Paclitaxel 6 mg/ml concentrate,intravenous 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

$328.95

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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.

$765.00

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.

$0.12 with Noble IPA vs $765.00 with SMIPA — same scan, same building. Share

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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 $0.12 ↓ -100%
Noble IPA Medicaid|> 21 $0.12 ↓ -100%
HCLA Medicaid|Preferred IPA < 21 $0.13 ↓ -100%
Preferred IPA Medicaid|Risk $0.13 ↓ -100%
HCLA Medicaid|Preferred IPA > 21 $0.13 ↓ -100%
Health Net Medicaid|> 21 $0.17 ↓ -100%
Health Net Medicaid|< 21 $0.17 ↓ -100%
United Commercial|HMO $0.18 ↓ -100%
United Commercial|Options PPO $0.18 ↓ -100%
Molina Medicaid|All Plans $0.18 ↓ -100%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $0.18 ↓ -100%
United Commercial|Non-Options PPO $0.20 ↓ -100%
Health Net Commercial|EPPO $0.24 ↓ -100%
Aetna Commercial|HMO $0.27 ↓ -100%
Aetna Commercial|PPO $0.27 ↓ -100%
Aetna Commercial|All Other Plans $0.27 ↓ -100%
Health Net Commercial|Care Product $0.30 ↓ -100%
Health Net Commercial|All Other Plans $0.34 ↓ -100%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|Exchange $0.39 ↓ -100%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|All Other Plans $0.39 ↓ -100%
LA Care Medicaid|All Plans $0.54 ↓ -100%
Blue Shield CA Medicaid|All Plans $0.65 ↓ -100%
Care 1st Medicaid|All Plans $0.65 ↓ -100%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Exchange $2.96 ↓ -99%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|All Other Plans $4.42 ↓ -99%
Angeles IPA Medicare|All Plans $4.57 ↓ -99%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|All Plans $4.58 ↓ -99%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|MCS $6.85 ↓ -98%
DHR Medicaid|> 21 $191.25 ↓ -42%
DHR Medicaid|< 21 $191.25 ↓ -42%
Cigna Commercial|PPO $351.90 ↑ +7%
Cigna Commercial|All Other Plans $351.90 ↑ +7%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|BlueShield Promise $497.25 ↑ +51%
Kaiser Commercial|All Plans $535.50 ↑ +63%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $612.00 ↑ +86%
SMIPA Medicare|All Plans $765.00 ↑ +133%

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Paclitaxel 6 mg/ml concentrate,intravenous at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
St. John's Camarillo Hospital Camarillo $1,314.00 $0.18 – $25.50
Bakersfield Memorial Hospital Bakersfield $82.95 $0.15 – $0.79
Queen of The Valley Medical Center Napa $578.77 $0.25 – $0.65
Providence St Joseph Hospital Eureka Eureka $578.77 $0.21 – $0.78
Santa Rosa Memorial Hospital Santa Rosa $278.56 $0.25 – $0.65
Providence Mission Hospital - Mission Viejo Mission Viejo $222.09 $0.21 – $0.80
Northridge Hospital Medical Center Northridge $17.58 $0.13 – $63.00
Sierra Nevada Memorial Hospital Grass Valley $117.72 $0.11 – $0.98

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