Mayo lacosamide therapeutic drug level 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.

$11.25 with DHR vs $108.45 with Blue Shield CA — 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
DHR Medicaid|< 21 $11.25 ↓ -42%
DHR Medicaid|> 21 $11.25 ↓ -42%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|Exchange $17.10 ↓ -12%
Noble IPA Medicaid|< 21 $19.52 ↑ +1%
Noble IPA Medicaid|> 21 $19.52 ↑ +1%
Angeles IPA Medicare|All Plans $21.69 ↑ +12%
Partnership Health Plan Medicaid|> 21 $21.69 ↑ +12%
HCLA Medicaid|Preferred IPA > 21 $21.69 ↑ +12%
HCLA Medicaid|Preferred IPA < 21 $21.69 ↑ +12%
Preferred IPA Medicaid|Risk $21.69 ↑ +12%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|All Plans $21.69 ↑ +12%
Inland Empire Health Plan Medicaid|All Plans $21.69 ↑ +12%
Partnership Health Plan Medicaid|< 21 $21.69 ↑ +12%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|All Other Plans $22.05 ↑ +14%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Exchange $26.10 ↑ +35%
LA Care Medicare|All Plans $27.11 ↑ +40%
Humana Medicare|All Plans $27.11 ↑ +40%
Molina Medicare|All Plans $27.11 ↑ +40%
United Medicare|All Plans $27.11 ↑ +40%
Health Net Medicare|All Other Plans $27.11 ↑ +40%
Health Net Medicare|HMO $27.11 ↑ +40%
Cigna Medicare|All Plans $27.11 ↑ +40%
Kaiser Medicare|All Plans $27.11 ↑ +40%
Central Health Plan Medicare|All Plans $27.11 ↑ +40%
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|All Plans $27.11 ↑ +40%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|All Other Plans $27.11 ↑ +40%
Scan Health Plan Medicare|All Plans $27.11 ↑ +40%
HPN Medicare|Senior $27.11 ↑ +40%
EasyChoice Medicare|All Plans $27.11 ↑ +40%
HCLA Medicare|Preferred IPA $27.11 ↑ +40%
SMIPA Medicare|All Plans $27.11 ↑ +40%
Health Net Medicaid|> 21 $28.91 ↑ +49%
Health Net Medicaid|< 21 $28.91 ↑ +49%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|BlueShield Promise $29.25 ↑ +51%
Molina Medicaid|All Plans $30.37 ↑ +57%
Kaiser Commercial|All Plans $31.50 ↑ +63%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $32.53 ↑ +68%
United Commercial|Non-Options PPO $32.53 ↑ +68%
United Commercial|Options PPO $32.53 ↑ +68%
United Commercial|HMO $32.53 ↑ +68%
Kaiser Medicaid|< 21 $32.54 ↑ +68%
Kaiser Medicaid|> 21 $32.54 ↑ +68%
LA Care Commercial|All Plans $33.89 ↑ +75%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|Trauma $33.89 ↑ +75%
HCLA Commercial|Preferred IPA $33.89 ↑ +75%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $36.00 ↑ +86%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|All Other Plans $39.15 ↑ +102%
SevenCorners Medicare|All Plans $43.38 ↑ +124%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|MCS $45.00 ↑ +133%
Aetna Commercial|All Other Plans $45.00 ↑ +133%
Aetna Commercial|PPO $45.00 ↑ +133%
Aetna Commercial|HMO $45.00 ↑ +133%
Cigna Commercial|PPO $60.45 ↑ +212%
Cigna Commercial|All Other Plans $60.45 ↑ +212%
LA Care Medicaid|All Plans $89.36 ↑ +362%
Care 1st Medicaid|All Plans $108.45 ↑ +460%
Blue Shield CA Medicaid|All Plans $108.45 ↑ +460%

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Mayo lacosamide therapeutic drug level at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
St. John's Camarillo Hospital Camarillo $19.71 $12.15 – $71.92
Banner Lassen Medical Center Susanville $13.77 $5.42 – $35.79
Petaluma Valley Hospital Petaluma $79.56 $26.57 – $75.07
Arroyo Grande Hospital Santa Maria $19.26 $21.68 – $69.85
Mark Twain Medical Center San Andreas $29.97 $21.69 – $44.10
French Hospital San Luis Obispo $17.64 $12.15 – $82.11
Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield Bakersfield $16.70 $21.69 – $77.90
Bakersfield Memorial Hospital Bakersfield $16.52 $21.69 – $77.90

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