Pentobarbital sodium inj at St. Mary Medical Center
1050 Linden Ave, Long Beach, CA · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1194840421
$4,250.55
Cash price 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.
$9,885.00
Gross charge 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.
$13.53 with BCBS - Anthem vs $7,908.00 with MultiPlan — 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.
Full explanation →
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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.
Full explanation →Payer ?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. Full explanation → |
Plan ?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. Full explanation → |
Negotiated rate | vs. cash |
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| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|Exchange | $13.53 | ↓ -100% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|All Other Plans | $20.19 | ↓ -100% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|MCS | $31.29 | ↓ -99% |
| Health Net | Commercial|EPPO | $39.30 | ↓ -99% |
| United | Commercial|Non-Options PPO | $39.81 | ↓ -99% |
| SMIPA | Medicare|All Plans | $39.87 | ↓ -99% |
| Health Net | Commercial|Care Product | $48.18 | ↓ -99% |
| Health Net | Commercial|All Other Plans | $55.15 | ↓ -99% |
| Noble IPA | Medicaid|< 21 | $58.47 | ↓ -99% |
| Noble IPA | Medicaid|> 21 | $58.47 | ↓ -99% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|All Other Plans | $63.39 | ↓ -99% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|Exchange | $63.39 | ↓ -99% |
| HCLA | Medicaid|Preferred IPA < 21 | $64.97 | ↓ -98% |
| Preferred IPA | Medicaid|Risk | $64.97 | ↓ -98% |
| HCLA | Medicaid|Preferred IPA > 21 | $64.97 | ↓ -98% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicaid|All Plans | $64.97 | ↓ -98% |
| Angeles IPA | Medicare|All Plans | $66.16 | ↓ -98% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|< 21 | $86.61 | ↓ -98% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|> 21 | $86.61 | ↓ -98% |
| Molina | Medicaid|All Plans | $90.96 | ↓ -98% |
| United | Commercial|Options PPO | $111.41 | ↓ -97% |
| United | Commercial|All Other Plans | $111.41 | ↓ -97% |
| United | Commercial|HMO | $111.41 | ↓ -97% |
| Aetna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $131.79 | ↓ -97% |
| Aetna | Commercial|HMO | $131.79 | ↓ -97% |
| Aetna | Commercial|PPO | $131.79 | ↓ -97% |
| LA Care | Medicaid|All Plans | $267.68 | ↓ -94% |
| Blue Shield CA | Medicaid|All Plans | $324.85 | ↓ -92% |
| Care 1st | Medicaid|All Plans | $324.85 | ↓ -92% |
| DHR | Medicaid|> 21 | $2,471.25 | ↓ -42% |
| DHR | Medicaid|< 21 | $2,471.25 | ↓ -42% |
| Cigna | Commercial|PPO | $4,547.10 | ↑ +7% |
| Cigna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $4,547.10 | ↑ +7% |
| Blue Shield CA | Medicare|BlueShield Promise | $6,425.25 | ↑ +51% |
| Kaiser | Commercial|All Plans | $6,919.50 | ↑ +63% |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | $7,908.00 | ↑ +86% |
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Pentobarbital sodium inj at other California hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Fresno Medical Center | FRESNO | $2,205.38 | $8.93 – $8.93 |
| Antioch Medical Center | ANTIOCH | $2,205.38 | $8.93 – $8.93 |
| Redwood City Medical Center | Redwood City | $2,205.38 | $8.93 – $8.93 |
| Santa Clara Medical Center | SANTA CLARA | $2,205.38 | $8.93 – $8.93 |
| Baldwin Park Medical Center | BALDWIN PARK | $2,047.85 | $7.74 – $7.74 |
| Riverside Medical Center | RIVERSIDE | $2,047.85 | $7.74 – $7.74 |
| Fremont Medical Center | FREMONT | $2,205.38 | $8.93 – $8.93 |
| Panorama Medical Center | PANORAMA CITY | $2,047.85 | $7.74 – $7.74 |