Methadone injection 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

$729.28

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.

$1,696.00

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.

$3.38 with BCBS - Anthem vs $157.00 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
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Exchange $3.38 ↓ -100%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|All Other Plans $5.05 ↓ -99%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|MCS $7.82 ↓ -99%
Health Net Commercial|EPPO $15.90 ↓ -98%
Health Net Commercial|Care Product $19.49 ↓ -97%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|All Plans $21.98 ↓ -97%
Health Net Commercial|All Other Plans $22.32 ↓ -97%
Noble IPA Medicaid|> 21 $22.83 ↓ -97%
Noble IPA Medicaid|< 21 $22.83 ↓ -97%
Angeles IPA Medicare|All Plans $24.13 ↓ -97%
Preferred IPA Medicaid|Risk $25.37 ↓ -97%
HCLA Medicaid|Preferred IPA > 21 $25.37 ↓ -97%
HCLA Medicaid|Preferred IPA < 21 $25.37 ↓ -97%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|Exchange $25.65 ↓ -96%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|All Other Plans $25.65 ↓ -96%
United Commercial|Non-Options PPO $28.83 ↓ -96%
Health Net Medicaid|> 21 $33.82 ↓ -95%
Health Net Medicaid|< 21 $33.82 ↓ -95%
United Commercial|Options PPO $34.09 ↓ -95%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $34.09 ↓ -95%
United Commercial|HMO $34.09 ↓ -95%
Molina Medicaid|All Plans $35.52 ↓ -95%
DHR Medicaid|< 21 $39.25 ↓ -95%
DHR Medicaid|> 21 $39.25 ↓ -95%
Aetna Commercial|All Other Plans $43.47 ↓ -94%
Aetna Commercial|HMO $43.47 ↓ -94%
Aetna Commercial|PPO $43.47 ↓ -94%
Cigna Commercial|PPO $72.22 ↓ -90%
Cigna Commercial|All Other Plans $72.22 ↓ -90%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|BlueShield Promise $102.05 ↓ -86%
LA Care Medicaid|All Plans $104.52 ↓ -86%
Kaiser Commercial|All Plans $109.90 ↓ -85%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $125.60 ↓ -83%
Care 1st Medicaid|All Plans $126.85 ↓ -83%
Blue Shield CA Medicaid|All Plans $126.85 ↓ -83%
SMIPA Medicare|All Plans $157.00 ↓ -78%

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Methadone injection at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Queen of The Valley Medical Center Napa $128.05 $0.75 – $44.96
Providence St Joseph Hospital Eureka Eureka $128.05 $0.89 – $45.83
Providence Mission Hospital - Mission Viejo Mission Viejo $87.87 $0.91 – $45.83
Dominican Hospital Santa Cruz $805.68 $1.01 – $108.06
Northridge Hospital Medical Center Northridge $241.06 $1.37 – $116.45
Providence Cedars-Sinai Tarzana Medical Center Tarzana $101.52 $1.92 – $44.96
Sequoia Hospital Redwood City $651.93 $1.48 – $26.00
St Jude Medical Center Fullerton $87.87 $0.92 – $45.83

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