Nitroglycerin 50 mg/250 ml (200 mcg/ml) in 5 % dextrose intravenous at St. Mary Medical Center
1050 Linden Ave, Long Beach, CA · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1194840421
$114.81
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.
$267.00
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.
$33.80 with BCBS - Anthem vs $169.00 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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| BCBS - Anthem | Medicaid|All Plans | $33.80 | ↓ -71% |
| DHR | Medicaid|> 21 | $42.25 | ↓ -63% |
| DHR | Medicaid|< 21 | $42.25 | ↓ -63% |
| HCLA | Medicaid|Preferred IPA > 21 | $50.70 | ↓ -56% |
| HCLA | Medicaid|Preferred IPA < 21 | $50.70 | ↓ -56% |
| Preferred IPA | Medicaid|Risk | $59.15 | ↓ -48% |
| Cigna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $77.74 | ↓ -32% |
| Cigna | Commercial|PPO | $77.74 | ↓ -32% |
| United | Commercial|Non-Options PPO | $98.02 | ↓ -15% |
| Health Net | Commercial|Care Product | $100.00 | ↓ -13% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|Exchange | $101.40 | ↓ -12% |
| United | Commercial|Options PPO | $104.78 | ↓ -9% |
| United | Commercial|All Other Plans | $104.78 | ↓ -9% |
| Blue Shield CA | Medicare|BlueShield Promise | $109.85 | ↓ -4% |
| Kaiser | Commercial|All Plans | $118.30 | ↑ +3% |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | $135.20 | ↑ +18% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|All Other Plans | $150.41 | ↑ +31% |
| United | Commercial|HMO | $162.24 | ↑ +41% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|MCS | $169.00 | ↑ +47% |
| SMIPA | Medicare|All Plans | $169.00 | ↑ +47% |
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Nitroglycerin 50 mg/250 ml (200 mcg/ml) in 5 % dextrose intravenous at other California hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| St. John's Camarillo Hospital | Camarillo | $57.38 | $18.09 – $52.26 |
| Petaluma Valley Hospital | Petaluma | $89.76 | $2.07 – $2.88 |
| Arroyo Grande Hospital | Santa Maria | $115.99 | $24.30 – $52.92 |
| French Hospital | San Luis Obispo | $106.24 | $46.44 – $168.56 |
| Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield | Bakersfield | $40.07 | $12.40 – $31.00 |
| Bakersfield Memorial Hospital | Bakersfield | $39.64 | $7.75 – $31.00 |
| Queen of The Valley Medical Center | Napa | $89.76 | $2.24 – $2.88 |
| Providence St Joseph Hospital Eureka | Eureka | $89.76 | $2.67 – $2.88 |