Mesna 100 mg/ml intravenous solution 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

$259.72

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.

$604.00

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.

$1.22 with Noble IPA vs $604.00 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 $1.22 ↓ -100%
Noble IPA Medicaid|> 21 $1.22 ↓ -100%
HCLA Medicaid|Preferred IPA > 21 $1.36 ↓ -99%
Preferred IPA Medicaid|Risk $1.36 ↓ -99%
HCLA Medicaid|Preferred IPA < 21 $1.36 ↓ -99%
Health Net Medicaid|< 21 $1.81 ↓ -99%
Health Net Medicaid|> 21 $1.81 ↓ -99%
Molina Medicaid|All Plans $1.90 ↓ -99%
United Commercial|Options PPO $2.61 ↓ -99%
United Commercial|HMO $2.61 ↓ -99%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $2.61 ↓ -99%
Aetna Commercial|PPO $2.83 ↓ -99%
Aetna Commercial|HMO $2.83 ↓ -99%
Aetna Commercial|All Other Plans $2.83 ↓ -99%
United Commercial|Non-Options PPO $2.85 ↓ -99%
Health Net Commercial|EPPO $3.72 ↓ -99%
Health Net Commercial|Care Product $4.56 ↓ -98%
Health Net Commercial|All Other Plans $5.22 ↓ -98%
LA Care Medicaid|All Plans $5.60 ↓ -98%
Angeles IPA Medicare|All Plans $5.83 ↓ -98%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|All Plans $5.98 ↓ -98%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|Exchange $6.00 ↓ -98%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|All Other Plans $6.00 ↓ -98%
Blue Shield CA Medicaid|All Plans $6.80 ↓ -97%
Care 1st Medicaid|All Plans $6.80 ↓ -97%
DHR Medicaid|> 21 $151.00 ↓ -42%
DHR Medicaid|< 21 $151.00 ↓ -42%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Exchange $229.13 ↓ -12%
Cigna Commercial|PPO $277.84 ↑ +7%
Cigna Commercial|All Other Plans $277.84 ↑ +7%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|All Other Plans $341.98 ↑ +32%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|BlueShield Promise $392.60 ↑ +51%
Kaiser Commercial|All Plans $422.80 ↑ +63%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $483.20 ↑ +86%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|MCS $530.02 ↑ +104%
SMIPA Medicare|All Plans $604.00 ↑ +133%

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Mesna 100 mg/ml intravenous solution at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
St. John's Camarillo Hospital Camarillo $80.60 $2.05 – $55.20
Petaluma Valley Hospital Petaluma $245.66 $2.72 – $46.75
Arroyo Grande Hospital Santa Maria $261.94 $2.05 – $599.76
French Hospital San Luis Obispo $239.91 $1.36 – $599.76
Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield Bakersfield $90.53 $1.36 – $76.80
Bakersfield Memorial Hospital Bakersfield $23.49 $1.91 – $42.66
Queen of The Valley Medical Center Napa $245.66 $2.72 – $50.60
Providence St Joseph Hospital Eureka Eureka $245.66 $2.67 – $60.36

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