Oxaliplatin 5 mg/ml desensitization 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

$532.34

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.

$1,238.00

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.

$0.04 with Noble IPA vs $1,238.00 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 $0.04 ↓ -100%
Noble IPA Medicaid|< 21 $0.04 ↓ -100%
HCLA Medicaid|Preferred IPA > 21 $0.05 ↓ -100%
HCLA Medicaid|Preferred IPA < 21 $0.05 ↓ -100%
Preferred IPA Medicaid|Risk $0.05 ↓ -100%
Health Net Medicaid|< 21 $0.07 ↓ -100%
Molina Medicaid|All Plans $0.07 ↓ -100%
Health Net Medicaid|> 21 $0.07 ↓ -100%
Aetna Commercial|All Other Plans $0.10 ↓ -100%
Aetna Commercial|PPO $0.10 ↓ -100%
Aetna Commercial|HMO $0.10 ↓ -100%
United Commercial|Non-Options PPO $0.12 ↓ -100%
United Commercial|Options PPO $0.13 ↓ -100%
United Commercial|HMO $0.13 ↓ -100%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $0.13 ↓ -100%
LA Care Medicaid|All Plans $0.21 ↓ -100%
Care 1st Medicaid|All Plans $0.25 ↓ -100%
Blue Shield CA Medicaid|All Plans $0.25 ↓ -100%
Health Net Commercial|EPPO $0.27 ↓ -100%
Health Net Commercial|Care Product $0.33 ↓ -100%
Health Net Commercial|All Other Plans $0.39 ↓ -100%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|All Other Plans $0.44 ↓ -100%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|Exchange $0.44 ↓ -100%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|All Plans $4.53 ↓ -99%
Angeles IPA Medicare|All Plans $4.53 ↓ -99%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Exchange $54.11 ↓ -90%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|All Other Plans $80.76 ↓ -85%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|MCS $125.17 ↓ -76%
DHR Medicaid|> 21 $309.50 ↓ -42%
DHR Medicaid|< 21 $309.50 ↓ -42%
Cigna Commercial|All Other Plans $569.48 ↑ +7%
Cigna Commercial|PPO $569.48 ↑ +7%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|BlueShield Promise $804.70 ↑ +51%
Kaiser Commercial|All Plans $866.60 ↑ +63%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $990.40 ↑ +86%
SMIPA Medicare|All Plans $1,238.00 ↑ +133%

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Oxaliplatin 5 mg/ml desensitization at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
St. John's Camarillo Hospital Camarillo $2,240.81 $0.07 – $19.04
French Hospital San Luis Obispo $983.92 $0.05 – $1,229.90
Queen of The Valley Medical Center Napa $545.67 $0.10 – $11.95
Providence St Joseph Hospital Eureka Eureka $545.67 $0.11 – $14.26
St. Joseph's Medical Center Stockton Stockton $2,894.14 $0.08 – $51.66
Santa Rosa Memorial Hospital Santa Rosa $179.33 $0.10 – $11.87
Providence Mission Hospital - Mission Viejo Mission Viejo $214.78 $0.09 – $14.61
Dominican Hospital Santa Cruz $903.60 $0.05 – $853.40

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