $2.26 – $52.92
Bakersfield Memorial Hospital Bakersfield $19.82 $3.18 – $42.66
St. Joseph's Behavioral Health Center Stockton $37.12 $6.50 – $52.00
St. Joseph's Medical Center Stockton Stockton $19.11 $2.89 – $53.30
Mercy Medical Center Merced Merced $27.81 $2.26 – $50.76
Dominican Hospital Santa Cruz $16.20 $2.26 – $30.60

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