Papaverin hcl 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

$59.77

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.

$139.00

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.

$8.88 with BCBS - Anthem vs $60.00 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 $8.88 ↓ -85%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|All Plans $12.00 ↓ -80%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|All Other Plans $13.25 ↓ -78%
DHR Medicaid|< 21 $15.00 ↓ -75%
DHR Medicaid|> 21 $15.00 ↓ -75%
HCLA Medicaid|Preferred IPA < 21 $18.00 ↓ -70%
HCLA Medicaid|Preferred IPA > 21 $18.00 ↓ -70%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|MCS $20.54 ↓ -66%
Preferred IPA Medicaid|Risk $21.00 ↓ -65%
Health Net Commercial|EPPO $26.22 ↓ -56%
Cigna Commercial|All Other Plans $27.60 ↓ -54%
Cigna Commercial|PPO $27.60 ↓ -54%
Health Net Commercial|Care Product $32.14 ↓ -46%
Health Net Commercial|All Other Plans $36.79 ↓ -38%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|BlueShield Promise $39.00 ↓ -35%
Kaiser Commercial|All Plans $42.00 ↓ -30%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|All Other Plans $42.29 ↓ -29%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|Exchange $42.29 ↓ -29%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $48.00 ↓ -20%
United Commercial|Non-Options PPO $60.00 ↑ +0%
United Commercial|Options PPO $60.00 ↑ +0%
United Commercial|HMO $60.00 ↑ +0%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $60.00 ↑ +0%
Aetna Commercial|HMO $60.00 ↑ +0%
Aetna Commercial|PPO $60.00 ↑ +0%
Aetna Commercial|All Other Plans $60.00 ↑ +0%
SMIPA Medicare|All Plans $60.00 ↑ +0%

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Papaverin hcl injection at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
St. John's Camarillo Hospital Camarillo $29.35 $1.94 – $52.26
Petaluma Valley Hospital Petaluma $84.15 $1.81 – $98.77
Arroyo Grande Hospital Santa Maria $60.35 $3.21 – $138.18
French Hospital San Luis Obispo $55.28 $12.00 – $138.18
Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield Bakersfield $69.01 $6.89 – $26.00
Bakersfield Memorial Hospital Bakersfield $68.27 $2.89 – $26.00
Queen of The Valley Medical Center Napa $191.84 $1.96 – $98.77
Providence St Joseph Hospital Eureka Eureka $191.84 $2.34 – $98.77

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