Paricalcitol 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

$77.40

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.

$180.00

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.

$0.56 with Health Net vs $180.00 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
Health Net Commercial|EPPO $0.56 ↓ -99%
Noble IPA Medicaid|> 21 $0.73 ↓ -99%
Noble IPA Medicaid|< 21 $0.73 ↓ -99%
HCLA Medicaid|Preferred IPA > 21 $0.81 ↓ -99%
Preferred IPA Medicaid|Risk $0.81 ↓ -99%
HCLA Medicaid|Preferred IPA < 21 $0.81 ↓ -99%
Health Net Medicaid|> 21 $1.08 ↓ -99%
Health Net Medicaid|< 21 $1.08 ↓ -99%
Molina Medicaid|All Plans $1.13 ↓ -99%
United Commercial|Non-Options PPO $1.14 ↓ -99%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $1.49 ↓ -98%
United Commercial|HMO $1.49 ↓ -98%
United Commercial|Options PPO $1.49 ↓ -98%
Aetna Commercial|HMO $1.68 ↓ -98%
Aetna Commercial|PPO $1.68 ↓ -98%
Aetna Commercial|All Other Plans $1.68 ↓ -98%
Health Net Commercial|Care Product $1.82 ↓ -98%
Health Net Commercial|All Other Plans $2.08 ↓ -97%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|Exchange $2.40 ↓ -97%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|All Other Plans $2.40 ↓ -97%
LA Care Medicaid|All Plans $3.34 ↓ -96%
Blue Shield CA Medicaid|All Plans $4.05 ↓ -95%
Care 1st Medicaid|All Plans $4.05 ↓ -95%
Angeles IPA Medicare|All Plans $5.13 ↓ -93%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|All Plans $5.36 ↓ -93%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Exchange $30.44 ↓ -61%
DHR Medicaid|< 21 $45.00 ↓ -42%
DHR Medicaid|> 21 $45.00 ↓ -42%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|All Other Plans $45.43 ↓ -41%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|MCS $70.41 ↓ -9%
Cigna Commercial|PPO $82.80 ↑ +7%
Cigna Commercial|All Other Plans $82.80 ↑ +7%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|BlueShield Promise $117.00 ↑ +51%
Kaiser Commercial|All Plans $126.00 ↑ +63%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $144.00 ↑ +86%
SMIPA Medicare|All Plans $180.00 ↑ +133%

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Paricalcitol at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
St. John's Camarillo Hospital Camarillo $29.35 $1.14 – $52.26
Petaluma Valley Hospital Petaluma $84.15 $1.62 – $6.21
Arroyo Grande Hospital Santa Maria $77.90 $1.11 – $178.36
Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield Bakersfield $89.79 $0.48 – $38.40
Queen of The Valley Medical Center Napa $84.15 $1.62 – $6.72
Providence St Joseph Hospital Eureka Eureka $84.15 $1.34 – $8.02
St. Joseph's Medical Center Stockton Stockton $57.92 $0.98 – $53.30
Santa Rosa Memorial Hospital Santa Rosa $84.15 $1.62 – $6.68

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