Progesterone 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

$56.33

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.

$131.00

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.

$6.00 with DHR vs $131.25 with Blue Shield CA — 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
DHR Medicaid|< 21 $6.00 ↓ -89%
DHR Medicaid|> 21 $6.00 ↓ -89%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|Exchange $9.12 ↓ -84%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|All Other Plans $11.76 ↓ -79%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Exchange $13.92 ↓ -75%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|BlueShield Promise $15.60 ↓ -72%
Kaiser Commercial|All Plans $16.80 ↓ -70%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $19.20 ↓ -66%
LA Care Medicare|All Plans $20.86 ↓ -63%
Health Net Medicare|HMO $20.86 ↓ -63%
SMIPA Medicare|All Plans $20.86 ↓ -63%
Cigna Medicare|All Plans $20.86 ↓ -63%
Molina Medicare|All Plans $20.86 ↓ -63%
Humana Medicare|All Plans $20.86 ↓ -63%
EasyChoice Medicare|All Plans $20.86 ↓ -63%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|All Other Plans $20.86 ↓ -63%
Health Net Medicare|All Other Plans $20.86 ↓ -63%
United Medicare|All Plans $20.86 ↓ -63%
Scan Health Plan Medicare|All Plans $20.86 ↓ -63%
HPN Medicare|Senior $20.86 ↓ -63%
HCLA Medicare|Preferred IPA $20.86 ↓ -63%
Central Health Plan Medicare|All Plans $20.86 ↓ -63%
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|All Plans $20.86 ↓ -63%
Kaiser Medicare|All Plans $20.86 ↓ -63%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|All Other Plans $20.88 ↓ -63%
Noble IPA Medicaid|> 21 $21.60 ↓ -62%
Noble IPA Medicaid|< 21 $21.60 ↓ -62%
HCLA Medicaid|Preferred IPA < 21 $24.00 ↓ -57%
Aetna Commercial|All Other Plans $24.00 ↓ -57%
Aetna Commercial|PPO $24.00 ↓ -57%
Aetna Commercial|HMO $24.00 ↓ -57%
Molina Medicaid|All Plans $24.00 ↓ -57%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $24.00 ↓ -57%
United Commercial|HMO $24.00 ↓ -57%
United Commercial|Options PPO $24.00 ↓ -57%
United Commercial|Non-Options PPO $24.00 ↓ -57%
Health Net Medicaid|< 21 $24.00 ↓ -57%
Health Net Medicaid|> 21 $24.00 ↓ -57%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|All Plans $24.00 ↓ -57%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|MCS $24.00 ↓ -57%
Partnership Health Plan Medicaid|< 21 $24.00 ↓ -57%
Partnership Health Plan Medicaid|> 21 $24.00 ↓ -57%
Inland Empire Health Plan Medicaid|All Plans $24.00 ↓ -57%
Angeles IPA Medicare|All Plans $24.00 ↓ -57%
HCLA Medicaid|Preferred IPA > 21 $24.00 ↓ -57%
Preferred IPA Medicaid|Risk $24.00 ↓ -57%
LA Care Commercial|All Plans $26.07 ↓ -54%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|Trauma $26.07 ↓ -54%
HCLA Commercial|Preferred IPA $26.07 ↓ -54%
SevenCorners Medicare|All Plans $33.38 ↓ -41%
Kaiser Medicaid|> 21 $36.00 ↓ -36%
Kaiser Medicaid|< 21 $36.00 ↓ -36%
Cigna Commercial|PPO $46.52 ↓ -17%
Cigna Commercial|All Other Plans $46.52 ↓ -17%
LA Care Medicaid|All Plans $75.40 ↑ +34%
Care 1st Medicaid|All Plans $131.25 ↑ +133%
Blue Shield CA Medicaid|All Plans $131.25 ↑ +133%

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Progesterone at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
St. John's Camarillo Hospital Camarillo $123.08 $6.48 – $55.35
Banner Lassen Medical Center Susanville $8.76 $4.17 – $30.20
Petaluma Valley Hospital Petaluma $360.06 $20.44 – $170.31
Arroyo Grande Hospital Santa Maria $126.26 $12.00 – $53.75
Mark Twain Medical Center San Andreas $127.88 $13.00 – $24.00
French Hospital San Luis Obispo $115.64 $6.48 – $63.19
Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield Bakersfield $102.03 $3.50 – $59.95
Bakersfield Memorial Hospital Bakersfield $100.93 $12.00 – $59.95

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