Pegaspargase 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

$11,998.29

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.

$27,903.00

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.

$5,580.60 with BCBS - Anthem vs $135,375.00 with Care 1st — 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 Medicaid|All Plans $5,580.60 ↓ -53%
DHR Medicaid|> 21 $6,975.75 ↓ -42%
DHR Medicaid|< 21 $6,975.75 ↓ -42%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Exchange $8,166.57 ↓ -32%
HCLA Medicaid|Preferred IPA > 21 $8,370.90 ↓ -30%
HCLA Medicaid|Preferred IPA < 21 $8,370.90 ↓ -30%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|All Other Plans $12,188.87 ↑ +2%
Cigna Commercial|PPO $12,835.38 ↑ +7%
Cigna Commercial|All Other Plans $12,835.38 ↑ +7%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|BlueShield Promise $18,136.95 ↑ +51%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|MCS $18,891.07 ↑ +57%
Health Net Commercial|EPPO $19,000.45 ↑ +58%
Kaiser Commercial|All Plans $19,532.10 ↑ +63%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $22,322.40 ↑ +86%
SMIPA Medicare|All Plans $23,169.95 ↑ +93%
Noble IPA Medicaid|> 21 $24,367.49 ↑ +103%
Noble IPA Medicaid|< 21 $24,367.49 ↑ +103%
Health Net Commercial|Care Product $24,455.42 ↑ +104%
Angeles IPA Medicare|All Plans $25,785.92 ↑ +115%
Preferred IPA Medicaid|Risk $27,074.99 ↑ +126%
Molina Medicare|All Plans $27,903.00 ↑ +133%
Molina Medicaid|All Plans $27,903.00 ↑ +133%
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|All Plans $27,903.00 ↑ +133%
Aetna Commercial|HMO $27,903.00 ↑ +133%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|All Other Plans $27,903.00 ↑ +133%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|Exchange $27,903.00 ↑ +133%
Scan Health Plan Medicare|All Plans $27,903.00 ↑ +133%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $27,903.00 ↑ +133%
United Commercial|HMO $27,903.00 ↑ +133%
United Commercial|Options PPO $27,903.00 ↑ +133%
United Commercial|Non-Options PPO $27,903.00 ↑ +133%
Health Net Commercial|All Other Plans $27,903.00 ↑ +133%
Health Net Medicare|All Other Plans $27,903.00 ↑ +133%
Health Net Medicaid|< 21 $27,903.00 ↑ +133%
Health Net Medicaid|> 21 $27,903.00 ↑ +133%
Cigna Medicare|All Plans $27,903.00 ↑ +133%
Kaiser Medicare|All Plans $27,903.00 ↑ +133%
Central Health Plan Medicare|All Plans $27,903.00 ↑ +133%
LA Care Medicare|All Plans $27,903.00 ↑ +133%
Aetna Commercial|PPO $27,903.00 ↑ +133%
Aetna Commercial|All Other Plans $27,903.00 ↑ +133%
Humana Medicare|All Plans $27,903.00 ↑ +133%
HCLA Medicare|Preferred IPA $27,903.00 ↑ +133%
United Medicare|All Plans $28,461.06 ↑ +137%
HPN Medicare|Senior $30,693.30 ↑ +156%
HCLA Commercial|Preferred IPA $34,878.75 ↑ +191%
LA Care Commercial|All Plans $34,878.75 ↑ +191%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|Trauma $34,878.75 ↑ +191%
Health Net Medicare|HMO $36,115.61 ↑ +201%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|All Other Plans $36,115.61 ↑ +201%
EasyChoice Medicare|All Plans $36,115.61 ↑ +201%
SevenCorners Medicare|All Plans $44,644.80 ↑ +272%
LA Care Medicaid|All Plans $111,548.96 ↑ +830%
Blue Shield CA Medicaid|All Plans $135,375.00 ↑ +1028%
Care 1st Medicaid|All Plans $135,375.00 ↑ +1028%

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Pegaspargase injection at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
St. John's Camarillo Hospital Camarillo $17,924.72 $1,780.12 – $46,568.98
Arroyo Grande Hospital Santa Maria $16,050.00 $2,952.12 – $37,500.00
French Hospital San Luis Obispo $14,700.00 $10,125.00 – $36,750.00
Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield Bakersfield $28,999.96 $6,342.10 – $27,074.99
Bakersfield Memorial Hospital Bakersfield $28,687.29 $2,660.44 – $24,824.00
Santa Rosa Memorial Hospital Santa Rosa $46,524.80 $1,791.47 – $58,201.64
Mercy Medical Center Merced Merced $20,229.20 $1,913.18 – $13,721.40
Dominican Hospital Santa Cruz $20,926.80 $2,448.94 – $122,228.63

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