Methylnaltrexone 12 mg/0.6 ml subcutaneous injection (wrapper) at St. Mary Medical Center
1050 Linden Ave, Long Beach, CA · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1194840421
$783.03
Cash price 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.
$1,821.00
Gross charge 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.
$0.99 with Health Net vs $1,821.00 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.
Full explanation →
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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.
Full explanation →Payer ?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. Full explanation → |
Plan ?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. Full explanation → |
Negotiated rate | vs. cash |
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| Health Net | Commercial|EPPO | $0.99 | ↓ -100% |
| Health Net | Commercial|Care Product | $1.30 | ↓ -100% |
| Health Net | Commercial|All Other Plans | $1.48 | ↓ -100% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|Exchange | $1.70 | ↓ -100% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|All Other Plans | $1.70 | ↓ -100% |
| United | Commercial|Non-Options PPO | $2.49 | ↓ -100% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|Exchange | $2.54 | ↓ -100% |
| United | Commercial|HMO | $2.97 | ↓ -100% |
| United | Commercial|Options PPO | $2.97 | ↓ -100% |
| United | Commercial|All Other Plans | $2.97 | ↓ -100% |
| Aetna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $3.53 | ↓ -100% |
| Aetna | Commercial|HMO | $3.53 | ↓ -100% |
| Aetna | Commercial|PPO | $3.53 | ↓ -100% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|All Other Plans | $3.79 | ↓ -100% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|MCS | $5.87 | ↓ -99% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicaid|All Plans | $364.20 | ↓ -53% |
| DHR | Medicaid|< 21 | $455.25 | ↓ -42% |
| DHR | Medicaid|> 21 | $455.25 | ↓ -42% |
| HCLA | Medicaid|Preferred IPA > 21 | $546.30 | ↓ -30% |
| HCLA | Medicaid|Preferred IPA < 21 | $546.30 | ↓ -30% |
| Preferred IPA | Medicaid|Risk | $637.35 | ↓ -19% |
| Cigna | Commercial|PPO | $837.66 | ↑ +7% |
| Cigna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $837.66 | ↑ +7% |
| Blue Shield CA | Medicare|BlueShield Promise | $1,183.65 | ↑ +51% |
| Kaiser | Commercial|All Plans | $1,274.70 | ↑ +63% |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | $1,456.80 | ↑ +86% |
| SMIPA | Medicare|All Plans | $1,821.00 | ↑ +133% |
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Methylnaltrexone 12 mg/0.6 ml subcutaneous injection (wrapper) at other California hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| St. John's Camarillo Hospital | Camarillo | $242.66 | $0.55 – $432.12 |
| Petaluma Valley Hospital | Petaluma | $372.89 | $0.52 – $4.11 |
| Arroyo Grande Hospital | Santa Maria | $790.52 | $0.92 – $1,810.06 |
| Mark Twain Medical Center | San Andreas | $554.56 | $215.41 – $816.01 |
| French Hospital | San Luis Obispo | $724.03 | $1.70 – $1,810.06 |
| Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield | Bakersfield | $272.69 | $0.85 – $139.20 |
| Bakersfield Memorial Hospital | Bakersfield | $269.75 | $0.83 – $137.46 |
| Queen of The Valley Medical Center | Napa | $372.89 | $0.56 – $4.11 |